Pentium 3

RN

Is it me or is it that the Pentium 3 1.4 GHz is more expensive than a Pentium 4? I saw it on www.pricewatch.com.

Ka0s

Theyre more expensive,m but better... but hell dont even use Intel... go AMD...

RN

Err... how are they better?

Ka0s

What, AMD? Well, more pipelines, more cache, and they cost less... The server your using for this forum is an AMD Duron... 1.4GHz with 512MB RAM...

RN

Yeah I know that. But I was talking about the Pentium 3. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I once had an AMD. Died in 2 years though.

Ka0s

Ah.... P3s have WAY more cache than P4s... WAY more... P4s have like 8K L1 and 32K L2, where P3s havelike 128K L1 and 512K L2

RN

Then I wonder why Intel stop supporting it... a mystery?

RN

I thought Pentium 4s have 512kb L2?

Ka0s

Im pretty sure it was only like 32K, anyway, i KNOW they only have 8K L1... my AMD has 64K L1 and 64K L2, and its a Duron, so its not the expensive fast AMDs..

RN

Take a look at this:
http://www.karbosguide.com/hardware/module3e14.htm

RN

And check this out too:
http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/CCAM/tualatin.shtml

And they say about the P3 Tualatin:
"but their design focus will be the server market where low-power consumption is desired. "

Is that another reason?

Ka0s

I wonder why those P3s only have 256K L2!!! :-? Slot 1s all have 512KB, which is good... the more cache the better...

RN

And they said that the 256kb L2 Cache actually made the P3 even more faster than the 512kb.

????

I sometimes don't understand Intel.

Ka0s

Exactly... The more cache the faster.... no matter what,,,, thats why my XP uses a large system cache.. it caches server requests, PHP, everything.

wingzeroismine

Hrm...my pentium 4 has this:
L1 Cache 8Kb...that is kinda strange
L2 Cache 512Kb...well my p4 is at least large in that area

SurfinShell23

Dunno what my P3's and P4's have... I should look them up sometime.

IBMWarpster

older 2Ghz Pentium 4's have 12K L1 and 256K L2.

SurfinShell23

I've got a P4 1.7, a P4 1.5 or 1.6 (that I screwed up), and a P4 3.06 in my laptop.

and 2 PIII 550's.

I should look up the cache sizes sometime.

TCPMeta

Hey, My mother has a older PC that currently has a VIA (Cryrix) III at 500MHz. The motherboard can support a Pentium III Socket CPU at the max of 900MHz. Can anyone find me a site that is saleing a 900MHz P3 CPU under 80 dollors.

IBMWarpster

Dman intel is overpriced. I though I could get a Pentium II ~600Mhz for under $40, I was wrong.

Now, AMD K6-III/K7, cheaper than $40 even at 1GHz today

RN

P3s are damn expensive.

SurfinShell23

Yes, but they're very good.

I need to build something good over the summer.

RN

I have like 2 P3 cpus lying around somewhere. I think they're both like 550Mhz or something.

TCPMeta

I gave up on finding a P3 to put in it. I bought a mobo cpu bundle for 100 bucks that is way faster then the 900MHz CPU I was looking for. 2.7GHz Intel Celeron. I hate Intel but the deal was to good to pass up and besides it's not mine.

Slash

I heard that there are P4-2800 with 1M cache.

RN

Hmmm... I thought they were P4-3200 or something like that...I didn't know they had one at 2.8.

Anonymous

Damn, TCP, I just found a link.

geek.com, good prices for stuff.

Some things I dont aggree on is some prices, like $50 for a 1GHz intel. Also the PPro>300 PII overdrives ($40) is a rip.

SurfinShell23

Roger wrote:

Hmmm... I thought they were P4-3200 or something like that...I didn't know they had one at 2.8.

Maybe it's the P4 Extreme? Just guessing.

RN

Yeah I was thinking of that too.

Ka0s

The P4EE is the one with TWO MB L2.... Im pretty sure its 2MB though/...

Slash

2Mb cache i think is not needed. It will not be fully used on daily work, only when working with 3DSmax or sth...