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1.7 P4 or 2.66 Celeron
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DJCyber2101
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You will see some difference pimarily the speed that applications process information and on system boot up. You will also see a difference when you are multitasking (running numerous programs at one time). To optimize your new CPU I would also suggest to make sure that your RAM is around 25% of the total speed of your CPU or more (no less than 256 MB RAM or idealy 512 MB RAM).
Hope this helps
DJCyber
Hope this helps
DJCyber
Stick with the P4 1.7GHz; the performance difference will be miniscule and in some cases worse (the Celeron has less on die cache which doesn't run at full clock speed). You probably won't be able to benefit from the faster FSB with your current memory either.
Save your 110 bucks until you have sufficient funds: then upgrade your motherboards, processor and RAM to something faster and better balanced.
Regards: tf1
Save your 110 bucks until you have sufficient funds: then upgrade your motherboards, processor and RAM to something faster and better balanced.
Regards: tf1
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chriseubank
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I'd buy it.
If you're capturing video, then it's likely that you'll eventually want to encode it. Faster processors in this case are very important!
Why not ?! If it's a hell of a deal, I certainly wouldn't hesitate. Even if to buy it to create a second computer eventually
C
If you're capturing video, then it's likely that you'll eventually want to encode it. Faster processors in this case are very important!
Why not ?! If it's a hell of a deal, I certainly wouldn't hesitate. Even if to buy it to create a second computer eventually
C
DJCyber2101
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I still believe you will see some difference in the areas I mentioned. The diffeence is not going to be mind blowing but you will see a difference.
DJCyber
DJCyber
I'm gonna stick by my guns on this one. You won't be able to reap the benefits of the 533 FSB because you only have PC266 RAM and that won't run at 333MHz. There is still only 256kb L2 cache on die that only runs at half clock speed. Intel recommend the P4 for multimedia work - not the Celeron which they recommend for "Basic Computing Needs, E-mail, Home Finance Software, Educational Software for Your Kids". I believe that the Celeron will be a disappointment - this is just my view.
Regards: tf1
Regards: tf1
tf1,
You're thinking about the older celerons. Newer ones that are based on the P4 architecture have full-speed L2 cache.
jamccor,
The jump you're thinking about making would likely be small if any overall. Although the newer celerons are much better than the ones that were around during the P-III era, they still lag far behind other P4's of the same speed. As a matter of fact, you'd be lucky to get the equivalent of a P4 2.0GHz (533MHz FSB) out of that celeron. The main reason is because they have a smaller amount of cache (128Kb vs. 256Kb vs. 512kb).
There's a good general comparison chart here:
You would be better off upgrading your motherboard to one that supports an 800MHz FSB with DDR400 SDRAM in dual-channel, along with a P4 2.8GHz or faster CPU. Although the cost will be three times as much, the performance increase over the upgrade to a celeron would be much, much more. And you should keep your options open for getting an Athlon 64 (high-end) which will last you much longer.
Don't forget to check out low prices at
~cdogg
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You're thinking about the older celerons. Newer ones that are based on the P4 architecture have full-speed L2 cache.
jamccor,
The jump you're thinking about making would likely be small if any overall. Although the newer celerons are much better than the ones that were around during the P-III era, they still lag far behind other P4's of the same speed. As a matter of fact, you'd be lucky to get the equivalent of a P4 2.0GHz (533MHz FSB) out of that celeron. The main reason is because they have a smaller amount of cache (128Kb vs. 256Kb vs. 512kb).
There's a good general comparison chart here:
You would be better off upgrading your motherboard to one that supports an 800MHz FSB with DDR400 SDRAM in dual-channel, along with a P4 2.8GHz or faster CPU. Although the cost will be three times as much, the performance increase over the upgrade to a celeron would be much, much more. And you should keep your options open for getting an Athlon 64 (high-end) which will last you much longer.
Don't forget to check out low prices at
~cdogg
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At that site I mentioned above (Pricewatch), OEM CPU's are going for much less than the prices you're probably looking at. The Northwood P4's (which use the 533MHz FSB) are not much more in terms of what you were willing to spend.
~cdogg
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~cdogg
[tab]"All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind";
[tab][tab]- Aristotle
[tab][navy]For general rules and guidelines to get better answers, click here:[/navy] faq219-2884
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Must be the new Celeron D 533fsb or don't bother.
I remember reading a review of the older Celeron 2.4 and how it was soundly beaton in every benchmark by a 266fsb Duron 1400!!!!!!! so you see your current P4 1.7 would definately outperform a Celeron 2.6 with that old core type.
The D core I believe is VASTLY improved and actually rating for rating, is not far off an Athlon XP (I say nearly) the Athlon is marginally quicker.
So Celeron D 330 (intels new name)
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I remember reading a review of the older Celeron 2.4 and how it was soundly beaton in every benchmark by a 266fsb Duron 1400!!!!!!! so you see your current P4 1.7 would definately outperform a Celeron 2.6 with that old core type.
The D core I believe is VASTLY improved and actually rating for rating, is not far off an Athlon XP (I say nearly) the Athlon is marginally quicker.
So Celeron D 330 (intels new name)
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