Intel or AMD

[triphop]

Redd.

This certainly used to be true. I remember when CCE crashed on athlon CPUs. Additionally some pinnacle equipment (DV200/DV300) used to have some "issues" on typical equipment - VIA mobos.

I do not think that this is case any more. I certainly have not noticed any issues on my wifes Athlon XP 2400+. I do some overflow work on that machine and have not experienced any weirdness.

But, if you do value stability then certainly Intel gear is solid and the 865/875 mobos are super solid. This stability does come at a premium.

regareds,
TH

Short and sweet...

Speaking for myself only...I find Intel is more compatable with various hardware and drivers

[Ripper2860]

Agreed ...

But if the process does not use L2 Cache and always has to go out to RAM anyway, what difference how big the L2 Cache is? No argument that the increased stages in the Intel Pipeline are exposed when there is lesser amounts of L2 cache, but L2 cache and it's size is only beneficial if the process uses it. Programs and processes that do not use L2 cache would suck equally as bad on a P4 Celeron as on a full-blown P4, given the same speed. Video and Audio encoding does not benefit from L2 cache size.

OK -- I've beaten that horse to death and into glue !!

Now for something intriguing -- I agree that the A64 3000+ looks top be quite the performer and SIS as of recently has become a real value/performer chipset -- even in the P4 arena. Now comparing the A64 with it's integrated memory controller against anything else out there in the "bang for the buck" catagory -- GIVE ME AN A64.

Be afraid, Intel! Be VERY afraid!