P4 vs Dual P3s

[UNLTuba]

I'm looking at upgrading my computer and am thinking about either getting dual P3s or a single P4 (highest MHz available at the time for both). How much of a performance increase would I see of one over the other? Thanks...

-Eric

 

[tontod]

I would say a dual P3.

 

[DarkMajiq]

I would say probably a dual P3 setup.

 

[hifimaster]

I would go with the Dual P3's,but I cant wait to see Dual Tbirds:Q

 

[WishMaster]

ditto

 

[toph99]

most definatly dual p3!

 

[ChipNOW]

Dual PIII

 

[UNLTuba]

Some more thoughts on this thread - When are dual P4 boards or dual Thunderbird boards supposed to come out? Any projections yet? Thanks...

 

[kw3i]

dual tbirds end of the year/beginning of next year: )

 

[kyoshozx]

I would definately get a dual 1ghz p3 instead of a p4 right now.

Q3 was what AMD said for the sharky interview, I believe for the 760mp chipset.

 

[Degenerate]

dual, much cheaper too

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

It kinda depends on what ur doing with it. In just about every case, the dual P3 would win, but certain apps would like the P4 better. Examples would be Q3 (dual procs don't do much, but it loves teh P4 for soem reason) and 3D Studio Max. In 3DSTM, the P4 occasionally outperforms a P3 1ghz by over 2 fold.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Dual p3 sounds better, unless you're running win98 of course...

 

[mitaiwan82]

Dual P3s man...my friend has one on a MSI 694 mobo and it kicks ass - mega raw computing power

 

[NOS440]

Like some have said it all depends on what your going to be doing. First off the OS you use must support dual CPU and the apps also. No WIn9x dual will do nothing at all for it. This is true of most apps too. Personally I have a P4 and love it. I'm a heavy gamer so it fits my needs well. I got a hell of a deal on it. That made the choice much easier.
There will be Dual P4s before the years out in fact I bet they beat AMD to the gate.

 

[richiew]

well, Dual P3's if you aren't into overclocking..

There are many people who have gotten their P4's to over 1800mhz.

At that speed, it would be the fastest affordable processor on the market.

And remember, a dual setup will only speed up certain applications, or speed up multiple cpu hogging applications that are running simultaneously.

otherwise, for all intents and purposes, a single fast processor will yield much better performance.