Originally posted by RealGoober
What is an Athlon 64? I have an Athlon XP 1800+, served me well. My only problem is Telus (ISP) and Micro$oft . . .
Hmm, so is there a big difference between P4 and Athlon's processors? What are they?
Also, I know that HP has PCs with Athlon processors but what are some other computers that use this?
There's no real standard or anything... AFAIK companies like Dell & Gateway sell both Intel & AMD based machines. Most people are brand-loyal to one or the other, or just go with whatever's cheaper.
Sorry, that is not true.. neither Gateway nor Dell use single AMD CPUs because two reasons:
people want intel, they don't know what the heck is "athlon"
intel gives them deal if they drop AMD.
Intel's pentium 4 3.4GHz extreme edition should be near athlon fx-51.
You really don't need a faster processor then a 1Ghz, anything above is excess.
Originally posted by Speedo
Define "need" though. If you want to play any modern games that utilize 3D graphics, you need a fairly fast computer. Being that all I use my PC for now is games and the net, what I have is barely adequate for my "needs."