Darkman wrote:

Just wondering, how does the 1.4Ghz Tualatin compare to an Athlon 1400? obviously its also up to whether a game uses SSE/3DNow, chipset , etc. But given similar components, how would it compare?

Im guessing the Tualatin runs much cooler, thats probably a given.

In games the Athlon (Thunderbird) and P3-S is almost equal clock for clock, when it comes to other stuff they trade blows.

See this review for more information.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/ … l-tualatin.html

Skyscraper wrote:

In games the Athlon (Thunderbird) and P3-S is almost equal clock for clock, when it comes to other stuff they trade blows. […]
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Darkman wrote:

Just wondering, how does the 1.4Ghz Tualatin compare to an Athlon 1400? obviously its also up to whether a game uses SSE/3DNow, chipset , etc. But given similar components, how would it compare?

Im guessing the Tualatin runs much cooler, thats probably a given.

In games the Athlon (Thunderbird) and P3-S is almost equal clock for clock, when it comes to other stuff they trade blows.

See this review for more information.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/ … l-tualatin.html

ah I see, they are more or less the same it seems in most ways.

I still find it funny both are beating the Pentium 4 in just about every task minus Quake3.

Artex wrote:

kokornov wrote:

You can try to use modded BIOS for P3B-F (ver NOA) for correct CPU detection: http://www.rom.by/files/P3BF_Noa.BIN

Do you have a readme or any additional info about this BIOS?

No. Its difference from Asus's 1008 beta 004 is in added microcodes for Tualatin and corrected CPU name display - that's all I know.

To activate microcode update enable "BIOS update" option in CMOS Setup. If you enable it on stock BIOS, the board will show warning during POST.

Gotcha - I grabbed a different BIOS with the microcode update. I'll try this one - thanks!

EDIT: BIOS now shows Tualatin PIII 1.4Ghz. Thanks!!

Small update today.. I forgot about a boxed MSI Ti4600 8X I had tucked away, and this card is stable (and fast) as hell!

And a couple of screenshots showing that "NOA" BIOS that correctly shows the Tualatin processor name..

Nice!

It seems that I need to try more GF4 ti 4x00 cards to see if I also can get a stable Tualatin P3-S 1400 build with a BX motherboard.
At the moment I have a Abit BH6 build with a Tualatin Celeron but Im thinking of switching to the Aopen AX6BC so I can try a P3-S 1400 again.