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mike
03-10-01, 03:23 PM
Posting this for a friend. He wants to know which one would be the fastest between the two. Thanks in advance.
OpenFriday
03-10-01, 04:19 PM
They say P!!!, but i have P3800 and my friend has a tbrid 800 and i truthfully cant tell the difference.
Angry
03-10-01, 04:45 PM
hey, post ur specs and his specs ill tell u why urs is faster...
OpenFriday
03-10-01, 04:48 PM
mine
P!!!800EB
256mb pc133 @cas 3
QDI legend advance 10
Radeon 32mb ddr (at time of comparisson Voodoo3 2000)
Cable internet

his
Tbird 800
128mb ram
Mobo unknown (he bought a compaq, i know i know)
Geforce2 Mx
Dsl.

anything else you need to know?
Rocky55
03-10-01, 04:56 PM
i have one of each, the T-bird is faster for gamming, p3 is fast for the mhz for apps. like seti@home my t-bird is 250mfops and the p3 is 180mfops. the p3 is only a 900 compared to the t-bird which is a 1533mhz. for that comparison the p3 holds it own!
Angry
03-10-01, 07:17 PM
urs has 256meg ram his only has 128 thats why..more ram = more stability and faster pc...and u have the voodoo 3 geforce is more cpu dependent from what i have heard..however the geforce 3 does all of the grpahical work...and i mean ALL of it
OpenFriday
03-10-01, 07:51 PM
forgot to say at time of test i only had 128mb aswell. So it wasnt as uneven as all that.
Nagorak
03-11-01, 12:56 AM
mike (Mar 10, 2001 03:23 p.m.):
Posting this for a friend. He wants to know which one would be the fastest between the two. Thanks in advance.

They are about the same. Each is slightly faster in different games, but not enough to make a difference. Tbird is cheaper, and faster (goes to 1.2 rather than 1.0 GHz). I'd suggest going AMD due to price.
mike
03-12-01, 01:05 AM
Thanks for all the info guys. However, I think I just convinced my friend to go with a TBird.