P3 vs T-bird vs Classic

[siccboy]

I have a 650mhz Athlon classic overclocked to 800mhz. I was wondering if my Athlon classic is as fast or slower than a 800mhz t-bird or p3? And is it worth upgrading to a 1gig cpu? Thanks

 

[PieDerro]

It's slower than a TBird 800, about the same as a PIII 800. You probably won't notice much difference in going to 1GHz unless you do RC5 or play a lot of games with a very high end vid card.

 

[AdamK47]

Word up!

Classic Athlon:
512KB 4-Way 64-bit 1/2 speed L2 Cache

Pentium III Coppermine
256KB 8-Way 256-bit full speed L2 Cache

That on-die cache can make the P3 Coppermine perform better compared to the Athlon Classic than you think.

 

[TravisBickle]

the athlon has much better fpu performance natively than the piii. however the full speed cache did help the piii. but as for the piii being a better performer clock for clock... get over to some benchmarks or get a grip. no offense!

 

[Priit]

Well, Athlon classic beats the crap out of the P3/Katmai, T-bird and Coppermine are the next generation...

 

[Flat]

spend the money you would use to get the ne CPU and buy a Radeon 64ddr or something, GF2 Ultra's price should | soon, lol fun with forums!
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[Flat]

argh it aligned left

 

[siccboy]

Thanks for the replays. I think i'll stick with my classic and get a new vid card.

 

[A2KLAU]

The AMD T-bird is the fastest thing around and not even the PIII can keep up. Benchmarks have shown that the T-Bird is faster for everything no doubt. Go for a T-Bird not a PIII, and the Athlon Classic... Well speed wise and stability these are how they rank:

Speed:
T-Bird
Athlon OC classic
PIII

Stability:
PIII
T-Bird, close second
Athlon Classic, becuase it is OCed.

Hope this helped you out,

Albert.

 

[AdamK47]

I still believe that the Coppermine is faster than an Athlon Classic in most programs.