AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" 1.1GHz

Quake III Arena under Windows 2000 provides a breakdown of performance very similar to the benchmarks under Windows 98, the only difference is that we can see a small performance boost because of Windows 2000.

Once again, the GeForce2 GTS is the limiting factor here, not the CPU nor the platform it is running on. If you find yourself with a 600 - 700MHz CPU and want better gaming performance, consider a new video card before you examine the path of a new CPU.