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Ryan
Hi,
Sorry of this is a stupid question. I did a little research before
buying, but maybe not enough.
I walked into my local Best Buy ready to purchase a new Gateway PC
with a Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 530 with Hyper-Threading Technology
that was 3.0 MHZ.
When I arrived, the machine I had selected online was (of course) out
of stock and I spotten an HP PC instead that was about $150 less and
had a AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processor in it.
I found a salesperson who seemed to know what he was saying and when I
asked for a simply comparison between the AMD processor and the Intel
in the machine they were out of, he said:
"The AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processor is actually faster than the 3.0 MHZ
Pentium 4 in the Gateway. Actually, it works out to about 3.1 MHZ for
this Athlon and AMD processors are better at Graphics than Intel."
I have had PC's with both Intel and AMD processors in them and have
never had trouble with either. In fact, some I had long forgotten
which they had in them unless I was asked.
SO, I took the salesperson's word as above and decided to save some
money and get the HP with the AMD Athlon XP 3200+. Maybe I screwed up.
While I am happy with this new machine, the "system" area of Windows
XP claims the processor speed on this machine is 2.2 MHZ.
Can someone give me a clear comparison? How does my AMD Athlon XP
3200+ processor compare to the Pentium 4 3.0 MHZ I was planning to
buy. It this Athlon actually better than the Intel as the salesperson
said.
I am kinda nervous that I should have ignored him and waited for the
Gateway with Intel.. I am not finding anything on the web that takes
an AMD Athlon and tells you what it is equal to in Intel.
Anyone have answers? Thanks!
Sorry of this is a stupid question. I did a little research before
buying, but maybe not enough.
I walked into my local Best Buy ready to purchase a new Gateway PC
with a Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 530 with Hyper-Threading Technology
that was 3.0 MHZ.
When I arrived, the machine I had selected online was (of course) out
of stock and I spotten an HP PC instead that was about $150 less and
had a AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processor in it.
I found a salesperson who seemed to know what he was saying and when I
asked for a simply comparison between the AMD processor and the Intel
in the machine they were out of, he said:
"The AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processor is actually faster than the 3.0 MHZ
Pentium 4 in the Gateway. Actually, it works out to about 3.1 MHZ for
this Athlon and AMD processors are better at Graphics than Intel."
I have had PC's with both Intel and AMD processors in them and have
never had trouble with either. In fact, some I had long forgotten
which they had in them unless I was asked.
SO, I took the salesperson's word as above and decided to save some
money and get the HP with the AMD Athlon XP 3200+. Maybe I screwed up.
While I am happy with this new machine, the "system" area of Windows
XP claims the processor speed on this machine is 2.2 MHZ.
Can someone give me a clear comparison? How does my AMD Athlon XP
3200+ processor compare to the Pentium 4 3.0 MHZ I was planning to
buy. It this Athlon actually better than the Intel as the salesperson
said.
I am kinda nervous that I should have ignored him and waited for the
Gateway with Intel.. I am not finding anything on the web that takes
an AMD Athlon and tells you what it is equal to in Intel.
Anyone have answers? Thanks!