Intel Celeron 400A (Slot-1)

Gaming Performance

Die hard gamers will find Intel's Celeron to be unbeatable in value and performance, AMD is held back in this area by poor implementation of 3DNow! in the latest video card drivers and therefore the reliance of most 3D accelerators on the relatively poor floating point performance of even their upcoming K6-3.

Things do change when 3DNow! mode is enabled under Quake 2's software renderer, as the K6-3 quickly closes the gap between itself and Intel's Celeron 400. The best overall gaming value is still the Celeron in spite of AMD's efforts with 3DNow! support.