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Athlon 1.4 Tbird beats what Intel Processor?

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EmoshBZ

Senior member
Hi there,

I know my system kind of sucks compared to many of you guys but just out of curiousity I was wondering what Intel setups would be on par with my system.

I have an Asus A7m-266, 1.4 Athlon and 512 megs of pc2100 DDR ram from crucial.

I have 4.32 via 4 in 1 drivers
Bios 1.04a

So what Intel setup would be equal in speed and performance to my system?

cheers...
 
Your system would be roughly equal to a 1.8-1.9GHz Northwood Pentium 4 (although there are no 1.9GHz Northwoods..).
 
I would put it as being roughly equal to a theoretical Willamette Pentium 4 1.75GHz, or a theoretical 1.65GHz Northwood Pentium 4.

I definitely strongly disagree with assertion that it is on average at all equivalent to the Northwood 1.8-1.9GHz.
From my own personal experience and judging on the benchmarks posted by Lost Circuits, Tom's Hardware, AnandTech and AcesHardware (I consider those to be the most thorough and reputable reviews of the respective processors capabilities), I would put the AthlonXP 1600+ as being equivalent to, or very slightly faster then the Northwood 1.8GHz on average.

Of course this can vary tremedously dpening upon the type of DRAM utilized, the motherboard chipset, and individual applications can have significantly varying prerformance characteristics regarding the processors.
 
Your system would be roughly equal to a 1.8-1.9GHz Northwood Pentium 4 (although there are no 1.9GHz Northwoods..).

Considering a 1.8ghz Williamette P4 is on par with a 1.4 tbird I dont think a 1.9 Northwood would be just the same. I'd think around 1.6-1.7 Northwood would be on par with his current setup.

Anandtech 1.8Ghz Williamette Review
 
an T-Bird 1400 is equal to a Northwood @ 1.9 GHz?!?!? That seems a little much... in most cases I would say an Athlon 1400 is competitive with a 1.8 GHz Willamette though YMMV depending on the task and the motherboard used with each processor.

-Ice
 
Lol, I forgot you're using the ancient AMD761 chipset. Of course if you were using a KT333 or nForce 415-D motherboard your system would be equal to about a 1.9GHz Northwood. Check out Anand's 2GHz Willamette review. The 1.4GHz T-bird stays very close to the 2GHz Willy using the i850 chipset, while the 1.4GHz T-bird is using the slower K7S5A chipset.
 
KT266?
A7M-266 = AMD760
A7A-266 = Ali Magik
A7V-266 = KT266
A7V-266E = KT266A

Did you brain fart or something AGodspeed? I know you know better than that. Even the most die hard AMD fans make mistakes I guess!
 


<< KT266?
A7M-266 = AMD760
A7A-266 = Ali Magik
A7V-266 = KT266
A7V-266E = KT266A

Did you brain fart or something AGodspeed? I know you know better than that. Even the most die hard AMD fans make mistakes I guess! >>

Lol, corrected before you posted. 🙂
 


<< I would put it as being roughly equal to a theoretical Willamette Pentium 4 1.75GHz, or a theoretical 1.65GHz Northwood Pentium 4.

I definitely strongly disagree with assertion that it is on average at all equivalent to the Northwood 1.8-1.9GHz. >>

couldn't agree more..... was thinking stock 1.6a, as i just went from a athlon 1.33 to a 1.6@2.230[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

not equal to a 1900 P4, no.... maybe in a benchmark, but no domination..
 
Perhaps you can tell us the rest of the parts then we can better help you. We need to know what video card, hard drives, or sound card as well. You cannot just compare the processors alone.
By the way, I don't see anything suck about your system. Sure there are faster systems out there, but it is always the case. I have the TBird 1.4Ghz but I am running on 1Gig of PC133 RAM. No slow down on any games at all.
 
I am sure I remember seeing benchmarks where the TBird 1.4 stayed competitive and even beat a 2Ghz Willy. Mainly game benchmarks I seem to remember. Am I wrong?
 
either a 1.7 willamette or a 1.6a northwood will match a 1400 tbird (non palomino). overclock that northwood (either one, for that matter), and it isn't even close.
 
I remember seeing a TBird 1.4 being somewhere between a 1.9 and 2 GHz Willy, but this was with the KT266A.
 
Can't say for sure.. some tests it beats a P4 2.0, and some tests it gets gang banged by the Intels.. overall, I'd say it's on par with a 1.6-1.8 P4.. the older T-Birds still hold their own that's for sure.. especially on a nice mobo like yours.
 
I also say about a 1.7 to 1.8 Northwood P4. My 1.4 Tbird / K7S5A actually scored about 300 3dmarks higher than my stock 1.6A / 8SRX using the same GeForce4 Ti 4400 card (yeah yeah, 3DMark2K1 isn't the world's best benchmark, but it's the only thing I have to compare right now).
 
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