Celeron vs PII vs PIII

[It_The_Cow]

If I remember, a Celeron is approximately 300 MHz less powerful than its PIII counterpart. How would a PII fit in?

 

[funnyperson1]

Well the PIIs were faster than the 300As and other variants of the Celeron maybe a 50-100mhz advantage was needed, but the PII gets crushed by the Coppermine Celerons....

 

[Ice_Gargoylle]

hey, quik question, why did ya buy a celeron? Did the 1.26 p3's not oc or something? or just plain more expensive?

 

[funnyperson1]

hey, quik question, why did ya buy a celeron? Did the 1.26 p3's not oc or something? or just plain more expensive?

Celeron1.0A 256cache= 70$
PIII-s 1.26= 250$

need i say more ....also the Celeron1.0As dont even need a handicap compared to Coppermine PIIIs....they are just as fast clock/clock while the PIII-s is a powerhouse its too darn expensive

 

[It_The_Cow]

hey, quik question, why did ya buy a celeron? Did the 1.26 p3's not oc or something? or just plain more expensive?

I haven't bought one yet. My PIII 750 died so I have to replace it until the next generation of AMD stuff comes around. I'm just wondering what's the most economical right now

 

[funnyperson1]

in that case a Celeron900 oced to like 1.2 should be around 50-60$ and get you a little increase in speed.....

 

[Yodums]

Yea.... 900 Celeron would be a good pick currently.. How'd it died by the way?

 

[tainice]

PIIs were faster than the 300As

yeah, but 300a is just a hair away from PII

 

[It_The_Cow]

Yea.... 900 Celeron would be a good pick currently.. How'd it died by the way?

I'm still not quite sure. I don't even know if it's actually dead. I'm looking into finding a cheap, yet still powerful, processor to test if it is the CPU. If my PIII is dead, I will have a semi-powerful processor to replace it. If it isn't dead, then I'll have lost only $5 or so