A Buddy of mine was offered his Dads Celeron D 2.66 proc 256k with 53fsb....to replace his P4 1.6 256k cache.....Im honestly not sure which way to tell him to go....My instincts are to stick with the P4...but Im not really educated on the new celeron D's...He's going to be gaming...has 512mb ddr400, and a GF6600 (256mb). So I know that will take the strain off the proc....but which will he get better gaming performance from...the P4 or the celeryD?
go with the CeleronD but he will need a new motherboard to use it, his 6600 is so bottlenecked it aint funny. the celeronD is actually a pretty good games performer, (was using one as a game server )
This is an interesting one. A while ago I had a decision between a Celeron D 2.66 and a 1.8Ghz P4 for a bang-around computer. I stuck in the P4, and was actually surprisingly pleased. It benchmarked about the same, but the P4 just felt faster, if not actually performing faster (which, in real world apps, I still say it does). Up to you though...
Well game server needs CPU power for calculating... umm.. really bots and a bit of network stuff. And not all servers have bots. Regardless, a P4 and CelD will be a bit different doing bots than physics which is what the bulk of game calculations are on the CPU. I'd say probably go for it... the new CelD's aren't that bad, and they've got the same cache, the P4 is probably only 400FSB and the CelD has 1 Ghz on it. It was cache that really held the old celerons back I think, and although they won't compare to a northwood/prescott CPU, a 1.6 ("a" I'd bet) is probably moderately similar clock-for-clock
is he getting it for nothing? if so take it and build a second system, then he can have the best of both worlds, slow P4 and a slow ass internet machine
Make sure you overclock the Celeron-D, most are nice in that respect. I've got a Cel-D 320 (2.4ghz stock, 533fsb) that does 3.1ghz, 693fsb). Quite nippy.
I've just upgraded from an Athlon XP1900+ to a Celeron D 335 (2.8GHz), and it's not a bad processor at all. Nippier in video tasks than the Athlon and just seems a little more effective. And a big speed hike.
hmmm, bindibadgi, getting a little (understandably) testy? How does one "performe (sic) an opinion," anyways? Anyhow, the percentage difference is a complete unknown, Burke. It depends heavily on other system factors. The best way to know is simply to take the free chip, get a mobo for it (if necessary) and test it out. And don't bump...every time you bump, we club a baby seal. Think of the seals. Cute little things...*WHAM*
I just bought a Celery D 2.93, got it clocked to 3297 so far, have had it higher but it needs more cooling before I can leave it there...
