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SteveHanlon
11-08-2002, 05:54 AM
Just curious why so many DAW building companies are favoring Pentium 4 over the Athlon when the Pentium 4 has abandoned the same floating point math used in the Pentium 3 models and the Athlons?
Maarten Spruijt
11-08-2002, 02:51 PM
1- Intel CPU\'s don\'t get as hot as AMD\'s, even when you overclock them, so you need less cooling = less annoying noise.

2- I still think that P4\'s run a bit more stable than AMD\'s.

3- Intel CPU\'s are much easier to install.
SteveHanlon
11-08-2002, 05:11 PM
1- Intel CPU\'s don\'t get as hot as AMD\'s, even when you overclock them, so you need less cooling = less annoying noise.

would your comment include the mobile XP Athlon series as well?
Simon Ravn
11-10-2002, 07:49 AM
Who cares about mobile athlons anyway? images/icons/smile.gif
SteveHanlon
11-10-2002, 04:57 PM
Well, I\'m in the market for a laptop DAW. So, I partially care. images/icons/wink.gif