Stacey
07-01-2003, 09:11 PM
KBear wrote:
kevbear99@yahoo.com (KBear) wrote in message news:<ec8085c3.0306300033.33bcd914@posting.google.com>... I plan to do alot of video work (mostly encoding) and want to upgrade my 700mhz TBird. I've been a supporter of AMD the underdog for quite some time now. However, my research on CPU benchmarks shows that the P4 (with its SSE) smokes even the Opteron when it comes to encoding. Please, please convince me that I should stay with AMD. Thanks. It looks like SSE2 (vs SSE) makes alot of difference. I will gladly wait for the Athlon 64 now. Thanks alot for all your input!
Another issue you have to consider is how it's SSE2 is implemented. If it
uses the same set of SSE2 instructions per clock cycle as a P4, given it's
going to be run at a lower clock cycle (i.e. opteron), SSE2 itself might
not help much. What makes an athon =stronger= for a given clock speed is it
performs more per clock cycle on non SSE2 apps.
Again your best chance of getting what works best for your application is to
ask people doing it and have actually compared the different platforms. The
guys at the rec.video will be able to tell you how well the AMD 64's are
when they come out which may or may not be good. Any guesses at this point
are just that.
I do know I hope they do kick intels butt at video editing cause that means
lower rendering time for me! I'm not a fan of either, just buy what works
best for my apps at the time. I see no reason for me to use a lower
performing computer just to support a chip maker..
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Stacey
kevbear99@yahoo.com (KBear) wrote in message news:<ec8085c3.0306300033.33bcd914@posting.google.com>... I plan to do alot of video work (mostly encoding) and want to upgrade my 700mhz TBird. I've been a supporter of AMD the underdog for quite some time now. However, my research on CPU benchmarks shows that the P4 (with its SSE) smokes even the Opteron when it comes to encoding. Please, please convince me that I should stay with AMD. Thanks. It looks like SSE2 (vs SSE) makes alot of difference. I will gladly wait for the Athlon 64 now. Thanks alot for all your input!
Another issue you have to consider is how it's SSE2 is implemented. If it
uses the same set of SSE2 instructions per clock cycle as a P4, given it's
going to be run at a lower clock cycle (i.e. opteron), SSE2 itself might
not help much. What makes an athon =stronger= for a given clock speed is it
performs more per clock cycle on non SSE2 apps.
Again your best chance of getting what works best for your application is to
ask people doing it and have actually compared the different platforms. The
guys at the rec.video will be able to tell you how well the AMD 64's are
when they come out which may or may not be good. Any guesses at this point
are just that.
I do know I hope they do kick intels butt at video editing cause that means
lower rendering time for me! I'm not a fan of either, just buy what works
best for my apps at the time. I see no reason for me to use a lower
performing computer just to support a chip maker..
--
Stacey