Intel Celeron D. Nice Improvements Still Dumb Name

[lookouthere]

Originally posted by: AWhackWhiteBoy
"Yup, those things have 512k cache on a Banias core."

the Banias is a PIII core with a jacked low power FSB, 1meg of cache,and a few other arch changes

the Dothan is a completely new core with 2megs of cache and a lot more performance

but we still won't be able to use it

 

[reever]

Originally posted by: Zebo
The thing loses the majority of the benchmarks to a two years old tech the 2600+. [/L]

The cpu is 2 years old, the technology is much older than that, and that goes for *every* processor

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

Originally posted by: lookouthere

but we still won't be able to use it

why not? its a matter of what Intel has in store. theres a rumor of a dual dothan desktop chip in the near future.

 

[slag]

Originally posted by: jhu
mobile celeron in a laptop? if not, how were you able to plug it into a desktop motherboard?

If you are talking to me, I have a 1.6 mobile celeron with 256 kb cache that I put on an asus p4p8x board, all courtesy of karaktu. Bump it to 188 fsb and its running 24x7 @ 3.01 ghz.

 

[kef7]

I'm also running a 1.6mobile/p4p8x (again, courtesy of karaktu) that I just assembled; best o/c so far is 173fsb with oczpc2700.

 

[jhu]

so the mobile celeron has the same pinout as regular desktop processors?

 

[Zap]

There are different mobile Celeron chips. The 1.6 that some have mentioned uses a normal socket 478. In fact, I also have one, courtesy of Karaktu. Don't have much success with mine, however, since I don't have the motherboard of choice that everyone else is running.

 

[spazo]

Theres a review at xbitlabs where they overclocked a 2.66ghz Celeron to 3.8ghz and it perfroms at about the level of a 2.8ghz p4. But poor perfromance aside, that is one helluva overclock...

 

[RobCur]

why change when they are selling so well?! a pentium 4 is still a pentium, never has changed ever since 95 :roll:

 

[lookouthere]

dang.......those overclocked celeron d are fast, maybe just as fast as P4EE.....maybe not

 

[Nemesis2038]

I wonder how well it will do playing back WMV9.

3.8 is enough to play WMV9 at 1080P but if it performs like a 2.8 then its just short of the 3Ghz needed.

How is heat? I would consider this for a small VCR style case PC for the living room but might just get an Athlon 2400 again and OC.

 

[lookouthere]

Originally posted by: jhu
they should have called it "celeron 34 d"

they should called it Celeron FX or Celeron XT or maybe Celeron Pro....LOL

 

[Curley]

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Originally posted by: spazo
Theres a review at xbitlabs where they overclocked a 2.66ghz Celeron to 3.8ghz and it perfroms at about the level of a 2.8ghz p4. But poor perfromance aside, that is one helluva overclock...

That is a good deal if you look at the prices. I just paid $89.00 for the CelDeron. If it overclocks to 3.8 and performs like a 2.8ghz Northwood, then I just save $100.00 from the retail price of a 2.8ghz p4.