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Processor
P4 : 3,010MHz
XP : 1,666MHz
Diff : 1,344MHz (80.7%) ***
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Cost (newegg.com on 1/18/02)
P4 : $570 (OEM - 2,200MHz)
XP : $302 (OEM - 2000+)
Diff : $268 (88.7%) ***
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Q3 Test 1
P4 : 308.2fps
XP : 245.2fps
Diff : 63fps (25.7%)
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Q3 Test 2
P4 : 216.9fps
XP : 200.0fps
Diff : 16.9fps (8.5%)
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3DMark2000
P4 : 10843
XP : 10460
Diff : 383 (3.7%)
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3DMark2001
P4 : 7771
XP : 7348
Diff : 423 (5.8%)
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MPEG Lame Encoding
P4 : 122secs
XP : 170secs
Diff : 48secs (28.2%)
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Flask Divx Encoding
P4 : 37.94fps
XP : 32.79fps
Diff : 5.15fps (15.7%)
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SiSoft Dhrystone
P4 : 3686
XP : 2311
Diff : 1375 {59.5%)
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SiSoft Whetstone
P4 : 5840
XP : 4557
Diff : 1283 (28.2%)
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SiSoft Integer
P4 : 14798
XP : 10724
Diff : 4074 (38.0%)
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SiSoft Floating Point
P4 : 11950
XP : 9340
Diff : 2610 (27.9%)
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SiSoft Memory... pointless, it's the age old RDRAM vs. SDRAM
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That's enough, the numbers work out for all the other tests they ran to prove the same point...
So, just so I have this straight, and Intel people, feel free to correct me if I am wrong... I have to buy a chip for 88% more money and then overclock it using a water cooler (even more money) just to get these small gains in performance over a stock AMD chip? None of the gains in performance even come close to making up for the cost of the P4... let alone the cost of the watercooler you have to add to get said gains.
Processor
P4 : 3,010MHz
XP : 1,666MHz
Diff : 1,344MHz (80.7%) ***
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Cost (newegg.com on 1/18/02)
P4 : $570 (OEM - 2,200MHz)
XP : $302 (OEM - 2000+)
Diff : $268 (88.7%) ***
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Q3 Test 1
P4 : 308.2fps
XP : 245.2fps
Diff : 63fps (25.7%)
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Q3 Test 2
P4 : 216.9fps
XP : 200.0fps
Diff : 16.9fps (8.5%)
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3DMark2000
P4 : 10843
XP : 10460
Diff : 383 (3.7%)
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3DMark2001
P4 : 7771
XP : 7348
Diff : 423 (5.8%)
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MPEG Lame Encoding
P4 : 122secs
XP : 170secs
Diff : 48secs (28.2%)
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Flask Divx Encoding
P4 : 37.94fps
XP : 32.79fps
Diff : 5.15fps (15.7%)
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SiSoft Dhrystone
P4 : 3686
XP : 2311
Diff : 1375 {59.5%)
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SiSoft Whetstone
P4 : 5840
XP : 4557
Diff : 1283 (28.2%)
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SiSoft Integer
P4 : 14798
XP : 10724
Diff : 4074 (38.0%)
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SiSoft Floating Point
P4 : 11950
XP : 9340
Diff : 2610 (27.9%)
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SiSoft Memory... pointless, it's the age old RDRAM vs. SDRAM
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...
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...
That's enough, the numbers work out for all the other tests they ran to prove the same point...
So, just so I have this straight, and Intel people, feel free to correct me if I am wrong... I have to buy a chip for 88% more money and then overclock it using a water cooler (even more money) just to get these small gains in performance over a stock AMD chip? None of the gains in performance even come close to making up for the cost of the P4... let alone the cost of the watercooler you have to add to get said gains.