Pentium 4 2.0Ghz or Athlon XP 2000

newbie1 · Post by **newbie1** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 9:00 pm

which one is faster/better WITHOUT the price difference and the .13micron / .18micron core and heatissue's just raw performance ? not sure if the pentium 4 2.0GHz is the northwood version, and if it is the northwood? and i also know that the athlon xp 2000 is rated at 1.67GHz, and i know that the athlon xp has more IPC then the P4, and that IPC and clock frequency equals true CPU performance, but who wins? and also at default stock speeds, because im not planning to overclock

do they have about the same performance?

*edit*
heh also explain why you picked the p4 or axp?

i know they need ram; if the axp was using the fastest 512MB DDR memory , and the p4 was using the fastest 512MB RDRAM, and motherboards can make a difference too, you chose the motherboards, and also , they both have the same peripherals in the PC, besides the CPU and ram

monkeyhead · Post by **monkeyhead** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 9:02 pm

id say p4 if its northwood

Qwijib0 · Post by **Qwijib0** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 9:19 pm

Originally posted by newbie1
which one is faster/better WITHOUT the price difference and the .13micron / .18micron core and heatissue's just raw performance ? not sure if the pentium 4 2.0GHz is the northwood version, and if it is the northwood? and i also know that the athlon xp 2000 is rated at 1.67GHz, and i know that the athlon xp has more IPC then the P4, and that IPC and clock frequency equals true CPU performance, but who wins? and also at default stock speeds, because im not planning to overclock

do they have about the same performance?

*edit*
heh also explain why you picked the p4 or axp?

i know they need ram; if the axp was using the fastest 512MB DDR memory , and the p4 was using the fastest 512MB RDRAM, and motherboards can make a difference too, you chose the motherboards, and also , they both have the same peripherals in the PC, besides the CPU and ram

It all comes down to your purpose... what will the machine be used for?

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 9:20 pm

If you're looking at the P4 2.0 vs the XP 2000+.....here's an old comparison:

http://www.gamepc.com/reviews/hardware_ ... cssid=&tp=

You do want the Northwood...and the "A" designation has to be there, not a plain 2.0 for the Willamette, but the 2.0a for a Northwood.

newbie1 · Post by **newbie1** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 9:56 pm

nevermind just read some reviews and camparisons, and found the answer i was looking for

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 9:57 pm

what did you decide on then?

newbie1 · Post by **newbie1** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 10:03 pm

yeah the northwoods are the socket 478 versions, the only reason why i wasn't sure if it was the northwood version was not because i didn't know the difference between the northwood and the williamette, it was because my friend wasn't sure if he was getting the northwood or the williamette, and i wanted to know "pentium 4 2.0GHz vs. athlon xp 2000+" and pentium 4 2.0aGHz vs. athlon xp 2000+ sorry should have made my post with more of a description so you could understand what i was looking for

TEH WIN · Post by **TEH WIN** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 10:59 pm

Originally posted by BaLa
what did you decide on then?

newbie1 · Post by **newbie1** » Wed Apr 10, 2002 11:04 pm

Originally posted by Qwijib0

It all comes down to your purpose... what will the machine be used for?

what he posted

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