6 or 1/2 one dozen? intel vs intel

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I ordered the p4p800 deluxe and agonized last night over the 2 chip
choices I had at my vendor of choice.

2.4 gig 800
2.66 gig 533

the 2.4 was 4 bucks cheaper but that's not what swayed me to choosing
it. I figured there is more difference between 800/533 than there is
with 2.4/2.66. Then later on I thought not running xp means I really
can't benefit from the 800. But then I thought maybe in 3 years I would
upgrade to xp (maybe) lol.

What do you think? I'm not gonna cry over it but just was curious if my
logic was right or wrong and maybe I should have gotten the 533 since xp
is a long way in the future, if at all.

good thing breakfast was easier to choose this AM.
 
800 all the way. Always buy with future-proofing in mind.

You can run an 800 at 533, you can't run a 533 at 800.

Buy the 800.
 
lucky said:
I ordered the p4p800 deluxe and agonized last night over the 2 chip
choices I had at my vendor of choice.

2.4 gig 800
2.66 gig 533

the 2.4 was 4 bucks cheaper but that's not what swayed me to choosing
it. I figured there is more difference between 800/533 than there is
with 2.4/2.66.
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I'd agree... It's task dependant, but I would generally go for the 800.
Then later on I thought not running xp means I really
can't benefit from the 800. But then I thought maybe in 3 years I would
upgrade to xp (maybe) lol.
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Windows XP? What does that have to do with it?
What do you think?
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I think that as long as you have 200MHz RAM you're laughing.

Ben
 
lucky said:
I ordered the p4p800 deluxe and agonized last night over the 2 chip
choices I had at my vendor of choice.

2.4 gig 800
2.66 gig 533
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Well, to run DDR400 ram at 1:1 you need a 800fsb cpu, so hey, not like your
losing any ability ;)
 
Ben said:
Windows XP? What does that have to do with it?
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I thought I had read that hyper threading needed XP. I don't really
care about it now - plus I hear there isn't much out there now that
takes advantage. But in the future, maybe. Anyways I'm glad I went with
the 800 now after reading the posts. I likened the difference in the 2.4
vs 2.66 to the difference between my current 433 upgrading to, say, a
700. Doubt I'd even notice.
 
lucky said:
I thought I had read that hyper threading needed XP.
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HT will require an OS that recognizes it, which currently is XP
Home/Professional Windows 2000 Professional, and Linux (may be other
bsd/*nix variants as well obviously)
 
Philip said:
HT will require an OS that recognizes it, which currently is XP
Home/Professional Windows 2000 Professional, and Linux (may be other
bsd/*nix variants as well obviously)
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Not only does it need to recognise it, you may require a licence for it to?
I think most Pro versions of Windows 2000 won't allow it? Not really paid
much attention since the P4 does not interest me.

Ben
 
Ben Pope said:
Not only does it need to recognise it, you may require a licence for it to?
I think most Pro versions of Windows 2000 won't allow it? Not really paid
much attention since the P4 does not interest me.
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I dont think the home/personal variants of windows 2000 recognize HT, but
seeing as
the home variant of XP does, they do offer an alternative.

Pity, the P4 may not do the FPU work of a amd, but i use my computer almost
daily for
capturing video via firewire and working in adobe preimere, then burning
DVD's and for
encoding video, i must say the P4 kicks ass, short of a 3.2EE, couldnt get
much better for me ;)
 
lucky said:
I thought I had read that hyper threading needed XP.
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There's some truth to that; Win2k will *work* with HT but the scheduler
isn't SMT aware and will treat the virtual CPUs like real ones (i.e.
SMP), which leads to performance penalties. With Win2k or even older
OSes (like NT 4.0), I'd leave HT off.

Stephan
 
DaveW said:
You made the right choice, and picked the faster processor.
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damn I'm good and don't know it LOL. I know how to build and
troubleshoot most any problem on my 'old' machine, but all this talk
about HT and SMT and stuff makes me realize how out of the loop I am. I
actually surfed through the manual online today for the m/b and that
sure is a lot of M/B to master. I'm happy with stock speed and don't
anticipate overclocking or anything fancy.

Thanks again for all your inputs and I'm sure I'll be asking plenty more
on here.
 
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