Top 100: Pentium 4 Processors Turn It Up a Notch

Intel's new 2.53-GHz CPU with a 533-MHz system bus roars onto the track.

AMD has had bragging rights to the fastest PC processor for months, but now Intel's latest Pentium 4 draws into a virtual performance tie with AMD's best. Intel's 2.53-GHz Pentium 4 with a 533-MHz system bus is featured in the Dell Dimension 8200, which is ranked first on our Top 15 Home PCs chart. It earned a PC WorldBench 4 score nearly on a par with those registered by systems built around AMD's 1.73-GHz Athlon XP 2100+ processor or its new 1.8-GHz Athlon XP 2200+ (you'll find the latter in the ABS Awesome 3300, also on the Home chart). And don't forget to check out our roundup of the best new scanners.

For this month's reviews of systems and peripherals, click the links below.

Freelance writers Dan Littman, Joel Strauch, and Carla Thornton, and PC World editors Richard Baguley, Tracey Capen, Seán Captain, Lisa Cekan, Rebecca Freed, Alexandra Krasne, Kalpana Narayanamurthi, and Alan Stafford contributed to this month's Top 100 section. Ulrike Diehlmann, Elliott Kirschling, Jeff Kuta, Tony K. Leung, and Thomas Luong of the PC World Test Center performed testing on the products reviewed here, with logistical support from Julio Giannobile and Julian Weatherby.

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