I cant decide on a P4 core to use to play GTA: San andreas I am debating between the prescott or northwood cores. It would be either a 3.0 or 3.2ghz (possibly a 3.4ghz) with an 800mhz FSB. I just want to know which CPU would make the game perform better. I have heard the northwood is better for some games and the prescott is better for others. Which would be better for Grand theft auto San Andreas? Thanks P3 866/256/133 socket 370 Asus CUV4XC Geforce 2 MX 32mb 192mb PC133 6.4gb Segate HDD

Athlon 64 is best...lol Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8.5 x 200MHz 1280MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro

too expensive. I want either northwood or prescott. Which of those 2 should i get? P3 866/256/133 socket 370 Asus CUV4XC Geforce 2 MX 32mb 192mb PC133 6.4gb Segate HDD

Too expensive my ass. ^_^ AMD's price/performace ratio is waaay better than Intel can even imagine. AMD is just incredible. Anywho... as for the 3.0 versus 3.2, why cant common sense answer that one? :P But as for Northwood vs. Prescott... now thats debatable. Imo, I'd go for the Northwood. Why? Because Prescott runs extremely hot and consumes ungodly amounts of power. I aint been an Intel user since 2 years ago, but the Northwood core was cool and stable when I had a 2.8c back in the day. アンドリュー

Too expensive?? 3.2GHz Prescott = $215 3.2GHz Northwood = $262 Athlon 64 3200+ Venice = $190 Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester = $193 ** all are retail versions ** Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8.5 x 200MHz 1280MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro

i was just goin by prices i saw on ebay, since thats where i am getting the parts. NOw i guess ill get an athalon 64 board. P3 866/256/133 socket 370 Asus CUV4XC Geforce 2 MX 32mb 192mb PC133 6.4gb Segate HDD