1.8GHz P4 or 2.7GHz Celeron?

hello,

considering buying a new mobo and was wondering which is the better /
faster processor of the two i have.

1.8 GHz P4 400MHz 256kb Cache

2.7 GHz Celeron 400MHz bus 128kb Cache

i know cache is very important, but was wondering if the extra .9GHz
would offset the difference in the cache sizes.

thanks,
amc

amc <aaron.colon@gmail.com> wrote

> considering buying a new mobo and was wondering
> which is the better / faster processor of the two i have.

Since you have both, why not try both ?

> 1.8 GHz P4 400MHz 256kb Cache

> 2.7 GHz Celeron 400MHz bus 128kb Cache

> i know cache is very important, but was wondering if the
> extra .9GHz would offset the difference in the cache sizes.

I doubt you'd be able to pick it in a proper double blind trial.

With relatively fast system memory the Celeron would be faster.
With slower memory that is shared with the video adapter the 256 KB cache would make a bigger difference.

amc wrote:
>
> hello,
>
> considering buying a new mobo and was wondering which is the better /
> faster processor of the two i have.
>
> 1.8 GHz P4 400MHz 256kb Cache
>
> 2.7 GHz Celeron 400MHz bus 128kb Cache
>
> i know cache is very important, but was wondering if the extra .9GHz
> would offset the difference in the cache sizes.
>
> thanks,
> amc

--
Mike Walsh
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

On Jan 30, 1:05 am, "amc" <aaron.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hello,
>
> considering buying a new mobo and was wondering which is the better /
> faster processor of the two i have.
>
> 1.8 GHz P4 400MHz 256kb Cache
>
> 2.7 GHz Celeron 400MHz bus 128kb Cache
>
> i know cache is very important, but was wondering if the extra .9GHz
> would offset the difference in the cache sizes.
>
> thanks,
> amc

I think the celeron would win. At least in many applications.

On 30 Jan 2007 01:05:21 -0800, "amc" <aaron.colon@gmail.com>
wrote:

>hello,
>
>considering buying a new mobo and was wondering which is the better /
>faster processor of the two i have.
>
>1.8 GHz P4 400MHz 256kb Cache
>
>2.7 GHz Celeron 400MHz bus 128kb Cache
>
>i know cache is very important, but was wondering if the extra .9GHz
>would offset the difference in the cache sizes.
>
>thanks,
>amc


The Celeron is faster. However, I would not buy a new
motherboard to run either of these, IMO you're better off
buying a board for a newer CPU, the new CPU too, then
selling both of those CPUs to recoup costs if necessary.