Pentium vs Celeron

[As Zehn]

Can someone please explain to me what the differences are (other than cost)between the P4 & Celeron processors and what applications require a P4.

[BradleyT]

They both suck - go with AMD Athlon. You'll save about 50% and get just as good performance. An AMD 2500 or 2600 will run anything you need just as fast as a P4 3.0Ghz.

[Alobar]

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They both suck - go with AMD Athlon. You'll save about 50% and get just as good performance. An AMD 2500 or 2600 will run anything you need just as fast as a P4 3.0Ghz.

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yeah what he said...AMD owns you. heh, my old roomate works for intel in the fab. He owns an AMD, so does most of the guys he works with. That should tell you something /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Basically a celeron is a p4, just stripped down a little bit. If you want it for just poker, then a celeron is more than enough processor.

[SamJack]

Both Celeron and Pentium 4 are based on same Core. However there are some differences.

1. Cache - Celeron chips has less L2 Cache. This can have a big effect on performance.

2. Bus Speed - Maximum bus speed allowed by the chips is different.

3. Price - Celeron is cheaper.

The smaller L2 Cache and lower allowable bus speed can have a significant effect on performance. But this depends on the kind of application you use.

If you use you PC to browse internet, play poker and read e-mail, Celeron will do just fine.

If you use your PC to do gaming, image editing (photoshop), software developement (compiling, etc) you will notice the difference. That is not to say that Celeron processor will not be able to support these tasks, it will just be slower.

SamJack.