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I had the Geforce DDR in a P3 500 and I have the same card now in my Athlon 650
and it definitely runs faster on the Athlon.  Now, maybe that 150mhz difference
in processor speed has something to do with it, I don't know.  But it does run
better, for me at least, with the Athlon.

Jon Davis wrote:

> KNI / 3D Now! support aside, the Athlon has a much faster FPU unit, and as
> such is a much faster CPU, period.  However, with the advances in KNI / 3D
> Now!, and without such support on the GeForce256+Athlon, you do experience a
> performance hit.  Therefore, in my opinion, you'll probably get *almost* the
> same speed in GeForce256 applications on the Athlon as you will on the PIII.
> However, you will lose performance on the PIII outside of GeForce256
> applications.
>
> Jon.
>
> "dennis lonving" <dlonving@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:862tmt$gsb$0@dosa.alt.net...
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > There are so many words over the web about Athlon & GeForce...
> > I wonder if, with the last driver, a GeForce is still slower on an Athlon,
> > compared to a P3. Or is everything ok now ?
> > More, I suppose that the GeForce don't use the 3dNow! stuff, nor the
> > equivalent-stuff on a P3 (I've forgotten the name).
> >
> > You guess it : I'd like to know if I should buy a new P3 or a new Athlon
> to
> > boost my GeForce DDR.
> >
> > Have fun.
> >
> > PS : If you answer in this newsgroup, please email me too, at :
> > dlonving@hotmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >

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