Is an Intel P4 1.8aGHZ/512/400 that much faster than an AMD Duron 1600?

Question

My childrens pc is a GA7VTXE mobo with an AMD 1600cpu. I have been given an emachine IM845GV mobo and a P4 1.8a chip. Before I start a rebuild can anyone tell me if it is worth the effort. Will also have to replace the 128meg graphic card as no AGP slot on the emachine board. I am thinking it should be a bit faster but just how much and will it be noticable. Thanks for any advice you can give me. Stiffshifter.

Would be using the same 256meg of memory but I think the fsb is slower on the old mobo.

Answer 1

Up front, a straight answer can not be given. Usually, people figure speed has something to do with the clock speed of the chip- P4 at 1.8Ghz versus an AMD 1600. Through my overall experience, AMD chips have performed better during benchmark tests, eg. PCMark. All together, it depends not only on Processor speed but also on Front Side Bus (FSB), Memory Capacity and Speed, and also Type.

If the current computer your child has includes the AMD Duron 1600, but also 512mb Ram at 400MHz FSB and also the 128mb graphics card, I wouldn't replace it with a Pentium4 1.8Ghz chip unless you are also upgrading the RAM and FSB speed. If you do choose to do the switch, you have to realize that a 128mb graphics card for the type and age of computer you are rebuilding is quite necessary if high end graphical games are to be played.

So, To answer your question- No, a P4 1.8 is not much faster than an AMD Duron 1600.

Answer 2

my advice .. never rebuild anything thats is OLD

now p4 is p4 core2duo --> 800mhzfsb/supports DDR2 ram etc..
thats upgrading..

p41.8 --> 533mhzfsb/ddr/only no difference will be with your existing AMD