what's the best cpu on the market right now?
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Guys.. there is nothing like best... it all depends upon 'your objective' ie your requirements decide the best. Intel offers CPUs in two brands - pentium and celeron. if you've more money, then you could go for pentium. celeron is low-cost processor and it does effective than pentium. Another one is AMD's Athlon its all so cheap and faster. My opinion falls on Athlon.
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http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=366290&whichpage=2? <that site might help you choose between the two processors
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http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html
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Intel has some nice boards. Although I haven't had an Intel board for that series of processor myself ,I've heard that the ones that Intel offers are very stable and very reliable.  If you want to overclock, then you don't want an Intel board, as they will not allow it.
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If you want to stay with a single core processor, this is a very good one. The Athlon 64s overclock real well too.
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THE INTEL DUO CORE IS MUCH MORE BETTER THAN INTEL PENTUM M \n\nIT RUNS AT 667MHZ  FSB AND M RUNS AT MAX 400MHZ
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I would definitely suggest the AMD Athlon 64x2 4200+ for the following reasons:\n\n1.) AMDs use a cross bridge between the two cores to communicate while Pentium dual cores utilize the FSB for core communication. The FSB for Pentiums is used for all communication between the CPU and all other parts including communication with RAM, and is also a one way highway (can't send and receive at the same time). Communication between cores in Pentiums just adds to the bottleneck and noticeably slows down the system at higher usages. In addition, the Pentium 920 does not even have the hyper threading feature, which bogs it down even more in intense computing environments. The cross bridge in AMDs is a direct link between cores and is used exclusively for the purpose of communication. \n\n2.) The hypertransport in an AMD system is a two way highway (it can send and receive at the same time). This allows RAM such as dual channel PC3200 to show benchmark scores which are the same as PC2-6400 used with Pentiums. \n\n3.) If you look at what the top websites such as tomshardware.com use in their gaming desktops to benchmark video cards, it's always an AMD. \n\n4.) AMD's produce less heat which require less cooling and have more potential for overclocking.\n\nIf you want the best answer, go to this link and compare the two directly in each benchmark:\n\nhttp://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html
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Lol! This question can lead to a never ending discussion. \n\nIt depends on what you are going for. Intel's Pentium 4 is a good all around processor. AMD's Athlon is more of a performance processor. The Athlon is the processor you would want to get if you are a gamer or a graphics artist, for they are known for producing clear graphics. Also remember that there are different versions of both companies processors.\n\nI personally would recommend the Athlon, for it not only makes excellent graphics, it is also an excellent all around processor.
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I would look for an Intel Core 2 Solo 2.0 GHz, with 512 MB of RAM
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definitely intel core 2 duo...but if u r willing to wait a while opt for intel quad core....also to get more info on the processors try google...type.....''benchmark: Name of processor''\n\nin the market intel dual core and core 2 duo are available...but remember that dual core has only 1 processor and the other is a logical unit, while core 2 duo has 2 physical processors
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The AMD X2 processor is great for games, the X2 4200+ is a good one thats not too costly but great, 2.2Ghz and good size cache.
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Pentium Xeon is mainly for servers and costs a lot, some use it for 3D rendering. Pentium M uses centrino mobile technology mainly in laptops. The best Pentium Processor is the Intel® Pentium® processor Extreme Edition 955, having two cores @ 3.46Ghz. But the high price of over $1000 scares a lot of customers.\n\nTomshardware Guide compares all kinds of CPUs, here's a link to one of their charts where they list the CPUs according to performance: http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html
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There is the P4 which has many different versions such as the Pentium M (mobile cpu - centrino), the core duo, the Xeon, the standard P4 which ranges from a 400mhz bus to an 800mhz bus, and then the Pentium D which is the dual core CPU.\n\nThe very top chip I think they have on the market right now is the Intel Pentium Extreme Edition which is a dual core chip with 2x2mb of cache and a 1024 bus.\n\nAs for the AMD, there is the sempron which is AMD's answer to the celeron (but better IMHO) and then the Athlon 64, which is a pretty awesome chip, but not as awesome as the AMD Athlon 64 X2 which is the dual core version of the AMD line.  The opteron is the name of AMD's server chip line, and they do come in both single and dual core.  Then, of course, is the Turion CPU which is the mobile chip.\n\nI like both chips, I usually sell more AMD than INTEL chips.  You can pick up a dual core AMD Athlon 3800+ X2 for around $300 and it runs sweet when paired up with a gig or two of RAM.\n\nHope this helps!
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Try the links below for specifics.  There are just too many different processors and their variants out there to give you a list here, but these links may help you find what you're looking for.
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http://www.intel.com/technology/hyperthread/\n\nbest i can do for ya!
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Dual core processors are the latest technology. AMD has just released a 64 bit Dual-core chip for laptops. The advantages are many.
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The one by Intel seemed nice. I presume its discontinued, so it should be a bargin these days.