Now let’s check how well the new Athlon XP 3200+ processor will run in 3D games.

The launching of Pentium 4 processor with 800MHz bus took the leadership away from Athlon XP in this benchmark. However, the new Athlon XP 3200+ with 400MHz bus regains the laurels. The top Pentium 4 processor has been defeated.

In 3DMark03 the situation is just the opposite: the leading position here is occupied by Pentium 4 3.0GHz. Even overclocking doesn’t help Athlon XP.

CPU score provided by this benchmark offers us a slightly different picture. Although Pentium 4 3.0GHz with 800MHz bus is ahead of the new Athlon XP 3200+, it still fails to beat the CPU working at 2.4GHz.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein game is even more Intel-friendly. The 800MHz bus of the new Pentium 4 3.0GHz speeded it up so greatly, that even an overclocked to 2.4GHz Athlon XP processor can’t catch up with the rival any more.

However, in Unreal Tournament 2003 the leadership belongs to AMD processors. The faster 400MHz bus only strengthens their positions in this game.

Unreal Tournament 2003 is far not the only game where AMD processors are the best.