I can't really speak to actual comparison, but we did just get some Athlons
in the lab and they scream! Also, IIRC, ars-technica has had some good info
recently on the chips you're interested in...you might want to check them
out.
Austin Bingham
Laboratory for Intelligent Processes and Systems
University of Texas at Austin
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>Hi Guys,
>
>It is time to upgrade my P75 computer ... :) I have not kept track for
>the recent CPU developments for a while and it seems like that interesting
>things are going on in this battle field. So, how should I choose CPUs? I
>did a little research and it seems that:
>
>1. PIII Coppermine is comparable to AMD Athlon at the same clock speed
>2. PIII is comparable to K6-3 at the same clock speed
>
>Is that right? I do not know if I get this right due to the huge price
>difference between AMD and Intel chips. (Like a K6-3-400MHz only costs $80
>while a PIII MMX2 500MHz costs $319! Four times the price for a 20%
>performance improvement?)
>
>On the other hand, how significant is the difference between PIII and PIII
>Coppermine (Or K6-3 and K7) ? I mean, the performance difference on the
>adjusted clock speed basis. Is PIII Coppermine and Athlon worthy the
>money? Is there any good Linux benchmark on this for common server tasks?
>I have only used Intel processors so far. Are the AMD chips stable on a
>Linux platform?
>
>Oh, one more thing: I heard about a lot of bad things about the chipsmart
>in town. What exactly did they do wrong? They seem to have decent prices
>but I do not want to get burned after placed a $1000 order. :)
>
>Please be objective since I know many you guys might have some
>relationship with AMD in town. :)
>
>Thanks a lot for your help!
>Michael
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