Can AMD'S beat INTEL'S???

[Carmine_Paterno]

I only have one question before i completely change around my whole setup. If i have a Intel Pentuim III 700 @ 1050 (150fsb x7) and a AMD THUNDERBIRD 900 @ 1050 or something around there (105fsb - is it ddr? ) will the P III beat it? My radeon is being bottleneck by my P3V4X and 83fsb coming out of my Celeron II 700 @ 877. At least thats what i think. Will me switching over to amd change my bottleneck? I don't even hitt 100fps in Quake II ARENA???

[Carmine_Paterno]

BUMP!!

[proze]

it depends.. i think it'd be a close call between the two. the higher fsb on the pIII would definitely make q3 fly! q3 likes memory bandwidth A LOT! but price-wise, and performance/dollar the amd chip is much better.
you already have the mobo for the intel cpu, though, so this isn't an easy call.. i think it's pretty much up to you to balance what you'll be spending with each upgrade, and deciding whether the performance differences are big enough to warrant the price differences.

[Carmine_Paterno]

Thanx for your help. Is the tbird 900 a good choice for o/cing?

[Big Mike]

Kinda depends, if you can look at the chips find a blue 900 and you'll have a screamer, if you cant see em id order a 1ghz from wherever, the copper interconnect chips dont hit a wall as easily as the aluminum <green> chips alot of 1ghz chips seem to be hitting near 1.2 ghz these days...but then again alot of the new 750s seem to be hitting 1ghz and mine only hits 900 (its old).
-Mike

[AZZKICKER]

i have a t bird 950 blue core running 1357MHZ !!!!!

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http://forums.overclockers.ws/UltraBoard/Public/Uploads/Post-2-2632-1357.jpg

[OpenFriday]

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