KevinL
Flashlight Enthusiast
Anybody here driving one of the new P4 820 processors and what are your experiences?
I left the realm of consumer computing a long time ago and have spent just way too much time in the corporate world, so I'm a little bit out of touch, even when it comes to redesigning my own desktop computer, or thinking about it. I could easily go the tried-and-tested corporate configs (and I really like those because we design for stability), but I was just curious about this new P4 820 that's come out.
Sorry AMD fans, no AMD on my desktop. I have one requirement I absolutely will not compromise: I want an Intel board. As in, the board is made by Intel and qualified by Intel, not just the chipset. Obviously, they aren't about to support the AMD procs.
One of the concerns is that I haven't really taken the time to sit down and measure how multithreaded my workload is, but based on my previous experience, a dual-CPU system didn't help me much back then. I do very little gaming, most of what I do nowadays is digital imaging (them 8 megapixel shots from the SLR gotta go somewhere), apart from the routine administrative tasks that my current P4 2.66Ghz has no problem handling. Oh, and web browsing
I left the realm of consumer computing a long time ago and have spent just way too much time in the corporate world, so I'm a little bit out of touch, even when it comes to redesigning my own desktop computer, or thinking about it. I could easily go the tried-and-tested corporate configs (and I really like those because we design for stability), but I was just curious about this new P4 820 that's come out.
Sorry AMD fans, no AMD on my desktop. I have one requirement I absolutely will not compromise: I want an Intel board. As in, the board is made by Intel and qualified by Intel, not just the chipset. Obviously, they aren't about to support the AMD procs.
One of the concerns is that I haven't really taken the time to sit down and measure how multithreaded my workload is, but based on my previous experience, a dual-CPU system didn't help me much back then. I do very little gaming, most of what I do nowadays is digital imaging (them 8 megapixel shots from the SLR gotta go somewhere), apart from the routine administrative tasks that my current P4 2.66Ghz has no problem handling. Oh, and web browsing