 | View Full Version : Dual AMD or P4? maxbear 03-31-2002, 03:01 PM Hi all, I am planning to build a system which is for video encoding (mpeg 1 to wmv format). Should I go with Dual AMD or P4? Which one you think is faster for encoding video? Any comments are welcome. Max agiledesigns 03-31-2002, 04:21 PM Well, as far as I know, in order to build a dual p4 system, you need to buy xeon chips which are more expensive. If you check out tomshardware, you will see that the dual athlons are less expensive and perform better in almost everything. The memory is slightly less expensive but more cooling is needed for an athlon. I suggest you checkout the benchmarks www.tomshardware.com eva2000 03-31-2002, 04:56 PM Asus Dual P4 motherboard http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16578 but whether it's good for web serving not sure my personal choice would be dual pentium 3 tualatin 1.4 ghz with 512k L2 caches RackMy.com 03-31-2002, 05:45 PM I would go with the dual AMD system because that encoding process is a bear and the amount of CPU power you have will determine the encoding time & speed. |