Prescott = Good Celeron

[Vapor]

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=2093" target="_new">No joke.</A>

Maxtor disgraces the six letters that make Matrox.

 

[ChipDeath]

Who would've predicted <i>that</i>?

Even so, I still can't see any enthusiasts buying one over an AXP.

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[bandikoot]

Nope. While it is an improvement over the previous celerons and appears to have halfway decent pricing, the AXPs still appear to be the better buy.

 

[ChipDeath]

As with the old one, it'll be people going to PCWorld to buy a computer and seeing "2.8Ghz Intel Processor" who buy them. Still not particularly good value for money, but good enough for their e-mail.

Maybe that's a good thing, because they should notice it grinding to a halt because of Viruses, Spyware & Adware slightly quicker than with a better performing setup :lol:

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Summer's here! so ease off the overclock...
XP1700+ @166x12 (~2Ghz), 1.475 Vcore
2x256Mb Corsair PC3200LL 2-2-2-4
Sapphire 9800Pro 400/730

 

[bandikoot]

Yeah, a number of years back my parents "upgraded" their PIII 750 to a PIV 1.4ish GHz (don't remember exactly, I think it might have been slower than that) celeron while I was away at college. I told them to talk to me before they do something silly again but since it does e-mail and age of empires just fine they didn't seem to care too much. Still, they could have gotten something better for the money.

 

[endyen]

But that is with a 133 fsb. If these suckers can get past 166, they are the next xp-m. A nice IS-7 board, some cheap samsung pc3200, and you've got a nice inexpensive set-up.

 

[Spitfire_x86]

Why did they upgrade? P3 750 can do e-mail and age of empires without any problem.

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[Guest]

Captain Obvious is suprised that the D managed to beat the AXP on a few benchmarks!

<b><font color=red>Captain Obvious To The Rescue!!! (Obviously)
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[bandikoot]

Dunno. Too much money and nothing to do with it maybe. They could have spent it on me. :lol:

 

[insanity]

It would have been safer to say that all they did for the new chips is mechanically remove half the cache on the chip and re-release it

 

[Spitfire_x86]

I'm not surprised since they didn't include AXP 2700+

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[Zeekfu]

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Captain Obvious is suprised that the D managed to beat the AXP on a few benchmarks!

Captain Obvious To The Rescue!!! (Obviously)
Captain Obvious: Pointing out the Blindingly Obvious!
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rofl

 

[endyen]

The old celeron 2.8 was on par with a P4a at 1.7, while the new celeron 2.8 is on par with a P4b at 2.6. That is quite the jump.

 

[ric449]

Have you seen the overclock these processors can achieve?!?!

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/celeron-d.html

They even outpace a P4 3.2GHz C! I think Intel are on a winner with this new line of Celerons.

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[TheRod]

Next thing I want to see is Sempron vs Celeron D benchmarks, from what I see. AMD will not necessarly have a huge lead in the low-end market from now.

The first Celeron that deserve to be call a CPU.

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[intelfanboy]

When the highest clocked celeron d is released (3.2Ghz) do you think it will be a good overclocker? I am wondering which of these celerons I should purchase.

 

[TheRod]

Usually, the best overclockers are the lowest speed CPU. They do not necessarly reach the highest speed, but they usually have lot more "headroom".

For example : the AMD Barton 2500+ is often prefer to the 3200+, because it can be clocked in the same speed range for a fraction of the price. The same thing for Northwood Pentium 4 CPU, the best overclocker's are the 2.4GHz to 2.8GHz versions. They cost less and can reach appr. the same speed. It's why I would get a Celeron D 2.8GHz, it will reach nearly the same speed when overclocked, and it will cost less.

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[intelfanboy]

I think you mean the 2.6 Ghz. Is this a Northwood chip?
Intel® Pentium® 4 - 2.8B-GHz @ 533Mhz w/ 512k
It costs ~$50 canadian more I wonder if its worth it. My mobo supports 533 bus only. It will cost me ~50 for a zalman fan for the celeron when I choose to overclock it so I don't know if it makes sense.

 

[endyen]

The OC is not quite up to expectations. At 3.8, it seems to be on par with the xp-3200. It would need to beat that by > 10% to keep up with the xp-m 2500's OCing potential.
Oh well, for the price, and Intel, and for those who would sacrifice perf for a name it's a good chip.

 

[baldurga]

And have you seen the overclock people are getting from Barton mobile?

IMO Intel has made a great step from junk to a CPU, at least something you can talk and not laugh. There is still a gap between Celeron and similar priced AMD CPUs, but is not as big as before.

I want to see if 3.8Ghz are "predictable/standard" overclock gain or just a very lucky one. And also when talking about overclocked CPUs, we should compare a 3.8Ghz Celeron with a 2.4Ghz Barton. Don't know of any review yet.


Still looking for a <b>good online retailer</b> in Spain :frown:

 

[endyen]

For gaming, the Celeron D seems about on par with the xp3200+ @ 2.2, so an xp-m at 2.4 or better would be about 10% faster.