Battle at 500MHz: Athlon vs P3 vs Celeron
by Anand Lal Shimpi on September 21, 1999 8:36 PM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
The Test
Click
here for detailed descriptions of all of the tests run.
Click
Here for a detailed description of the four visual test modes used in the Quake 3
tests.
Windows 98 SE Test System |
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Hardware |
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CPU(s) |
Intel Pentium III 500 |
Intel Celeron 500 | AMD Athlon 500 |
Motherboard(s) | ABIT BX6 R2 | ABIT BX6 R2 + "Sloket" Adapter | FIC SD11 |
Memory | 128MB PC133 Corsair SDRAM |
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Hard Drive | IBM Deskstar 22GXP 22GB Ultra ATA 66 HDD |
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CDROM | Phillips 48X |
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Disk Controller | Promise Ultra 66 - Ultra ATA 66 Controller |
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Video Card | Diamond Viper V770 Ultra clocked at 150/183MHz (core/mem) |
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Ethernet | Linksys LNE100TX 100Mbit PCI Ethernet Adapter |
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Software |
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Operating System |
Windows 98 SE |
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Video Drivers | NVIDIA Reference Detonator 2.08 drivers |
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Benchmarking Applications |
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Business |
Ziff Davis Winstone 99 |
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Gaming | idSoftware Quake 3 Test 1.08 (OpenGL) |
Windows NT 4 Test System |
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Hardware |
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CPU(s) |
Intel Pentium III 500 |
Intel Celeron 500 | AMD Athlon 500 |
Motherboard(s) | Soyo SY-D6IBA2 | Soyo SY-D6IBA2 + "Sloket" Adapter | FIC SD11 |
Memory | 128MB PC133 Corsair SDRAM |
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Hard Drive | IBM Deskstar 22GXP 22GB Ultra ATA 66 HDD |
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CDROM | Phillips 48X |
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Disk Controller | Promise Ultra 66 - Ultra ATA 66 Controller |
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Video Card | Diamond Viper V770 Ultra clocked at 150/183MHz (core/mem) |
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Ethernet | Linksys LNE100TX 100Mbit PCI Ethernet Adapter |
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Software |
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Operating System |
Windows NT 4 + Service Pack 5 |
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Video Drivers | NVIDIA Reference Detonator 2.08 drivers |
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Benchmarking Applications |
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Business |
Ziff Davis Winstone 99 |
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Professional |
3D Studio MAX R2.5 |
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