amd 2000 xp or celeron 1.7
 

hi, i feel embaresed asking this, but im building a small computer on the side, and had 2 cpu's available, which one is better, or better for some old games ?

AMD 2000 XP or it may be just AMD 2000 or Celeron 1.7

Thanks

The AMD, definitely. Until the new Conroe chips get out next year, the hard and fast rule is that AMD chips are faster than the equivalent Intel chip.

i personally got the AMD 4000 , i got it for around $700 about 1 1/2 years ago, which was a good price back then, i dont want to upgrade until something major hardcore comes out, like some kind of breakthrough.

Or use the celeron and sell the 2ghz AMD, they are very difficult to get a hold of now and can be sold for funny money.

i have 3 , a amd 2200, and 2000 , and 1800

but i coudnt get the 2200 to work , so am using the 2000


but im going to check up to how much the motherboard can take, can maybe sell the cpu's and maybe get a 3700 or something, thanks

Maximum Socket A speed is 3200+ Barton. So you won't be able to get any 3700+, sorry. Atleast not without changing motherboard and with that a lot of other stuff...

Yep,


If going higher I would suggest staying with AMD CPU if your gaming and get a 939pin Board and CPU. The 754 AMD ones are well not that amazing.

Ahhh, good, I see I won't have to fight with Intel fans! :D 7 out of the 8 CPU's I've had in my PC so far (since 1994) have been made by AMD. I wouldn't buy an Intel CPU even if it was cheaper or better than an AMD CPU. But I don't have to bother, because AMD currently is better and cheaper than Intel. The choice, therefore, is very obvious! ;)

i was actually trying to built a very budget computer for my oldest bro . He had the Celeron 1.7 and got him for his birthday a ati 9600xt 128mb card, but it would still run slow and sometime alittle chopy. We were able to get a Asus A7N8X Socket A Motherboard , and my other brother had the AMD 2000 cpu , so i put it together for him, and i loved the results, plays very smooth on Low details lol , but he is happy, so i put it on medium details and put some settings on low , and it looked pretty good , for him. so i was happy for the results using the spare AMD cpu my other brother had.
For myself i would like to wait maybe a year after Vista comes out, so maybe they will have a cpu more compatible or something, and they will have a better video card by then.

AMD 4000 64-bit
ATI x800xt 256mb
SB X-fi Fatal1ty
2gb ram 3200
Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939
Viewsonic VG191b
Logitech Z5500 Speakers
Logitech Dual Optical Mouse
Regular $10 black keyboard - hey, cant i save some money some how ?

Intel Fan.. no fight yet.. but.. AMD is losing footing.. Intel is playing catch-up fairly well :) Can't wait for Kentsfield

Anyway, competition is good for the customers of all competitors as able competition makes everyone better struggle to become the winner... :)