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mokkapoop

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P4 2.0GHZ 512/400

OR

Celeron 2.8ghz 128/400


Which one should I be using?

This is with 1gb ram.
 
YES, in terms of number crunching and overall performance the p4 will be heaps better. like comparing a moped to a motor car. sure it will get u there but dang the moped will take you ages.
 
So a slower clock speed with more cache and a faster fsb is better than a faster clock speed, with slower fsb and less cache?


2.0ghz 512/400 > 2.8ghz 128/400 correct?
 
freeloader1969 said:
Guys, am I missing something here? From most of the charts I've looked at, a 2.8ghz Celeron will beat a 2.0ghz P4. That's a 2ghz Northwood core vs. a 2.8ghz Celeron D.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2004.html?modelx=33&model1=35&model2=42&chart=25
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Those comparisons wouldn't exactly demonstrate the real world difference between the two - the p4 2.0 listed in the article is a 100/400mhz fsb part on an 845chipset board with sdram, while the Celery is a 133fsb part on an 865 chipset board with ddr ram.

All things being equal I think the p4 would be a little faster on equal hardware, since they are both 100fsb cpu's.
 
mokkapoop said:
So, you guys suggest the p4 at 2.0ghz over the celeron at 2.8ghz?
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Yes. A friend of mine had a 2.5GHz Celeron OC'ed to 3.0GHz, and my Pentium 4 2.0A beat the crap out of it thanks to larger L2 cache. It's possible the Celeron is a Willimette Core, I can't remember. I do know that the crippled L2 hurt it's performance alot.
 
its not just the cache, the p4 ability is supprior to the celerons. it is how it works internally that counts. i have seen many case were slower clocked p4s beat the higher clock celerons hands down. get the p4 you wont be sorry
 
Easykill1978 said:
its not just the cache, the p4 ability is supprior to the celerons. it is how it works internally that counts. i have seen many case were slower clocked p4s beat the higher clock celerons hands down. get the p4 you wont be sorry
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Well the Northwood Core was a superior performer to Willamette CPUs. In the later Northwood Celerons the main disadvantage was the crippled FSB and L2 cache. Otherwise, they performed identically.
 
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