Intel Pentium III 1.13 GHz processor

Advantages: Widely available, reliable
Disadvantages: High price, relativly low performance

The pentium 3 is available at speeds ranging from 450MHZ to 1GHZ ( 1000MHZ ) and the cache ( processor memory ) is typically 256Kb. The processor enhancments are the ever popular MMX. The main thing that attracts people to the Pentium 3 is publicity it is given by the people at Intel. Most shop bought computers will contain a pentium processor of some sort. There is no dispute over the power increase over previous pentium models and over those of ...
...its own against its main competitor the AMD processors. The honest answer is not too well. Firstly the cost of a pentium processor is a lot more than its AMD equivalent, the benchmarks of the processor compared with AMD do not wield good results. The AMD equivalents outperform the Pentium 3's every time. There are three types of processor and they all vary only in the amount of on-board cache they support. The Xenon having the most and the Celeron ... Read review

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...increase the performance of your intel based computer, it is not always necessary to purchase a shiny new CPU. By twiddling and tweaking, it is possible to increase the operating speed of the CPU (and other components) with stability so that the system performance is enhanced. The speed of a chip can be determined by the following equation Front Side Bus x Multiplier = Internal Chip Speed Thus a Celeron 533a is calculated as follows 66Mhz x 8.0 ...
...suitable for overclocking. In the Intel world, a suitable motherboard would have a high quality chipset such as the i440BX, the i815, i815e, 693a or 694x. Chipsets by SiS or other smaller manufacturers generally do not cut the ice. The motherboard should have what is known as a soft BIOS whereby no features need be changed on the motherboard with fiddly jumpers or dip-switches; all changes are made in the BIOS. The motherboard should have many different ... Read review

Advantages: Fast Chip, newest instruction set
Disadvantages: Far too priceycompared to AMD

The Intel PIII is one of the two most powerfull processors on the market along with the AMD Athlon. The real problem I have with the Intel offereing is there price. I dont believe that the PIII is better than the Athlon, I believe its close but no where near as the price difference suggests. The Pentium III was the first Intel chip to have SSE(Streaming SIMD* Extensions) * Single Edge Contact Cartridge Basically this was MMX 2, it does all the jobs ...
...a great job of. SSE contains 70 new instructions for the processor. The PIII has been marketed to be able to speed up your internet experience. Well I have to question this claim. Allthough it can process fast, "Your computer is only as fast as its weakest component". And as far As I am concerned there is not a modem out there that can pass data quicker than a PIII. The only thing that could be said about it is that playing online games with DirectX ... Read review

Advantages: Great little chip
Disadvantages: None

...to break the stranglehold that Intel have on the market. Ok, they may be suitable to play with at home as Gaming PC but lack the bite of a office PC used for high performance PC work in a Software design enviroment. The Athlons have a problem with their cooling fans too. My friend has had a chip fry in his machine due to the fan packing up. So there you have it. Go for the technology that is proven. The P4 is not much different from the P3 at ... Read review

Advantages: Fast, equals perforamce of AMD at the GHz clock speed
Disadvantages: Too expensive

...ago....and i mean long ago, Intel ws well known for their brilliant processors, ruling over all the over makes like AMD, Cyrix who were the leading competitors to the brilliance of Intel. It must have been prolonged period at the No. 1 seat for processors that Intel decided they will slack off a bit, and this is when AMD released their Athlon processor. Everybody's expectations were that the AMD's new offering was going to be rubbish and another ...
...everyone's surprise actually beat the Intel line of processors andfrom then on Intel tried to pick up the pace and curently in the race to compete for the No.1 slot in the processor market. AMD's recent offerings into the CPU market has been very good and nearly at every clock speed it has beaten the Intel PIII line of processors. It's hasn't be long since the release of the 1GHz processors, intel was the first to officially release theirs in an ... Read review

Advantages: Fast
Disadvantages: Not the fastest, very expensive

...There is no denying it; the last twelve months have been anything but enjoyable for Intel, the mighty chipmaker based in Santa Clara, California. While the chip giant is still making billions and has thus certainly no serious reasons to complain about small profits or even losses, its reputation had to suffer rather badly. What had started with a buggy and therefore delayed 'Camino' (i820) chipset for the brand new 'Coppermine' processor in Fall 1999, continued with the 'MTH-recall', the Timna-drop, the bad press about Intel's peculiar relationship to Rambus Inc. and finally with the recall of the Pentium III 1.13 GHz processor due to instability issues. At the same time Intel's archenemy AMD had become stronger and more successful than ever. In terms of processor performance the Sunnyvale-based chipmaker and its Athlon-processor did... Read review

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Advantages: a small laptop and cheap laptop
Disadvantages: For office (word processing etc)

...this computer only if you have a good deal and you would only use it for office use or for just typing upt the usual essay on the road. **************Easy Acess to Specs******************** Main Specs Product Description IBM ThinkPad A30 2652 - PIII-M 1.13 GHz - 15" TFT Recommended Use Small business, corporate business Dimensions (WxDxH) 32.9 cm x 27.3 cm x 4.5 cm Weight 3.4 kg Localisation French / France System Type Notebook Processor Intel Pentium III-M 1.13 GHz Cache Memory 512 KB - L2 Cache - Advanced Transfer Cache RAM 128 MB (installed) / 1 GB (max) - SDRAM - 133 MHz Hard Drive 1 x 30 GB Optical Storage DVD-ROM - plug-in module Display 15" TFT active matrix - 24-bit (16.7 million colours) Graphics Controller ATI MOBILITY RADEON - 16 MB Audio Output Sound card Telecom Fax / modem - CDC - 56 Kbps Networking... Read review

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Advantages: Top screen, fast CPU, loads of up to date features. Great for wireless internet
Disadvantages: The £1800 price tag is a bit steep

...Bought this machine in 2003 and it has been a great servant. Expensive at £1800, but has a great graphics chipset and plenty of power. Processor-- Intel Pentium III-M (1.13 GHz) RAM installed-- 256 MB SDRAM Hard drive-- 30 GB IDE Internal CD / DVD type-- DVD-ROM Removable storage type-- None Input device-- Keyboard, Touchpad, Pointing stick Weight-- 6.2 lbs Dimensions (W x D x H)-- 12.8 in x 10.4 in x 1.4 in Display-- 15 in TFT active matrix Max resolution-- 1400 x 1050 Video RAM installed-- 16 MB Video output-- AGP 4x Audio output-- Sound card Networking type-- Network adapter Modem-- 56 Kbps Fax / modem Plug-in card Mini PCI Battery installed-- 1 Lithium ion Mfr estimated battery life-- 5 hour(s) OS provided-- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service & support type-- 3 years warranty WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND. BETTER THAN... Read review

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