Which system is better P4 vs XP

[dorokhin]

I plan to buy one of these 2 systems. What kind of 3dmark scores could I expect?

-P4 2.26GHZ Northwood
-Gigabyte GA-8IEXP Intel 845E Socket 478 P4 ATX motherboard
-GAINWARD/CARDEXPERT GeForce 4 Ti 4200, 3.5ns, 64MB DDR
-Corsair XMS pc3200 DDR RAM
-80GB Western Digital 7200RPM HD with 8mb cache
-Lian-Li 65 Aluminum Case

or

-AMD Athlon XP 2200+ thoroughbred (or an XP 2100+ if that is faster for some reason than thoroughbred when OC'ed)
-SOLTEK SL-75DRV5 (Purple Ray) VIA KT333 (the latest Ver.) DDR/SDRAM 266/200MHz
-GAINWARD/CARDEXPERT GeForce 4 Ti 4200, 3.5ns, 64MB DDR
-Corsair XMS pc3200 DDR RAM
-80GB Western Digital 7200RPM HD with 8mb cache
-Lian-Li 65 Aluminum Case

This will all be cooled on stock air cooling for now...Next spring i plan to upgrade the CPU to whatever is the newest Intel Northy or AMD Barton; and also upgrade the video card to NV30 (finally, 3dfx technology being used!!). This will probably force me to get a new mobo...

My question is: Which system will be a better performer once OC'ed. By OC'ed I don't mean theorectial OC just for 3dmark. I want to OC it and leave it running overclocked at this speed whenever I play games. This means that noise, heat, stability, etc are considerations for this system

[oc jason]

as far as raw speed and performance is concerned. The AMD wins, unless you can get that 2.26b over 3300mhz. I have just recently seen a 2200+ overclocked the 2205mhz on water and it was eqactly equal to 3277 intel mhz. I own both those chips at the moment, i have a 2200+ and a 2.26b bot in DDR mem and overclocking boards.

For a overall system i personally like the Intel even though i am a AMD guy. The intel is alot cooler therefore more stability and seems to have less crashes and is easier to maintian it. I mean there is no issue with the intel chipset like there was with the gf3 and kt333. Also you ahve to deal with what VIA drivers work and what dont. No chipset drivers with intel. I just like it more due to more stability and less heat.

[N8]

BTW, if you're looking for good OC, might want to steer clear of the Gainward Ti4200. Don't take my word for it, look around at some of the forums. From what I am hearing the Abit's and MSI's are clocking well.....as far as std production cards available in the USA go ;)