Whats faster? Duron @950 or P3@933?

[rigor]

Just curious.

My upgrade path is of two:

1. Duron @ 950 + A7V

or

1. P3 @ 933 + Pc 133 128 meg ram

prices are pretty similar due to sale of old equipment.

whats gonna kick more ass and be most stable?

 

[sandorski]

For a lot of things it would be very close. With the A7V you will get some future proofing, but that will depend on what your future considerations are.

 

[webguy]

good Question?

 

[Shudder]

I'm sure the Duron with the slight mhz difference would be at least VERY close to the P3.. if not, I don't know which chips you're getting, but if you eventually burn out the Duron from OC'ing it too high, it won't be nearly as much to replace as the PIII

 

[robinhung]

PIII@933 would be faster than Duron@950. TBird@950 is faster than Duron@950, yet TBird@950 is still slower than PIII@933. But not far, about 10 to 15 fps in QuakeIII. Hey, who cares? You'll save not only a buck or two, but HUNDREDS!!!

I would go for DURON@950.

 

[Bakwetu]

If the price is the same (you already have a coppermine capable mobo then?) I would get the p3.

 

[squirrel dog]

The p3 is faster,I think PcWorld did a test of those two cpu's.

 

[Phuz]

wtf!
I read that the Duron 600 beats the p3 600eb on Firing Squad

 

[CPUKiller]

From all the tests I have seen (and the 3Dmark 2000 scores) the P3 wins.

tho if you were building a system from new, I would personally get the Duron, from the fact you would be saving a LOT of money, but as someone else said, if you already have a P3 capabl mobo, get the P3, cos teh price of Duron + mobo is equal to, or slightly higher than the price of the P3.

 

[rigor]

I have an abit BF6 which i like alot. Very flexible in overclocking (softmenu III), compatible with all os's with no goofy VIA junk drivers etc.

I can re-use my Celermine slotket and heatsink/fan, sell my celeron, the stick of pc-100, buy some pc-133 + p3-700 @ 933. My upgrade cost would be about $100 out of pocket for something i know will run at 933 rock solid and be happy with my DDR geforce.

or

I can venture into amd land, sell my bf6 + celeron rig ,buy a duron+asus board , spend about $100 out of pocket and have something im not sure will be faster, more stable, or as compatible as my old rig.


I'm still leaning towards the p3 solution, it seems a whole lot less foreign to me, and i know how reliable my abit/slotket/hs+f are right now. no os driver reloads or anything.. hmm

 

[PliotronX]

The biggest issue between comparing these two should be stability. Performance should always come after stability.. or at least in my opinion Consider this though, the AMD mobo chipsets have come a long way, and are now certainly compareable to Intel chipsets in terms of stability, so it is pretty much moot at this point =T

Secondly, there is no guarantee that a CuMine 700 will make it to 933, and also consider the fact that if you are planning on running the 700 at 933 on a BX chipset mobo, you will be running the AGP out of spec, which could be bad. The Durons have an excellent chance of overclocking to 950.

So cutting through the crap, I vote for the Duron

 

[subhuman]

intel! via chipsets just aren't as good. also, you will need a 133mhz slotket, and yes, there is a difference, stick with the ASUS 370-133 or the new Iwill slotket, avoid Abit (it'll hold you back on certain high bus overclocks).

duron is cheaper, but i wouldn't buy one still.

 

[subhuman]

intel! via chipsets just aren't as good. also, you will need a 133mhz slotket, and yes, there is a difference, stick with the ASUS 370-133 or the new Iwill slotket, avoid Abit (it'll hold you back on certain high bus overclocks).

also, running your AGP out of spec (89mhz) is not necessarily a bad thing, especially if your video card can handle it! since you don't have AGP 4x, running your AGP at 89mhz gives the same bandwidth as about AGP 2.7x. (yes, this is true, do the math, Tom's Hardware said the same thing during their Overclocked AGP / BX133 project). if it can handle it, free speeeed!

duron is cheaper, but i wouldn't buy one still. the motherboard you have is better (BF6) than any AMD board, mostly cos ... there isn't a good chipset.