further proof and confirmation that the p4 really sucks!

[jase71]

Heh heh. That's pretty good.

That celeron at 1.4 runs neck and neck with the 2 gig P4.

Makes me so jealous of all those P4 owners out there. Why, for only double the price, I could have celeron-level performance too!

[jase71]

Ok...

I'll amend my post.

Why, for only TRIPLE the price, I could have celeron-like performance too! :D

I was thinking about upgrading my wife's P3-733 machine, and putting an Athlon XP and new motherboard in it... but geesh. I can just pop one of these babies in there, keep her existing mb, and save myself a lot of green.

Cool benchies, Chosen... they'll save me some cash.

[jase71]

Hmm...

I'll have to do some digging. It never occured to me I'd need a newer chipset to use the chip. I don't follow the Intel stuff much since I've been using Athlons in my own systems for a couple of years now.

My wife's pc has an MSI Pro266 Master in it, a socket370 board. Via VT8633 chipset on it.
http://www.msi.com.tw/products/mainboard/mainboard.php?model=MS-6366

Nice board. Supports DDR or SDRAM, ATA100, and seems to be stable as hell. I don't overclock her machine at all, though, so that helps the stability part.

I'll have to do some digging to find out whether that'll fly or not.

[Ladogaboy]

Hahaha.. that is funny, chosen...

It just confirms my thoughts as of now. If/when I upgrade my CPU, it will be to a Duron (I have a compatible mobo). As of right now, unless you want to get your piss higher ;) , why wouldn't you go with a budget chip?

[sho.gun]

Aren't the new celerons actually the old P3's? Or something like that...

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by sho.gun
Aren't the new celerons actually the old P3's? Or something like that...

Yeah, they're using the Tualatin core. I wonder how long that will last though? :confused: