Intel Celeron 700

Now as we switch to Quake III it becomes very clear that the Celeron isn't exactly your best gaming solution either. In this case a Celeron 700 isn't even able to compete with an Athlon 500.

It is interesting to note that the Celeron 700 running on the VIA 133A platform is actually faster than the same configuration on a i815 platform. While it's not by much it is definitely there. The reason the BX platform comes in last is because both the i815 and VIA 133A setups allow the memory clock to be set at 100MHz while the FSB is set to 66MHz while the BX only allows a 66/66MHz configuration.

At 1024 x 768 x 32 where the video card should obviously be a limitation the scores should be within a couple of percent of one another. But with the Celerons you notice that the scores are a bit lower than the norm. This is because the 66MHz FSB/memory bus is holding their performance back in addition to the video card memory bandwidth limitations.