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Gradius:

Pentium 4 2.8 (800) or Ahtlon XP 3000 (333), for use only with MAME and ArcadeVGA. I have seen some pages with benchmarks, but not comparing these two cpus in particular. I wonder which one will get more fps with MAME. Please help me decide.


blue:

bigger better faster...
i'd go with the AMD, but i personally am not too keen on Intel.... but i think the intel chip is a touch faster....


zaphod:

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=14155

Either would be fine.

DaveJ-UK:

Pay the extra few $ for an Intel chip. It will last ten times longer and you'll get a 3yr warranty if you buy new.

zaphod:


--- Quote from: DaveJ-UK on May 19, 2004, 04:38:16 pm ---Pay the extra few $ for an Intel chip. It will last ten times longer and you'll get a 3yr warranty if you buy new.

--- End quote ---

AMD's also have 3-yr warranties and I have a 7 yo AMD chip running just fine still.  In fact, I have five machines with AMD and love them all.  I strongly disagree with your "ten times longer" remark.  I think the Athlon and the Pentium are pretty equal for longevity.

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