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Ordering one of these two soon...

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roadrunner2348

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I am going to be building a new PC soon and I have some up with two setups that I am trying to decide between. Except for what I'm listing everything else between the two are the same. I just want to know which of these two setups would be better for all around gaming. And this is NOT a AMD vs Intel thread.

AMD "Barton" Athlon XP 2500+ FSB333
1GB Kingston HyperX DDR333 Ram
Asus A7N8X Motherboard
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb

Intel Pentium2.4C Ghz FSB800 w/Hyper Threading
1GB Corsair XMS Series (TwinX) DDR400 Ram
ABIT IS7-E Motherboard
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128mb

Thanks in Advance
 
The P4 would be overall faster than the barton, but the question is whether or not the 9800 pro you have on the athlon machine would make up the difference. Either way, they are both excellent systems. I can personally vouch for the 2500+ and a7n8x deluxe motherboard. They are both excellent, and the onboard audio on the asus board is as fast as an audigy 2!
 
If you have no preference for the two, then the P4. I've shied away from intel in recent years simply out of budget reasons, but for the tasks that I use my PC for (video editing) a P4 would be better.
 
I have looked at several benchmarks and I know the P4 is faster than the Barton but that was not my intended question. What I am asking is would the Radeon 9800 make up for the difference between the CPUs for games?
 
if you don't overclock either one i'd say they'd be almost dead equal in games, with the athlon box probably having a slight lead due to the 9800 pro.
 
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