Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 20:46:33 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Stein B. Sylvarnes" <sylvarnes@geocities.com> Cc: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: P5 vs Celeron vs PII Message-ID: <3761CA09.EB525855@softweyr.com> References: <199906102221.SAA01467@etinc.com> <3.0.6.32.19990611012822.0079d930@mail.geocities.com>
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"Stein B. Sylvarnes" wrote:
>
> At 18:17 10.06.99 -0500, Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> wrote:
> >On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Dennis wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> In a nutshell, does anyone have a handle on the relative preformance of
> >> these are?
> >>
> >> 233Mhz P5 vs 233Mhz Celeron
> >Last time I looked, the price difference was enough that the Celeron
> >gives you more bang for the buck.
> >
> The AMD K6-3 has given best preformance/price, at least here in Norway. The
> lead has been signifficant, but most vendors have built their PCs with
> (W)Intel
> CPUs. For the home-builder/upgrader, the choice has been simple, though.
>
> But lately Intel has dropped their prices, and if I was to buy a new CPU
> now, I would have to choose between PIII and K6-3 (They're pretty much
> equally fast, AMD a bit faster in Q2 in windoze)
Given the following prices, which should be pretty representative in
the USA:
AMD-K6-2 300MHz / 350MHz / 400MHz / 450MHz 59 / 64 / 91 / 121
AMD-K6-3 400MHz / 450MHz / 500 172 / 245 / SOON
Celeron Slot-1 333a / 366 / 400 / 433MHz 69 / 84 / 115 / 135
Pentium II 350MHz / 400MHz / 450MHz 169 / 182 / 245
Pentium III (Katmai) 450 / 500 / 550MHz 259 / 460 / 749
Lessee, the K6-3/400 is much faster than the PII/450 (unless you need
floating point) and costs about the same. The PIII/450 is roughly
as fast as K6-3/400, but costs a bunch more. The K6-3 is a killer
chip, unless you need fast floating point ;^) (sorry, can't say "fast
floating point" and "x86" without smiling) or SMP. The K6 motherboard
and case will both probably cost less, too.
Caution: I'm an AMD "advocate," not to mention a shareholder. I own
several K6 systems, and would buy more. YMMV. Their greatest feature,
however, is that they are NOT Intel.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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