On May 18, 12:20 pm, archm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Nate Edel) wrote:
> TBerk <bayareab...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > They are in comparable HP Pavillion computers, and while the Intel has
> > an edge with clock speed I think the AMD is beating it in real life
> > responsivness. Am I right?
>
> > (Besides the AMD based motherboard has three memory sockets vs two for
> > the 'Celery'.)
>
> Actually, the Celerons of the P2/P3 generation - like the 667mhz one -
were
> pretty good. There is no AMD K2 that I'm aware of - I assume that means
K6-2
> (although there were, I think, some AMD Athlon [K7] 500mhz chips as
well.)
>
> The K6-2 was a pretty good chip but really more of a Pentium-MMX
generation
> chip than a P2/P3 generation chip. My bet would be on the Celeron.
>
> Now, if by some chance that is a K7/Athlon 500mhz, that probably is at
least
> as fast as the Celeron.
>
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Alright, Thanks. And you are right, I forgot the '6' there.
What I found out since then is less the chips and speed and more the
OS; I put Win2k on the AMD system (w/ 256M RAM) and it sat up and
barked right past the others, running WinXP.
Thx for the reply,
TBerk
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