Speed Isn't Everything: P4/2800 Meets Athlon XP 2600+

OpenGL-Performance: Quake 3 Arena

In the four time-demo runs from Quake 3 Arena, the results are consistent: the Athlon XP 2600+ cannot keep up with the P4/2800. The reason for this is that the AMD platform lacks the memory bandwidth, causing all Athlon CPUs to end up in the lower ranks.