Barton's Here: Athlon XP 3000+ vs. P4 3.06 GHz

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Quake 3 Arena

Page 1: Architecture's Last Gasp: Athlon XP 3000+ With More Cache
Page 2: Architecture's Last Gasp: Athlon XP 3000+ With More Cache, Continued
Page 3: New CPUs With Barton Core: Athlon XP 2500+/ 2800+/ 3000+
Page 4: An End User's Question: How Many L2 Caches Does The Athlon Have?
Page 5: Overclocking To 2500 MHz - How It Works, Continued
Page 6: Overclocking To 2500 MHz - How It Works, Continued
Page 7: How It Works: Unlock The Multipliers 5.0 To 12.5
Page 8: How It Works: Unlock The Multipliers 5.0 To 12.5, Continued
Page 9: Fab30 Yield (Dresden): Max. 163 Barton CPUs Per Wafer!
Page 10: Comparing All Athlon XP CPUs
Page 11: The Test Board: Up Close & Personal
Page 12: Say No To Thermal Death
Page 13: Test Setup And Details
Page 14: Benchmarks Under Windows XP
Page 15: Quake 3 Arena
Page 16: 3D Mark 2001 SE
Page 17: Mp3 Makers Platinium
Page 18: Multimedia Performance: PC Mark 2002
Page 19: SiSoft Sandra 2003 Benchmarks: CPU And Multimedia
Page 20: Sysmark 2002
Page 21: Archiving: Winrar 3.11
Page 22: 3D Rendering: Cinema 4D XL 8.001
Page 23: Multitasking: 3D Studio Max 5.1 And Main Concept 1.3
Page 24: Conclusion: More Cash For Cache - Model Rating Unjustified, Optimal For Overclocking

Quake 3 Arena

All five time-demo runs of Quake 3 Arena point in the same direction. The Athlon CPUs with Barton cores benefit considerably from the double L2 cache. They still don't perform quite as well as the P4 at 3.06 GHz. How important or big the gap is may be a subjective opinion.