AMD or Intel?

[Sarduk]

I know, you must have rolled your eyes at the thread title!

Usually for each generation of CPUs, which is "best" for me is clear from reviews and tests - but this generation (dual cores) I am not so sure.

I do a lot of graphics designing, PDF making, general office things and have a large amount of background processes, messengers running and so on.

What would suit me better? Usually, I am a die-hard AMD fan - but I am looking at their latest line up of X2 CPUs and their caches are so small compared to Intel CPUs - why is this?

Cheers in advance,

 

[Craig321]

Go for Intel Core 2 Duo

 

[Will_3rd]

Go C2D without a doubt

but I am looking at their latest line up of X2 CPUs and their caches are so small compared to Intel CPUs - why is this?

Dunno Intel just like really big caches for some reason

afaik it is because it allows for faster processing, they are madly quick after all

 

[Sarduk]

What kind of PSU am I looking at to run a mid-range graphics card?

 

[Craig321]

What kind of PSU am I looking at to run a mid-range graphics card?

The C2Ds take very little power iirc.

On a normal system (1 hard drive etc.) with a mid-range graphic card you could probably get away with a good quality 300w

 

[sajtion]

suddenly i felt so sick when i read the title of this thread. times haven't changed i guess, i've been online for far to long

 

[Justintime]

suddenly i felt so sick when i read the title of this thread. times haven't changed i guess, i've been online for far to long

Only thing is, currently theres really no argument, Intel has been in the lead for quite awhile now. Hopefully AMD can strike back soon.

 

[Jokester]

If you're not overclocking there's little benefit in going C2D, indeed AM2 may be a better long term choice for future upgrades.

Jokester