What is better to choose? Dual processor Intel Pentium III 1.4 GHz SL6BY or single Intel Pentium 4 2.2 GHz, or even Athlon XP?
For what? For period correct games Athlon XP any day.
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This depends on your purpose.
The pentium 4 is faster than the P3 in single core performance. So in Windows 9x it has an advantage.
Win NT van gehele multiple processors so there the P3 set may be an advantage for some purposes.
The Athlon XP is an entire breed. The 1800+ will be noticeable slower than a 2,2 p4 but the 2800+ will slaughter it hands tied.
If gaming is your intention, the dual P3 won't make any sense. Games that support dual cores will need more than the P3. AND lots of dual P3 boards don't have AGP so you'll be limited there as well.
If you want a dedicated retro CAD experience or a media conversion system, win2k and she dual P3 with some Matrox graphics card are your friends here.
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rasz_pl wrote on 2024-09-29, 03:47:For what? For period correct games Athlon XP any day.
Which period? You've got as far back as 95 and mid-xp with those.
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Usually I stay away from P4 stuff. And P3 dual is a nice find, if you have one. It might run NT dual cpu kernel.
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Easy!!!! Dual P3
Totally pointless for retro gaming but wayyyyyyyy more sexier.
Seriously though depends on era/OS. I'm going to assume Win9x
P3 is good match Windows will run fine but will totally ignore the 2nd CPU. You could dual boot something like Windows 2000 which has good support for the same era games and will see the 2nd CPU. (but not really take advantage of it)
Both the Athlon and P4 are crazy fast for Windows 9x, between those to it comes down to user preference and availability.
If we are talking about WinXP, faster is better and I'd already be cancelling out the P3
I'd go with the dual-P3 myself, since it's a bit rarer. 😉
If what you're running doesn't use SSE2 (i.e. games!) one core of the P3 should keep up with a 2.2ghz P4 pretty well.
