got just enough for a new processor

If you are stuck on the plan I'd either get,

Asus Cusl2 Intel 815 board with a PIII700 (100mhz) and up it to 1ghz. Get good RAM.

OR

Fastest AMD Athlon CPU you can afford, good RAM and Cooler. Stick it on a KT133A board (I have an Asus A7V133). If you can afford it many people say the AXIA (code on the chip) T-Bird 1Ghz are running 1.4Ghz easily - but I know this is more than you are really looking to spend.

In anycase, for either of these, get the best vid card you can. If you are at 800+Mhz then vid card will begin to play a larger factor to your gaming performance than raw CPU.

Always buy high quality RAM, don't get generic and avoid anything other than brand PC133CAS2 RAM if possible.

Of your list of 5 - the 800AMD has the longest legs (highest potential) followed by the Duron and PIII800(100)
The PIII800EB is a good stock processor, but has little tweaking future. The cellery is okay, value, but has little future from this point and is lower performing than any of the competition in your list.

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duron packs most bang for buck out of all except tbird. u can upgrade to a tbird later

just remember if you decide to go with AMD/VIA there is no leeway! one mistake and all the money you;ve save go *poof*!
don't be misled.

"AMD...you are the weakest link, good bye!"

what platform do you have now

I was going to ask the same question. A while a go, I was stuck with a BX board and a P3-500. I could only go to a 850, and my board didn’t support much if any overclocking. Instead of buying a (still pricey) P3 850, I sold my board, my cpu and my PC100 ram. For the money I got, I bought a K7T Turbo, PC133 and a used Duron 600 that runs happily @933. How is that for a cheap upgrade ? Best thing, I can drop in a T-bird (and hopefully a Palamino) anytime I wish.

Also, since you are gamer. Don’t spend money on any cpu beyond 7-900 Mhz. Put it in your videocard instead. To give you an idea.. with my geforce2 GTS, I really cant tell any difference between running my cpu at 800,866 or 933 Mhz in all the games I play (mostly black& white and giants). Im sure a Geforce2 Pro or Ultra would have made a difference though.

Gargie

well i gusse you can't use the board with the new chip so you might want to look into to selling the board and the proccser and getting a few more bucks to throw into a new chip

"finally got enough moolah for a new processor, unlike all you spoilt people out there i cant afford a top of the line model of either amd or intel."

Nothing wrong with spoiling yourself once in a wile(HAHA)
Any of your choices mentioned would make a nice PC.I have a T-Bird 900 and will run anything I have just fine even after downgrading my VooDoo 3 3000(FRIED) back to my 8 MB ATI Rage video card just go for what your budget will allow and you should be happy with the results


Rock out with your AMD out

I wouldn't get an MX anyway, not from a tnt ultra.

I was just saying that the cpu will be limited by the vid card.

I presume you play at lower resoultions or quality, in which case cpu will be more of a factor. Up to you!!!!

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