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OPINION - Intel Socket 775 Processors

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by eredondo

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Requesting OPINIONS on the following Intel (Socket 775) Processors. Specifically their performance.

Please, no comments on Core 2, I already know they have better performance, but they are not the subject of this post.

Celeron D
3.33 GHz
L2 Cache 512kb
FSB 533 MHz
Hyper-Threading = NO

Pentium 4
3.0 GHz
L2 Cache 2mb
FSB 800 MHz
Hyper-Threading = YES

I am wondering if the P4, even though it is slower, with the better Cache, FSB, and Hyper-Threading support gives better performance.

I am especially interested in gamers opinions who use the Celeron and play games spec'd for P4. Any problems?

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by jamesrl

As a gamer hyperthreading gives an advantage than non-hyperthreading processors do not have. Games tax processors, and hyperthreaidng allows better management of the load.

Plus the instruction cache is much bigger. Do not underestimate the role that plays when the CPU is underload.

If you weren't using it for gaming, I'd say go for whichever is cheaper.

James

by forum surfer

The celeron is a horrible, terrible processor. It's slow and creates massive bottle necks. You can't compare the overall speed when comparing different lines. The difference in bus speeds and cache make a world of difference...then start factoring in multi core or hyper threading and the speed is irrevelevant over different product lines. The p4 (even at much lower clock speeds) will give better performance hands down, and a noticeable difference at that. Lol, if you have a Celeron...please go ahead and put it out of it's misery. If you ever step up to the c2d, you'll realize that the p4 and the celeron are both dogs compared. I'll take the bottom end c2d over even the p4 extreme any day.

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