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A Basic Question on CPU Speeds and Performance

Subarctic

Subarctic

Subarctic

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Hi Guys

I have very little knowledge about CPU's and how they perform, i have a couple of basic questions about how two chips compare to each other very basic question but you have to promise not to laugh when i ask it. :)

The two chips are a Pentium 4 2.6 and an AMD Athlon 64 bit 3700+

The questions are

1) Which of these two chips is fastest?

2) Which is better for playing games?

3) Are there any major advantages/disadvantages to either of the two?

4) if im building a pc for playing games on which should i buy?

Once again thank you in advance for removing my ignorance of all things PC related :D
 
Thanks for the reply, the Pentium 4 is a standard Pentium 4 2.6 Hyper Thread chip.

Does that make any difference or is the 3700+ still the better chip?

For example when i look at the specs for some of the games i want to play it says for example Pentium 4 2.1 or AMD equivilent requried, but i dont understand what the AMD 64 3700+ means when compared to a Pentium.

Can you give me further help please.....sorry for my stupidity.
 
Thank you very much indeed guys.

That website really sorted my head out, good to see the information in a graphical format as its the only way i would understand it.

I see what you mean about the 3700+ being the better of the two chips.

Cheers
 
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