Author: Bo Persson
Date: 04:27:18 08/21/99
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On August 20, 1999 at 21:21:49, Terry Ripple wrote: >On August 20, 1999 at 15:37:51, David L. Wyatt wrote: > >>On August 20, 1999 at 14:42:54, Bo Persson wrote: >> >>>On August 20, 1999 at 11:15:46, Mike Castañuela wrote: >>> >>>>Hi all, >>>>I,m planning purchase (being computer-chess one of its uses) >>>>a new PC of about 400-450 MHz; which are the pros/cons of Celeron >>>>relative to Pentium II, to same clock speed? >>>>I have listened something about difference in cache, but >>>>that precisely it should expect I as main differences? >>>>(my question is because Celeron is cheaper) >>>> >>>>Thanks >>> >>>The cons of the Celeron is that it is not quite as fast at the same clock speed. >>>The pros is that you can easily afford a higher clock speed. :-) >>> >>>A Celeron 500 is cheaper than a PII 400, but *much* faster for almost any >>>program. >>> >>> >>>Bo Persson >>>bop@malmo.mail.telia.com >> >>If you like to consider such things, you might also note that Celeron chips >>nearly always are able to be overclocked with no loss of stability. This varies >>from chip to chip, but I've never seen a Celeron that didn't overclock at least >>a bit. (I run my 433 at 488mhz, and I've known people who were able to run the >>Celeron 300A at 450mhz!) >> >>Regards, >>Dave >-------------- >Hi Dave, > But don't this cut the life expectancy down quite a bit which would be >determined by how much faster you overclocked it? > >Regards, >Terry Yes, the life expectancy does go down (possibly quite a lot), but even considering that the price/performance of the Celeron is exceptional. So if you have to replace your $100-$150 processor within a few years, that might be worth it! Bo Persson bop@malmo.mail.telia.com
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