Celeron to Celeron

[Maniac]

With my current system I get 48.0 fps in demo 001 (Q3A retail) With these settings.
- 800X600
- 32 bit color
- 16 bit textures
- texture quality 2/3
- vsync and team overlay off
everything else on. This provides the best visual quality without sacrificing speed.
Now its pretty good except for when there are more than 3 players on screen all unloading their guns. I'm considering upgrading to a Celeron 366 -> 550 for $37. Can anyone tell me how much of a speed boost I would see? If it scales with MHZ then it would be 20% or another 10 frames approx...not bad for the $$$$


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Celeron 300A@464 2.0V, Abit BH6 G400 16meg DH@150/200, Western Digital Expert 18gig, Ricoh mp7040A, Pioneer 6X DVD slot load, Motorola Cable Modem w/DEC ethernet card, Soundblaster Live Value Ver. 2, Viewsonic GT 775

[Wombat]

W/o even looking at the game, I would love the opportunity to make a 100Mhz jump for $37. Who knows, you may even see a jump in the framerates

[Maggi]

Go for it !!!

I cannot tell you the exact numbers, but you'll definitely see an improvement.

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Cheers,
Maggi
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Working Rig:
Asus P2B-DS @ 100MHz FSB
Double Pentium III-450
4 x 128MB CAS2 SDRAM
Matrox Millennium G400 32MB DualHead
Eye-Q 777 (22" with 127kHz) on primary VGA
Nokia 445Xi (21") on secondary VGA

Home Rig:
Asus P2B-S Bios 1010 @ 100MHz FSB
Celeron 333A @ 500MHz
2 x 128MB CAS2 SDRAM
Matrox Millennium G400 32MB DualHead @ 150/200MHz
CTX VL710T (17")
and a brand new Pioneer 303S SCSI-DVD

[Bohrn]

When I went from 337 to 525 I got about 11 fps difference in Q3 demo1. But I have all options maxed at 8x6. So, maybe you won't get the 10fps you wanted, but for 37bucks ya can't go wrong. Grab it. It will help.

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AsusP2B ,iCeleron525(7x75), 128megs PC100, G40032megSH, Yamaha PCI sound, 2 small HD's, 42X Sony CDrom and 98SE w/shutdown patch, PD 5.41 w/Turbo MCD and beta ICD

[Bohrn]

When I went from 337 to 525 I got about 11 fps difference in Q3 demo1. But I have all options maxed at 8x6. So, maybe you won't get the 10fps you wanted, but for 37bucks ya can't go wrong. Grab it. It will help.

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AsusP2B ,iCeleron525(7x75), 128megs PC100, G40032megSH, Yamaha PCI sound, 2 small HD's, 42X Sony CDrom and 98SE w/shutdown patch, PD 5.41 w/Turbo MCD and beta ICD

[chihuang]

I think what Maniac mean is that he will upgrade from a 300A@464 to a 366@550. So actually it is from 464 -> 550. I don't know about how much will you notice the performance gain, but faster is always better.

[rei]

go for it. i went from 450mhz to 567mhz and got 10-15-20fps (20fps->40fps) with the G200 and slightly better with the monster 3d ii.

(q3a, 640x480, medium detail settings)

of course it cost me $90 for the chip, and $40 for the good brandname heatsink+fan combo. don't skimp on cooling.

[This message has been edited by rei (edited 06 January 2000).]