Intel Celeron 400A (Slot-1)

As you can see, under Windows 98, the Celeron 400 is just about as fast as the Pentium II 400, making the Pentium II 400 useless for most users. Although high-end workstations will still want to opt for Pentium II processors (in situations where the larger cache does count), most users out there, including "high-end" gamers will want the 400A over the old-school Pentium II 400.

Super7 users will find that the K6-3 is a better investment, provided that AMD can crank the chips out at a low enough cost to prevent their loyal followers from picking up a cheap 400A/MB combo, as the K6-3 will top the charts well into the release of the Pentium III. With a 500MHz K6-3 going up against a 500MHz Pentium III, the winner in terms of business application performance under Windows 98 does turn out to be AMD with the K6-3 by a very small margin, but one great enough to convince most Super7 users to hold on to their boards for a little while longer.