Next LUG meet: 9 Nov 2003 around 4 pm - VJTI -------------------------------------------- On 05/11/03 16:38 -0800, Nikhil bhaskaran wrote: <snip> > celeron is an Intel product. But to compete with AMD they still need a > processor at the lower price bracket and hence manufactures celeron which > is almost same a p-4 . celeron 1.7 has absolutely the same architecture ( > 0.18 micron and 400 mhz fsb) , and same core of p-4 1.7 ghz and runs on > the same motherboard that a p-4 runs on , except that celeron has a lower > cache only 128 mb as compared to p-4 1.7 which has 256( or 512 ) . AMD Errr? 128 millibits? Perhaps you mean 128 kibi Bytes?
> athlon xp 1.8 ghz on the other hand runs only on 200 or 266 fsb , and also u > need asus or better motherboards . AMD though i read on tech web sites and Asus is one of the better brands out there. You can get cheaper brands. Also, the numbers after the Athlon XP are the equivalent speed ratings of a Pentium. Your Athlon XP 1800 would actually be running at 1400 to 1500 MHz. The Athlon XP 2000 runs at 1667 MHz. > articles has host of other features which made my buy one amd 1.8 on asus , > but i regret the decision , practically when i compare the 2 , i think > celeron has an advantage , because it cost me less , i put the celeron on If you want to compare the celeron with something, try a Duron instead. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
