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Originally Posted by Jonbo298
I think they call it the 3200+ is because its comparable to Intel's 3.2 ghz. Even though the actual speed is "X ghz", because it has 9 pipelines instead of 6 like the P4's have, it can cram more through, thus making it comparable to P4's. But I may be partially wrong, but thats just the assumption I have had for a while.
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That's what AMD's original marketing plan was. And at first the AMD chips that were compared to certain P4 chips by the 2200+ etc were actually comparable. Sometimes faster sometimes not. But since the 2800+ AMD has dropped off. It's a fact. The Barton core can't handle the speed anymore. What AMD has done for the last couple barton chips released is overclock them a tiny bit more and slop a new name on. It's not right. The 3200+ isn't anywhere near to comparable to the P4 3.2 from a techie point of view. The latest P4's have been stomping the latest AMD's.
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Originally Posted by ominub
well i did not say they where the best i said that in the gaming they seem to run better and at higher FPS. Not only do i notice it but the benchmarks prove that they run better in games but thats about all they are running better at.
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I know you didn't say that AMD is the best. I replied by saying that AMD has been known to score higher in this last generation of cpu's in the office area of performance. Current P4's are handling game's,,,higher FPS better than AMD's latest chips.
go to anandtech.com and look up the benchmarks for the 3200+ and the P4 3.2
You'll see that the benchmarks prove that P4 is currently running games better. If you have the cash then currently the P4 is the way to go for gamers.
If I went out and bought an XP chip right now, I wouldn't buy a 3200+
I'd save the money and get the 2800+ which really isn't much different in speed.