What does a P4 w/do for games that a fast vid card w/a P3 wouldn't do?

[efn2000]

What does a P4 1.4 ghz w/a gF3ti200 do for games that a P3 1.4ghz w/ a gf3ti4600 wouldn't do?

Thanks

Elliot

[BipolarBill]

Not a whole lot. I'm currently running a P3 1G with a GF2 GTS (32MB) and I get over 100FPS in Quake3. What more do I need?

[efn2000]

Haha true true.

[Lycia]

I dunno, what??

[BipolarBill]

To be left alone, Lycia! :p

[NDD]

BipolarBill : try to get same 100fps with MOHAA ;)

As for your question, efn2000 : nothing. It will be even worst. Speaking just speeds, P3@1.4GHz is very close to P4@1.7GHz, and GF4Ti4600 is a lot faster then GF3Ti200.

So, stay with Pentium III.

[BipolarBill]

I'm playing MOHAA right now. It got really hairy sniping the bridge! Those krauts brought 12FPS up the stairs with them! :mad:

[Jimstep]

At those processor speeds, a better graphics card will be the better choice.

[Rugor]

If both CPUs are at 1.4GHz with everything else identical, A P4 makes you cry that you need a CPU upgrade and the P3 doesn't.

P3 has a far better IPC and will easily outperform an equally clocked P4.

There is no real comparison.

[elleon30033]

This is a very surprising thread. I'm flabbergasted.:(

[BipolarBill]

Yah....Intel scrood the pooch on the 423-pin chip. The current Tualatin Pentium and Celeron 370-pin CPUs are really stout.