For the same price...

[savejs]

Would the P4 2.8C (800FSB) be better overall than the P4 3.06B (533 FSB)?
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[pIII_Man]

i would have to say for overclocking the p4b (in this case)...for stock speed the p4c...

The 3.06 will win <i>most</i> benchies...


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[Crashman]

Except in the benchmarks/applications that actually NEED the added speed, most of those are bandwidth limited more than clock cycle limited.

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[savejs]

So if I'm playing games, internet..which is better?
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[eden]

The 3.06 will win most benchies...

I'll have to say you didn't do you homework entirely Piii_man!

http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1834&p=4

Anandtech's thorough tests (and most other websites') revealed the 2.8C often leads, and in overall is much better than the 3.06GHZ. I'd even say it overclocks better thanks to the lower clock speed.

For its lower price, higher performance, and much headroom, I strongly would recommend the 2.8C over the 3.06GHZ no matter what.

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[Crashman]

The 2.8C will probably give you just a hair in games, you can surf the net at lightening speed with a PII 400 so your choice in processor is not a factor.

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[eden]

I think what would sell him to it would be likely the excellent multimedia capabilities. Video, sound, image editing will definitely be better.

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