VIA C3.. Dual Processor?

[FireChipmunk]

I don't see it mentioned anywhere on VIA's website, but does anyone know if these sweet little processors will work in a Dual socket 370 Motherboard? (Like this BP6.. next to my foot ).

 

[VBboy]

"Sweet little processors"?
They are only sweet if you have an appetite for sado-masochism. A comparably-clocked Celery nukes that thing at every single benchmark. Duron smacks C3 around even harder. I guarantee that a single Athlon or maybe even a Duron will beat that kind of dual setup.

But to answer your question - I don't know.

 

[FireChipmunk]

You should Read VIA's Webpage about it. According to them, you are wrong. It does beat equaly clocked Celerons: http://www.via.com.tw/en/viac3/pb.jsp

Anyways, I want a Queit Dual System that I can sleep in the same room as.

 

[FireChipmunk]

Well.. Maybye Anandtech Should do a review of the VIA C3's in more detail than the Last Article .. Perhaps doing some serious Benchmarking/comparing them, Celerons, Durons and even K6-3s. I supose according to the manufacturer their product will always beat the competition.

 

[VBboy]

I read several reviews of this CPU, possibly even on Anandtech.
Celerons and Durons won the race.

The FPU of the C3 is really slow, which translates into very poor gaming experience. I don't know what you will be using the system for. The CPU does not seem well-suited for anything like gaming or general 3d processing (CAD).

Just search on Google.com

Also:


http://www.dansdata.com/c3.htm
Says: Worst points: Slow compared with similarly priced Intel and AMD chips

http://www.legionhardware.com/html/doc.php?id=62
Short version: Celery 533 kicks its ass (Via C3 at 866 MHz) at Quake3, Vulpine GL 3d mark and everything else

 

[VBboy]

Additionally.. you trust benchmark results presented by the CPU manufacturer? According to Intel, their CPUs are always #1.

Not to mention that Via used a totally outdated benchmar - "Winstone? 99". No one uses that any more. It probably didn't even include an MMX.

 

[rockhard]

The C3 cannot do SMP at all due to it not having the required APIC on die.
The rumour is that the next incarnation the C4 due back end of 2002 WILL be SMP capable for low end/low power consumption server market.

 

[FireChipmunk]

Thanks for the Info.

 

[BeauJangles]

But... The C3 would make a great silent system. No fans would be needed.... Honestly, that would be damn cool, if I needed a quiet system for surfing the web or something that is definately what I would do.

 

[neuralfx]

first time i have seen the c3 referred to as sweet .. and as far as the benchmark at via .. hm how reliable is that .. maybe for a silent system it would be a good choice, they would have to be ridiculously cheap for me to choose it .. just my thoughts ..
-neural

 

[MadRat]

<<But... The C3 would make a great silent system. No fans would be needed.... Honestly, that would be damn cool, if I needed a quiet system for surfing the web or something that is definately what I would do.>>

I think the silent system is a cool idea, especially for a self-contained TERMINAL SERVICES box.

No moving parts = low failure rate

 

[CZroe]

This has of course, been talked about on BP6.com. The current Via C3s are not SMP capable, but future chips claim to be. Who cares now that you CAN get dual PIIs in a BP6? See BP6.com again for that tid-bit...

 

[CZroe]

Err, PIIIs that is. Sorry, I can't "log-in" to edit at this terminal