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how good is a 2.4 celeron?

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tvdang7

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i just my sister a dell 2400 and it come siwth a 2.4 ghz celereon...how good is it...i have a super ocmputer so im a tech freak about every body's computer in the house....and suggestions or comments would be helpful
 
For office and the very light gaming she can do on it, perfect. Just make sure it has at least 512MB of ram. It probably only has 256MB.
 
If its a Celeron D with 256Kb of L2 its not too bad. Probably about equal to a 2.1 Ghz Pentium 4

But the Celeron (northwood based) with only 128Kb of L2 cache, really gets bogged down a lot. About equal to a 1.8Ghz P4

Since so many apps were designed / optimized with at least a Pentium 3 (with 256KB of cache) in mind.
 
tvdang7 said:
any know what the max my 2400 mother board can support?
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At the very least, it can probobly run a P4 2.8 400FSB. If it can run 533FSB P4's that you can go up to a P4 3.06.
 
acascianelli said:
At the very least, it can probobly run a P4 2.8 400FSB. If it can run 533FSB P4's that you can go up to a P4 3.06.
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No point with a 2400 tho. The 2400 doesn't even have an agp slot.
 
You're a tech freak, can't you tell if it has an agp slot :p

The Celerons aren't really all that great, but if you aren't doing a lot of gaming they're just fine.

By the way what are the specs on your super computer.
 
tvdang7 said:
its doent have an agp slot? wtf?....are u sure about this?
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Positive. Were you planning on adding an AGP card? A 2.4 celeron probably wouldn't be able to push anything past a low end vid card anyways. A Radeon 9200 or FX5700 pci would give you plenty of added juice to do some nice lower res gaming though. I played through FarCry on a 9200 pci at 800X600 high, and while many people don't like to hear it for whatever reason, it still looked great.
 
tvdang7 said:
how can computer NOT have a apg slot?....never heard of that
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Are you sure you're a "tech freak" :eek: Dude, your making us look bad. The "BUDGET" computer most of the time won't have an AGP port because everything is built into the motherboard (GPU, sound, etc.....) This is the only way to have the "OEM's" sell you a computer for $299.00 shipped to your front door... have fun.......
 
ive bought a buget computer b4 it had intergrated AND a agp slot.....man i guess times are changing....and companies are getting cheaper....but i dont see any motherboards for sale without a graphics slot even tho it has intergrated...btw i bought the computer for my sister...not for me of course...i just wanted to know its maxes
 
It's bad, really. I just upgraded from it. Even this athlon xp 2000+ 1.67ghz is better. Now im on a 2500+ barton. Never get celeron, trust me.
 
Clowning said:
It's bad, really. I just upgraded from it. Even this athlon xp 2000+ 1.67ghz is better. Now im on a 2500+ barton. Never get celeron, trust me.
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I don't know, my Athlon XP-M 2200+ (Barton) doesn't seem any faster if that than my Celeron D 320 (2.4Ghz). You must of been using a Northwood Celeron (which sucked pretty bad).
 
Dear Mr. Tech Freak,

To verify if your computer has an AGP slot, you need to first open the case. Then, take a look at the motherboard. This is the rectangular thing that is taking up most of the space in it. In the bottom left corner, there will be several slots for expansion. Three to five of them will look the same those are your PCI slots. The AGP slot, should your computer have one, should be above all of them and be a little bigger. However, in your sister's case, this doesn't really matter, as she probably never uses more video power than an onboard solution gives her.
(btw if you google for "Dell 2400 AGP", you will figure out that it doesn't have AGP faster than you can open your case).
A celeron is a regular Pentium 4 processor with a reduced amount of cache. Again, google shows that it's a 400mhz FSB celery with 128kb cache. Again though, it really doesn't matter. You sister can still run AIM or MSN, and it writes all of her school papers just fine.
 
PCJ said:
Dear Mr. Tech Freak,

To verify if your computer has an AGP slot, you need to first open the case. Then, take a look at the motherboard. This is the rectangular thing that is taking up most of the space in it. In the bottom left corner, there will be several slots for expansion. Three to five of them will look the same those are your PCI slots. The AGP slot, should your computer have one, should be above all of them and be a little bigger. However, in your sister's case, this doesn't really matter, as she probably never uses more video power than an onboard solution gives her.
(btw if you google for "Dell 2400 AGP", you will figure out that it doesn't have AGP faster than you can open your case).
A celeron is a regular Pentium 4 processor with a reduced amount of cache. Again, google shows that it's a 400mhz FSB celery with 128kb cache. Again though, it really doesn't matter. You sister can still run AIM or MSN, and it writes all of her school papers just fine.
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lol thanks man...but i havent recieved it yet....geez im not stupid i know what agp is....but u are right...i googled it and ur right
 
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