Could someone explain the AMD Rating System...

[GamerAT240]

Hi,

I was always under the impression that AMD called their chips XP + etc, because they wanted to advertise to general joe public that although their CPUs ran at a lower frequency that the longer clock cycles meant that they ran at an equivalent speed to their selling name.

Hence an Athlon XP 3000+ at ~2Ghz was as fast as its rival, the P4 3Ghz.

However, I'm now looking for a dirt cheap laptop, and some have the Sempron 3000+ CPU, which I though meant that it ran at it's rivals equivalent (Celeron M I presume) of 3Ghz, which confuses me as the Celeron M is around 2Ghz isn't it ?

Anyways, I'm lookin' a cheap laptop and not sure whether to go the Sempron 3000+ route, the Celeron M, or Pentium M route (Pentium M has smaller HDD).

Information and advice appreciated,
Thanks.

 

[Markfw]

The Celeron M like the Pentium M are not like the Pentium 4. Link to the exact models you are thinking.

I would choose a Turion 64 or a Pentium M due to speed and battery life. I think you will find the Turion a little less, which is why I choose it, but if very cheap, and you don't care about battery life, I am sure the Sempron is a fine choice also.

 

[Fox5]

The Sempron 3000+ is compared to the Celeron D at 3ghz.
Anyhow, in the case of the Sempron versus Celeron M, I'd imagine, depending on what you're doing, the Sempron M is within + or - 200mhz of the Celeron M in performance. However, the Sempron still has AMD's cool n' quiet technology for longer battery life (or is it called powernow?) while speedstep is disabled on the Celeron M.

 

[GamerAT240]

Acer
http://www.savastore.com/productinfo/pr...store&product_id=10284311&pid=45&tid=2

Dell Inspiron 1300
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/produ...x/inspn_1300?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
(Middle One)

At a guess I'd say the Acer is a decent bit better, cause to upgrade the Dell from a Celeron® M Processor 380 to 740 costs an extra £117.

 

[Markfw]

I'd say the Sempron.... But my favorite is the Compaq 2410US Turion 64. Maybe a little more money though

 

[Hard Ball]

Originally posted by: GamerAT240
Acer
http://www.savastore.com/productinfo/pr...store&product_id=10284311&pid=45&tid=2

Dell Inspiron 1300
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/produ...x/inspn_1300?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
(Middle One)

At a guess I'd say the Acer is a decent bit better, cause to upgrade the Dell from a Celeron® M Processor 380 to 740 costs an extra £117.

Yeah, the Acer should offer a good 20-30% more power than the Dell, due to a more powerful Sempron CPU and on-die memory control.

 

[dexvx]

Wow, fanbois are at it again.

The Mobile Sempron64 2800+ 1.6Ghz is INFERIOR to a 1.4Ghz Celeron-M/1MB in general performance:

http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=2625&p=12

Given general platform, the Sempron is also INFERIOR in battery life. Anyone who tells you that a 3000+ Mobile Sempron64 can significantly outperform a Celeron-M 380 is flat-out misleading at the very best.