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To: richard surckla who wrote (3448)	8/3/2000 3:44:09 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

surckla, Anand has a much more extensive comparison of the 1.13 GHz (and slower) P3's with 1 GHz (and slower) Athons. Here's the results, not counting overclocked motherboards: Benchmark PIII-1133 score/TBird-1000 score SYSMARK 2000 +11% faster Quake III Arena (low-res) +11% faster Quake III Arena (med-res) -0.2% slower Unreal Tournament (low-res) +7% faster Unreal Tournament (med-res) +5% faster Expendable Timedemo (low-res) +4% faster Content Creation Windows 2000 +0% <identical> High End Winstone 99 Windows 2000 +5% faster Quake III Arena (low-res) Win2000 +11% faster Quake III Arena (med-res) Win2000 -1% slower Specviewperf Awadvs-03 Viewset -16% slower Specviewperf DRV-06 Viewset -4% slower Specviewperf DX-05 Viewset -17% slower Specviewperf Light-03 Viewset -11% slower Specviewperf ProCDRS-02 Viewset -8% slower RC5 'Long Benchmark' Win2000 +6% faster Summary: PIII-1133 faster on 8 benchmarks Athlon-1000 faster on 7, 1 tie Average benchmark of PIII-1133 relative to Athlon-1000: 0.2% faster In short, the PIII-1133 is barely any faster than a GHz Athlon which I could buy at 10 local stores before noontime tomorrow. Unfortunately, no-one has even a 1 GHz PIII available, let alone a 1.1 GHz one. Petz