Author: stuart taylor
Date: 13:12:32 06/22/02
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On June 22, 2002 at 15:32:02, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On June 22, 2002 at 13:38:11, Terry Ripple wrote: > >>If there isn't much of a difference between the two(Speed)? I can buy an -- >>HP Celeron - 1300Mhz for $379 or a Compaq AMD XP Processor 1600+ which operates >>at 1400Mhz for a price of $599. So, i was wondering if it is worth paying the >>extra $220 for the AMD 1400Mhz. I will be using it more for chess and video >>games than anything else! >> >>Note: They both have 256Mb Ram and 40Gb hard drives! >> >>Regards, >>Terry > >I would definitively recommend the AMD Athlon 1.4 Ghz versus the Celeron, but if >you are comparing the Duron vs Celeron there is NOT too much difference in >performance and the gain is not more than 20 Elo points with comparable >processor's speed. I would have understood his question really was if it is a very substantial difference, (and how much). Obviously he would know that the AMD item is better, to some extent. And is it really (and convincingly) worth the extra cost, for him? S.Taylor
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