Tom's recent article on cheap P4s from OEMs simply seemed to restate the rules for buying a gaming system:
#1. The video card is the most important component. Depending on your pricerange, even seemingly absurd combinations such as a Celeron/Duron and a GeForce Ultra should be considered.
#2. Do not even *consider* buying a P4 unless you have more than $3,000 to spend. Below that price point, and probably even to a degree above it, your money is better spent elsewhere.
While I agree that Athlons deliver the best price/performance ratio available, Tom's guide didn't mention that even slower Athlons and P3s would deliver comparably high framerates if paired with a GeForce 2 Pro or Ultra as the althon systems in his comparison were.
#1. The video card is the most important component. Depending on your pricerange, even seemingly absurd combinations such as a Celeron/Duron and a GeForce Ultra should be considered.
#2. Do not even *consider* buying a P4 unless you have more than $3,000 to spend. Below that price point, and probably even to a degree above it, your money is better spent elsewhere.
While I agree that Athlons deliver the best price/performance ratio available, Tom's guide didn't mention that even slower Athlons and P3s would deliver comparably high framerates if paired with a GeForce 2 Pro or Ultra as the althon systems in his comparison were.
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