How much does clock speed effect internet performance?

[Insanity]

i am building a new machine for a friend of min i suggested a 750 Athlon she is on a college student budget using the internet alot she was told by a gateway salesman 933Mhz minimum if she is going to use the web alot. is the faster pc neccesary?

 

[madthumbs]

no

 

[kami]

ROTFLMAO! NO! If your sole purpose is just internet browsing a 750 Athlon is overkill. You'd be fine with a Celeron 400.

 

[Insanity]

i went 750 becuase she is going to be running Microsoft office 2000

 

[Wik]

You got to love what idiotic things that comes from the mouths of salesmen.

 

[Moonbeam]

Actually I been wondering how come my 650 tbird loads these threads almost inatantly, and I got ta wait ten 15 or more seconds on my celery 450. The difference is huge.

 

[etech]

My dad is running a P133 48meg edo ram with a good hardware modem. It handles surfing the web fairly well.
I have a C550 and never see the processor useage over 25% with four or five browser windows open.

A pox on Intel for their hype about faster processors being needed for surfing.

 

[Tonec]

Well of course the salesman was right, 933 is better than an athlon 750 because its from intel. Everyone knows that the pentium3 speeds up the internet. Thus 1.4 P4 with a 56k modem will smoke a dsl line, right?

 

[Blayze]

No go with the 750 if she is on a budget.

My friend went to Gateway Country and the sales guy told him that AMD didn't make anything under 950mhz and Intel didn't make anything under 933mhz anymore. I just laughed and walked away.

 

[shiznut123]

<< Thus 1.4 P4 with a 56k modem will smoke a dsl line, right? >>


hell no.
a pentium 4 with cable will smoke a dsl line.
a p4 with 56k is weak

 

[erub]

actually, on my DSL, my P200 MMX was choking. My Athlon 650 with Win2k allowed me to see the full speed of the line. I know some is from the improved TCP/IP stack in win2k, but a p200 mmx can't run win2k efficently.

 

[Impact55]

It depends on your amount of memory and harddrive speed more than CPU speed.

 

[goofy2000]

got p200mmx as well. I have cable modem.. and my PC is definetly the bottleneck.
I plan to go for Duron700 for my next upgrade.

 

[ElFenix]

this 233mmx is fast enough for surfing. all she needs is a cheapo duron, the 650 is like $45. thats overkill speed and the nicest price for any modern processor around.

 

[MGMorden]

The difference between have a P200MMX and a modern processor and then difference between a 750mhz and a 933mhz isn't even close. Of course a 200mhz is going to have trouble with a really fast connection (hell I think some of those machines have trouble with a really fast typist ), but a 750 will be more than fine for Internet surfing. I know a 750 Athlon would beat my 850mhz Celeron and I use it on a University T3 line, and my machine never breaks a sweat unless I start encrypting something.

 

[goophie]

i go with kami on this one, anything over 400 is really overkill. Internet surfing only takes processor speed if you encounter those damn &quot;shock the monkey&quot; ads and other badly made flash movies.

Processing html/text/pictures is no big deal for any modern day computers. A cheap duron will do anything you basically want, even play games. That gateway salesman's just trying to sell you the more expensive computer.

 

[BigLance]

What a joke, and a guy blowing smoke !!!

Yea, just like everyone else has already stated, BS !
It makes me mad that SO many unkowing people (not talking about you, you knew there was something wrong with that picture) get screwed because of butloaf salesmen !

 

[heat23]

if u have high speed interinet, get at least a celeron 366

 

[Degenerate]

Try a cheap P3 or a celeron,

Like a P3 500 ( if you can find one)
or a Celeron 600

 

[Degenerate]

Try a cheap P3 or a celeron,

Like a P3 500 ( if you can find one)
or a Celeron 600

 

[AMB]

I'd recommend somehting close to 700Mhz, either T-Bird or Duron. I wouldnt recommend a PIII, nor a 933.

 

[DJSnairdA]

haha that's funny. Almost as funny as the time when i overheard some guys are school bragging on how they had recently got an athlon 800 (or something nearby) and the internet was going 3 times as fast. I decided not to spoil their fame... lol
It's all about your modem, Insanity.

 

[BDawg]

The reason that Gateway told her that is because they don't sell much slower.

The slowest P3 they sell is 933, and the slowest TBird is 950.

I visited them a few weeks ago with my father-in-law (who needs a new computer).

 

[iknowcomputers2]

nope, never listen to a computer salesman, they're worse than car salesmen! :Q

 

[glenn1]

if you're running on a dialup connection, anything in a Pentium class or above should do fine. For broadband connections, i'd recommend sticking to something on the level of a celeron/duron or above.... a T-bird 800 will be no faster than say a Duron 600. Your athlon 750 will be fine. Of course the salesman is going to suggest a faster model.... it's his JOB to sell you the most expensive system he can.