Steve, Re: "Do you have any links to benchmarks on a P4 using SDRAM?"
Try this one.
xbitlabs.com
It's a little more comprehensive than the link that Jim sent.
Comments:
- It's the 1.5GHz model, so you are going to have a similar cost structure compared to the Duron, Celeron, and Pentium III systems shown here. Besides motherboard costs, which tend to be higher for the Pentium 4, the CPU itself can be found within $25 of all the CPUs shown there.
- Winstone scores show subpar performance. That's typical for Pentium 4, since the Winstone suite tends to includes yesterday's applications. It's a good test to show legacy performance, but I'd like to see the next version of Winstone.
- FlasK, Winzip, QuakeIII, SciMark, DronZ, 3DMark2001 all show decent performance from the Pentium 4 with SDRAM. Keep in mind that this is the slowest Pentium 4 on SDRAM, and it actually wins some benchmarks.
- Also keep in mind that the Duron systems are using PC133, which would not be the case for DIY builders, but would be the case in retail. Similarly, DIYers would tend to stick RDRAM or DDR on a Pentium 4, while retailers use SDRAM.
HTH.
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