Re: How does an 800Mhz celeron compare to lower speed Pentium II etc ?


"BruceM" <bruce@@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> You get a bit of an idea if you download SiSoft & do a CPU benchmark test
> on your computer & then by clicking the other little down arrows, you can
> compare yours to other types.
> http://www.sisoftware.net/index.html?dir=dload&location=sware_dl_3264&langx=en&a=
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> "Ian Roberts" <sorry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Hi
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>> I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask but didnt know where else
>> to try...
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>> Just wanted to find out where an 800Mhz Celeron would be placed in a
>> hirearchical chart compared to early Pentiums, Pentium II etc etc.
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>> I'm not entirely clear what distinguished the Celerons from Pentiums (no
>> on chip cache?).
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>> But once the speed of the celerons rocketed, I got confused as to which
>> would be a faster processor in everyday use - how do they rank when
>> compared to a lower speed Pentium II, III?
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>> Thanks for any info
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>> Ian
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Thanks a lot for the link Bruce.

Only problem with this is its not my PC. I'm not looking to compare my PC's
performance with other PCs. I'm just after a hierachical graphic placing
each Intel processor in a list or chart so that the relative performance of
each CPU can be seen at a glance.

Cheers

Ian


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