quick: Which CPU is better for games? K62/550 or K63/400?

[Holler]

about the same price... thanks!

 

[Fireball]

Neither?

In all seriousness, I'd say the 550. The K6-3 only has extra cache, which doesn't help all that much in games. Well, not more than clock speed.

 

[Holler]

thanks. that is what I thought. Are the FPU units the same on the two chips?

 

[HannibalX]

I am willing to bet they will perform about the same. Although a 450 Mhz k6-3 will trounce a k6-2 550.

 

[Holler]

FYI, this machine currently has a P200 mmx in it. can support K63/450 or k62/550 max (ASUS P5AB)

the k63/450 is 50 bucks more than the k62/550 at around $133 bucks...

hmmmm decision, decisions....

 

[Wingznut]

I've had both types of cpu's (K6-2 and K6-3). While the added cache on the K6-3 helped in most integer based apps, it didn't add any performance to gaming.

I'd say get the 550mhz.

 

[SuperFreaky]

Just search through anand's archives... the K6-2 is about equal to the K6-III in gaming performance MHZ/MHZ. The K6-III however kills the K6-2 in business MHZ/MHZ.

Get the faster one in MHZ for games...

 

[Relf Lauren]

I dont think the extra $50 is worth the minimal performace gaing you will achieve going with the K6-3.

Relf Lauren

 

[Kitros]

...and why not a celeron? $70 Does the mobo support a 400?

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=196811
and:
http://www.anandtech.com/reviews/cpu/k63/graph5.gif

On the graph, they are all about equal at the top, but we both know that you can OC the celery to whoop the k6-2/3.

I'm all for AMD, but still....

 

[Raincity]

You will see no performance gain in gaming on the K6-3 but you will see a nice performance increaase in bussiness apps and photo and video editing with the L3 cache enabled on the K6-3.

 

[Noriaki]

The K6-3 is just a K6-2 with 256kB full speed L2 cache.

From what I've seen that gives the K6-3 about a 100Mhz speed edge
(meaning that a K6-3 400 would be about even with a K6-2 500)

Depends what you want it for....for most people the 64K L1 cache of the K6-2 is enough for the 150Mhz speed boost to give it an edge.

I'd say the K6-2 550, good luck.

Kitros: The Asus P5A are socket7 boards. Seen a Socket7 celeron lately?

 

[Holler]

Thanks for all your input guys...

this is just my backup system for buddies coming over to play a little counter-strike

my main machine is the now antiquated BP6 with dual Cellie 400s (clocked to 550)

oh BTW, probably be going with the K62/550 'cause of the higher attainable clockspeed and better price.

L3 cache would be nice for all around use,
but not "50 bucks more" nice..

 

[Nvidia2000]

i would completely stay away from amd k62 or k63 cause i used to owed one ( amd k6-2 450 mhz )......... i sold the mobo and cpu immediately cause IT SUX ....... a celeron 400 is way better ....... but oh well, k7 and p3 rox........

 

[Caitiff]

It never ceases to amaze me the 'opinions' that some people have regarding systems. (see above). Anyway, faced w/ your situation, I would definitely go w/ the k6-2 550, using good paste, good hs/fan and a little luck, you might get 600 outta it (using the 2x to remap to 6x). I'm hoping to get a little more use outta my ss7 boards, looking to see if any of the k6-2+ chips leak onto the market like I hope. Running one of those at 600 looks to be very equitable for a 'dead' architecture, and allow me to save up for a high end T-bird setup later on.

 

[Rankor]

I'd grab the K6-2 550.

I had one slapped w/a V3 2K oc'ed to 183 and it was playable w/ all the recent games.

Get a decent HS/fan combo. My chip ran kinda hot even w/a Global Win FEP-32.