Help with 3dmark99 max numbers

[jediphoenix]

So why does someones system with a celeron 300a@464 and a g400 16 meg get a 3dmark99 max score of 4060 and my K6-2 450 128 SDRAM and g400 32 meg only gets 3288 ???? Please explain


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[DrFizix]

Just a thought, but I'd say that it has something to do with the fact that the Celeron's onboard L2 cache is running at the full CPU speed while yours probably is not. Another difference may be the difference in floating point speed (if any) between the two processors.

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System specs (well, everyone else is doing it!):

Asus P2B-F motherboard
Pentium III 450, no overclock
G400MAX/32DH, no overclock
192 MB PC100 RAM
SB Live Value
Hauppauge WinTV PCI
ReelMagic Hollywood+
USR 56K ISA
Win98 SE

[jediphoenix]

well the k6-2 450 does not have its own l2 cache but my motherboard does, a 1 meg one and im running my bus at 100mhz.

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[Maniac]

Yeah, the FPU on the K6 lags considerably behind Intel. It's really not a gamers cpu...btw your L2 cache may be running at 100mhz, but mine runs at 464mhz and it's on die!

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Celeron 300A@464 2.0V, Abit BH6 G400 16meg DH@150/200, Western Digital Expert 18gig, Ricoh mp7040A, Pioneer 6X DVD slot load, Motorola Cable Modem w/DEC ethernet card, Soundblaster Live Value Ver. 2, Viewsonic GT 775

[budij]

Hey! Wanna laugh?

Check out what AMD claims to be able to score with a AMD K6 chip:

K6-2 533 5897
K6-2 500 5859
Celeron 500 4374

For detail surf to http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/k623d/bchmks.html

Note the small difference between the 533 and 500 version!