Intel socket 478 NOT Dead, just resting

[apoppin]

i thougfht Socket 478 was dead dead dead

So what's this?

. . . 478 socket lives on in the shape shifting Celeron D 350 - a 3.2GHz CPU with a 533MHz front side bus, 16K L1 and a paltry 256K L2 cache, but which supports Screaming Sindie in her first, second and third recensions. . . . the Pentium M and the Celeron M are not dead. We'll see a 780, which will be a 2.26GHz 533MHz 2MB Pentium M, the Celeron M 390 and the Celeron M 380. These last two use 400MHz system buses, clock at 1.70GHz and 1.60GHz respectively, and each has 1MB of L2 cache.

explain this to me . . . do i have an upgrade? . . .
. . . i guess the Celeron D would not be an upgrade over my NW P4 2.80c[@3.31Ghz]/Abit IC7 . . . and the Pentium Ms???


that's what i get from spending too much time in Video
:Q
[flamed and confused]



EDIT: figured it out . . . i can "upgrade" to a Celeron D [if i get 4+Ghz in the o/c]
. . . but Not a Pentium M since Asus adapter is for Asus MBs . . . the 'M' is still supported by Intel but not an option - for me.

 

[dexvx]

Pentium-M's are very powerful single CPU's (and so too be dual). They are pretty much unbeatable per watt performance.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: dexvx
Pentium-M's are very powerful single CPU's (and so too be dual). They are pretty much unbeatable per watt performance.

i know about Pentium M [socket 479] and i know about Socket 478
[well, i thought i did]
I thought i need an adapter to use one of these in my Abit IC7 [or at least Asus makes one for their 478 MBs] . . . is there a Pentium M that will plug directly in? . . . . and is it a NW "upgrade"?

 

[apoppin]

Maybe i am not explaing myself very well

I have an Abit IC7 currently running a P4 2.80C [Northwood] @3.31Ghz . . . it maxes at 3.5Ghz with a modest voltage increase. Now my MB will support the Prescott processors . . . but that is no "upgrade".

Of course, i realize i need to upgrade my entire rig - PCIe/dual core/etc - but am not willing to do so - now. . . . probably just add an AGP x1700xt next month to keep it gaming at 10x7 to 12x9 for Unreal3 games.

HOWEVER, i am always looking for the "cheap upgrade". . . . and i finally figured it out

According to the article - this is what i was confused about - "478 socket lives on in the shape shifting Celeron D 350. . . the Pentium M and the Celeron M are not dead. We'll see a 780, which will be a 2.26GHz 533MHz 2MB Pentium M

i just confused 780 with 470

damn intel naming conventions.

the M is not an option for me as abit doesn't make an adapter . . . and the Celeron D is not an upgrade unless i get ~4+Ghz

sorry for wasting your time