Pentium 3 733 mhz vs. Celeron 850 mhz

snama · 11-09-2007, 02:17 PM

Iam just wondering if its worth changing the cpu from the P3. Iam aware of that the cache size is smaller on the Celeron. But then again its a difference of 127 mhz. So iam wondering if i will notice any change in performance.

bryantrv · 11-09-2007, 02:18 PM

I doubt you would tell any increase in performance. Can you overclock the P3?

snama · 11-09-2007, 02:30 PM

Well the problem is that i cant do that from the bios. I cant do that anywhere.

SlowCoder · 11-09-2007, 03:26 PM

You -might- notice a small increase, if you're just doing desktop stuff; web, word processing ...

But if you're doing any gaming or graphics, you'll probably actually see a decrease in performance.

I say stick with your P3.

snama · 11-09-2007, 05:02 PM

thanks for the help.

2damncommon · 11-09-2007, 09:24 PM

A Pentium 350 seemed to be snappier to me than a Celeron 500.
My belief is that the cache (or disabled cache) does make a difference.