Celeron Vs Pentium

[Molongal]

What is the pentium equivilent of a Celeron 2.8ghz?

 

[Vehementi]

I don't know, 2.4 or 2.2 maybe. It depends on what you're doing, software that relies on clock speed or cache memory more. Office applications and such are Celeron's high point, but it's not that good in games.

 

[poertner_1274]

Celery is bad no matter what. It's much easier and nicer in the long run to buck up and get a Pentium, even if you have to lower the clock speeds.

 

[vassil3427]

Yes stay away from the Celeron...

 

[Mictlantecuhtli]

Approximately 1.8 GHz P4A, according to AnandTech.

 

[Molongal]

thanks guys

 

[somekid007]

a 2.6ghz celeron gets spanked by the 1.6ghz duron. celerons are not worth getting. for that price, get a barton 2500+

 

[XtR-X]

Less onboard memory.

ONBOARD MEMORY: Celeron < Pentium 4

 

[Vehementi]

Originally posted by Mictlantecuhtli
Approximately 1.8 GHz P4A, according to AnandTech.

Well I certainly didn't think it was that bad, wow.

If you're searching for a budget processor go with the Duron. I built a machine with a Duron 1.8 Applebred, and it was pretty damn fast for a <$400 machine.

I suppose the Celeron is what AMD fanboys stereotype Intel processors to be - lots of MHz and zero power. It's like biking/driving in 1st gear - lots of RPMs but you're not going anywhere.

 

[Charles Hammond]

When playing games a Celeron chokes up due to not enough Cache Memory. Soon there will be some Celerons with a 533Mhz Bus and 256k cache on a 90 nm die process.