[geeks] Older Intel Processors

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> On Jan 2, 2007, at 1:12 PM, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> 
>> I'm looking to upgrade my mail server and I had a question.  Does 
>> anyone
>> know if one 2.4GHz Pentium 4 outrun two 1.3GHz Pentium III's?
>>
> I would say yes it would.  Any loss would be made up in higher memory 
> bandwidth, improving performance.

Thanks.

I wasn't sure, since the reputation has always been that the P4 is 
slower than the P3 clock-for-clock.

Peace...  Sridhar