Why buy Athlon XP?

[OMGLOLWTFPWN]

I was wondering why people would buy an Athlon XP. From what I've been looking at their clock speeds are slower than the P4's and they have a slower FSB, but prices are about the same for a pentium processor that is much better than the Athlon. What makes them good?

 

[aphextwin]

better for games........ p4 is more business based....

 

[Korittke]

Originally posted by newbie4lyfe
better for games........ p4 is more business based....

That's just wrong. The Athlon's have a different technology which gives them the same performance as comparable P4's, with lower clockspeeds. This allows them to be sold for lower prices.

 

[OMGLOLWTFPWN]

But they aren't sold at that much of a lower price, and your saying that a lower clock speed/bus speed Athlon will perform the same as a P4 that is clocked faster? How?

 

[magic_mushrooms]

i got it to match my motherboard :S

 

[TheHybrid]

As i said in another thread (as WQ87):

P4's pipeline is longer, the reason why it needs to run at a higher speed to match up with a Athlon XP/64 in performance.

A Barton 2500+ 1.8ghz would be equivalent to a P4 2.4ghz.

The Athlon 64 is somewhat superior because using it's 64-bit technology, it can run 32-bit programs with virtually no problems. (all is depending on your hardware too)

 

[OMGLOLWTFPWN]

Thanks, didn't make sense why the lower clock would be just as fast but I see it now.