AMD Athlon™ 64 2800+, 1.8 GHz (ADA2800BOX) Retail Processor
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- Clock Speed: 1.8 GHz
- Package Type: Retail
- Socket Type: Socket 754
- Product Type: Processor
- Bus Speed: 1600 MHz
- Processor Type: Athlon 64
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BEST when compared to Intel P4 2.8G or regular Athlon 2800
Pros
AMD64 2800: TWICE AS FAST when compared to P4 2.8 or Athlon 2800
Cons
Double the price of a Sempron, requires 754 socket.
Recommended it?
Yes
After searching the web for ANY simple comparison of Intel Pentium 4 2.8 Gig, AMD Athlon 2800 and 64 bit version of AMD 2800 Athlon, I realized there were none.
Having run Pentium 2.8 800fsb Gig and AMD Athlon 2800 333fsb systems for 7 months, I was very curious to see how they'd compare in "everyday" use. I compared times installing and running Office 2003, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express ... in other words the apps that us "non-techies" use.
Prior to building the AMD64 2800 system on a Gigabyte K8U board, 256MB Kingston DDR400 RAM with WD 200gig IDE drive, I had already determined my opinions of the P4 2.8 & AMD 2800 comparison: Pentium is better at multi-tasking (running multiple applications) and AMD slightly faster for single apps. Both are running Windows Xp Pro with SP2 updates.
Conclusion: The AMD Athlon64 2800 appears to load & run applications TWICE AS FAST as the Pentium 4 2.8 or AMD Athlon 2800 AND it appears to multi-task better than the Pentium 4 2.8gig.
Pricing: At time I paid $120 for AMD64, the P4 2.8gig was $156 and Athlon 2800 was $90.I belive AMD64 is best value.
Having run Pentium 2.8 800fsb Gig and AMD Athlon 2800 333fsb systems for 7 months, I was very curious to see how they'd compare in "everyday" use. I compared times installing and running Office 2003, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express ... in other words the apps that us "non-techies" use.
Prior to building the AMD64 2800 system on a Gigabyte K8U board, 256MB Kingston DDR400 RAM with WD 200gig IDE drive, I had already determined my opinions of the P4 2.8 & AMD 2800 comparison: Pentium is better at multi-tasking (running multiple applications) and AMD slightly faster for single apps. Both are running Windows Xp Pro with SP2 updates.
Conclusion: The AMD Athlon64 2800 appears to load & run applications TWICE AS FAST as the Pentium 4 2.8 or AMD Athlon 2800 AND it appears to multi-task better than the Pentium 4 2.8gig.
Pricing: At time I paid $120 for AMD64, the P4 2.8gig was $156 and Athlon 2800 was $90.I belive AMD64 is best value.
