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Well, i do not know anything about the "CPU-Z" Program you are using, but many (previously also very reliable) sources have reported to me, that Intel disabled the Prefetch functionality on Celeron Processors (Not knowing anything about the mobile versions though). I guess, we will not find the answer right now. (Can an inactive Prefetch Unit still be detected? I dunno...)
It's a fact, that the P-III S Processor does outperform most Celeron Processors, not talking about synthetic benchmarks. I know that 3DMarks and Quake III Arena are heavily dependant on GFX Power, but they scale well with faster CPU's too, as any of You might already have known. Of course direct comparisons can only be made with a similar graphics card, but hey: That's why i postet that PCMark2002 Pic too!
Of course the P-III S Processor is positioned in a completely different price range, but i guess that's because it's designated as a Server Class Processor. Please don't forget that. There may be significant differences in manufacturing quality, quality assurance and thermal design. Please note, that the P-III S does not produce any more heat than a Celeron does at the same clockspeed, despite the double-sized L2 cache on P-III S' Die. Let us directly compare the P-III S 1.26GHz to a Celeron 1.2GHz:
P-III S 1.26GHz: 29.5W
Celeron 1.2GHz: 29.9W
As you can see, P-III S runs even cooler than the Celeron, which is slower by 60MHz. Let us take a look at another comparison:
P-III S 1.4GHz: 31.2W
Cleron 1.3GHz: 33.4W
We can see an even increasing difference here! A 100MHz faster P-III S that runs cooler than the compared Celeron by 2.2W! Not a big difference, I KNOW, but that just gives me another argument, doesn't it?
Source: Intel SSPec Sheets!
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sspec/p3p.htm
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sspec/icp.htm
Last but not least the choice of a Processor is also a matter of style, isn't it? (That "Not having something that anybody does possess"-Thing ) And affordable server-class "style" is called P-III S, but that part's only my personal opinion of course...
Supplemental: I just forgot about that: MCI/MDT SDRAM is manufactured in Germany in quite low quantities. I was easily able to get a review sample, because i live in austria (quite CLOSE to germany ) Here's Your URL: www.mci.de You can buy the memory directly and online on the manufacturer's website. It's true pc150 CL2 with no SPD errors. Runs at 170MHz 2-2-2 in 90% of all cases!
Well, i do not know anything about the "CPU-Z" Program you are using, but many (previously also very reliable) sources have reported to me, that Intel disabled the Prefetch functionality on Celeron Processors (Not knowing anything about the mobile versions though). I guess, we will not find the answer right now. (Can an inactive Prefetch Unit still be detected? I dunno...)
It's a fact, that the P-III S Processor does outperform most Celeron Processors, not talking about synthetic benchmarks. I know that 3DMarks and Quake III Arena are heavily dependant on GFX Power, but they scale well with faster CPU's too, as any of You might already have known. Of course direct comparisons can only be made with a similar graphics card, but hey: That's why i postet that PCMark2002 Pic too!
Of course the P-III S Processor is positioned in a completely different price range, but i guess that's because it's designated as a Server Class Processor. Please don't forget that. There may be significant differences in manufacturing quality, quality assurance and thermal design. Please note, that the P-III S does not produce any more heat than a Celeron does at the same clockspeed, despite the double-sized L2 cache on P-III S' Die. Let us directly compare the P-III S 1.26GHz to a Celeron 1.2GHz:
P-III S 1.26GHz: 29.5W
Celeron 1.2GHz: 29.9W
As you can see, P-III S runs even cooler than the Celeron, which is slower by 60MHz. Let us take a look at another comparison:
P-III S 1.4GHz: 31.2W
Cleron 1.3GHz: 33.4W
We can see an even increasing difference here! A 100MHz faster P-III S that runs cooler than the compared Celeron by 2.2W! Not a big difference, I KNOW, but that just gives me another argument, doesn't it?
Source: Intel SSPec Sheets!
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sspec/p3p.htm
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sspec/icp.htm
Last but not least the choice of a Processor is also a matter of style, isn't it? (That "Not having something that anybody does possess"-Thing
) And affordable server-class "style" is called P-III S, but that part's only my personal opinion of course...Supplemental: I just forgot about that: MCI/MDT SDRAM is manufactured in Germany in quite low quantities. I was easily able to get a review sample, because i live in austria (quite CLOSE to germany
) Here's Your URL: www.mci.de You can buy the memory directly and online on the manufacturer's website. It's true pc150 CL2 with no SPD errors. Runs at 170MHz 2-2-2 in 90% of all cases!
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