First post, by retep_110
Hi guys I am back with another question 🤣.
While researching for a neat cpu for my Gigabyte 586HX mb to move my planned second dos build forward I come across some offers for pentium 3 coppermine.
Upgrading the cpu of my first rig (socket 370 hp system with p3 800 coppermine cpu) is another long term project of mine.
With some nice time limited offers the time for a upgrade might come earlier than I had anticipated.
I am curious now about the opinion from some other pentium 3 users if a upgrade from a p3 800 coppermine to a 1ghz coppermine would be worth it or would the differenes bee just small and not really noticable?
As gpu I am still using the riva TN2 that came with the system. In long run I want to replace it with a single voodoo 2 card for glide an and geforce 2 for direct3d games.
Performance wise the hp system in it's current state serves me really well for most games from 97 to 99.
But the system starts to show it's age in some games from 2000.
That's the reason why I might consider getting better cpu. Could a p3 1000 MHz speed up some games from 2000 in meaningful way compared to the 800 mhz version?