The P3 800 will be much faster than the dual P2 333, as the P2 is the first generation of the P2 class which sported the 66 mhz system bus while the P3 has the 100 or 133 mhz bus (correct me if I am wrong on the exact figure:)).

Secondly for a dual you should double the ram to compare against a similar single cpu system.

If you can afford it then try to get a dual P2 400+ mhz system.
HTH

Peter Kaulback

In the hour of 07:49 PM 06/01/2003 -0800, Mumtaz Ahmed spoke this:
I want to purchase a computer for some number
crunching, and a little bit of graphics (on win2000
and mandrake linux). With a shoe-string budget, I am
looking for a second hand computer. I did a little
"window shopping" and  really like this dual process
machine (Dell Workstation 400 with PII-333).

I want to compare the performance of a dual processor
PII-333 system with a single processor PIII-800. both
machines have similar configuration (256MB RAM, etc.).
In the second hand computer market, both machines are
available for nearly the same price.

I did search the internet, but could not find anything
tangible. Would appreciate any help.

Regards,

Mumtaz
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