AMD to Intel????

**boybi** · February 24th, 2007 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by number001

My hunch is that its CPU related, despite what other people may think otherwise. Well for me, this annoying "freeze" occurs during multitasking operations. During this time, the CPU Usage will spike to 100% and normal operations resume only after the CPU Usage goes down. Looks to me, the cpu is choking.

Funny even, when viewing DiVx or Xvid video clips, there is a noticeable slow down, something which never happened in my Intel P4 mobo/cpu.

About three or so years ago, I remember reading about the webmaster of techreport.com commenting that his AMD cpu (which was an Opteron matched with 4GB Ram) on his primary workstation did get bogged down once in while on multitasking operations. In an unrelated comparison, he also mentioned that the P4 w/ hyperthreading he used briefly did not have much problems with multitasking.

Btw, pls post your PC specs so we can compare.

My PC's specs:

AMD Athlon 64 3200+
1GB RAM
MSI K8N SLI
nVidia GeForce 6800GS 256MB

**Syuryuken** · February 24th, 2007 11:57 PM

Intel Pentium - multitasking
AMD Athlon - for gaming

My PC's spec:

P4 3.0
MSI 865PE Neo2-p
512 RAM
MSI FX5500 256MB 128 bit

AMD Athlon 2.8
MSI K7N2 Delta/MSI KT6 Delta
512 RAM
MSI FX5200 128MB 128 bit

Gamit ko sa gaming for 4 years now. No problem so far.

BTW I'm using branded memory and power supply.

**oldblue** · February 25th, 2007 04:22 AM

been experiencing that 100% CPU spike with dell centrino laptop since last May-Aug '06 pa. re-installed it more than a couple of times, pero bumalik din . parati yan freezing eh d ko malaman kung ano dahilan. the OS that came with the laptop is orig.

my suspect was limewire. basta na-install na, kahit i-uninstall mo, pababalik-balik na 100% cpu spike kahit nag-word or nag-inet ka lang

i stopped using Windows since.

**Horsepower** · February 25th, 2007 11:00 AM

Get an Intel Core2 Duo E6600 (4Mb L2 Cache) and you can forget any CPU that AMD will ever release. hehehehehehehe

**metatron** · February 25th, 2007 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by Horsepower

Get an Intel Core2 Duo E6600 (4Mb L2 Cache) and you can forget any CPU that AMD will ever release. hehehehehehehe

Not to spark an amd vs intel flame war pero huwag naman. Even the x2 5600+ and 6000+ cpus based on a 3 year old architecture can trounce the conroe e6600 on some apps - and its not even based on the next gen microarchitecture (slated for 2nd half '07 release) amd's been developing to counter conroe and penryn.

by virtue of monopoly, if amd goes down, we'll end up paying so much more for intel cpus (remember early 90's intel cpu pricing?).

peace

**Jun aka Pekto** · February 25th, 2007 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by metatron

remember early 90's intel cpu pricing?

Yeah. They're $1000 (that's early 1990's dollar prices) apiece retail. How many here would be able to pay those prices if AMD wasn't around to provide competition? I still remember paying $700 for a P2-266 in 1997 and it wasn't even top of the line.

Add: I've been assembling my own DIY pc's since 1992. One thing I've learned is that one brand of cpu will often hold a lead for a time and then another will counter it later.

I started out with AMD because of the better bang for the back (386DX40) through the DX2's. Then, I switched to Intel with the Pentiums up to Pentium 3's. I switched back to AMD when the Athlon XP's came out and stuck through this AMD X2 4200+ back in 2005. Looks like I'll be going Intel once more with the next pc I assemble.

Based on newegg.com prices which is the most reliable US online parts store, the most expensive dualcore FX is $525 while the least expensive is $325. The X2 6000+ is $529 while my own X2 4200+ is down to $155.

The E6600 retail is $314 while the E6700 is $512. The E6300 is $184 while the E4300 is $169. So yes, I'd say bang for the buck is now with Intel once more.

**mbt** · February 25th, 2007 02:34 PM

the cpu should not be causing a 100% spike in cpu usage in light WinXP multitasking... there's something in windows or some app running in the background or foreground that's causing the spike. a Venice-core Athlon is more than enough for Windows XP

**Jun aka Pekto** · February 25th, 2007 02:53 PM

Personally, I'd still try loading a Linux Live CD and find out if it is indeed the hardware.

Sometimes, drivers are at fault which makes it a software problem. Also, the page file may also be taking up too much resources if control is left to Windows XP. I always keep my page file permanent and located in a different hard drive from where XP is installed. There has not been any sign of similar cpu spikes whatsoever.

With Vista, the page file is contained in the same 40gb hard drive where Vista RC1 is. I do keep it permanent as well.

Add: I'd also keep an eye on hard drive activity the next time the spikes occur.