Choice at hand.
Now Ive looked at loads of amd v intel reviews and I know amd will be better for gaming. But no one does any REAL productivity comparisons; I dont care if I can encode LAME mp3's in x seconds. Applications that are important to me are the Adobe CS2 and Macromedia Studio.
Im going to be upgrading from a shuttle p4 2.8C @ 3.1 6800GT w 2 gigs of ram and I plan on staying SFF with a Silverstone sg01. Im pretty satisfied with how it handles games at 1280x1024, but its showing its age with new games, and Im having slowdowns when working in indesign, photoshop, and illustrator all at once.
It'll cost me about the same net to build either system. Which combo would give the best of both worlds? Enjoyable 1600x1200 rates in games (no AA 8-16x AF) and seamless multitasking of 4+ apps?
Now Ive looked at loads of amd v intel reviews and I know amd will be better for gaming. But no one does any REAL productivity comparisons; I dont care if I can encode LAME mp3's in x seconds. Applications that are important to me are the Adobe CS2 and Macromedia Studio.
Im going to be upgrading from a shuttle p4 2.8C @ 3.1 6800GT w 2 gigs of ram and I plan on staying SFF with a Silverstone sg01. Im pretty satisfied with how it handles games at 1280x1024, but its showing its age with new games, and Im having slowdowns when working in indesign, photoshop, and illustrator all at once.
It'll cost me about the same net to build either system. Which combo would give the best of both worlds? Enjoyable 1600x1200 rates in games (no AA 8-16x AF) and seamless multitasking of 4+ apps?