From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-22958-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1RKizP-0006VY-9K for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:56:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DF13421C040 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:56:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sonne.alt-f4.ch (sonne.alt-f4.ch [62.2.174.22]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j929FhAM010250 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 2 Oct 2005 09:15:43 GMT Received: by sonne.alt-f4.ch (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 16E0E3F6C3; Sun, 2 Oct 2005 11:23:12 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 11:23:12 +0200 From: Folken <folken@chaostreff.ch> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT worth upgrading hardware ? Message-ID: <20051002092312.GA27835@sonne.alt-f4.ch> Mail-Followup-To: Folken <folken@chaostreff.ch>, gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <433F8878.7060705@pusspaws.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <433F8878.7060705@pusspaws.net> X-Message-Flag: Warning! Using Outlook is insecure and promotes virus distribution. Please use another email-client. X-Virus: This is a header Virus! Copy it into yours and join the fun! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Archives-Salt: be42b4eb-7994-4c00-9c91-223f1b545ae8 X-Archives-Hash: 48283b4a5d6a0c028d4a3f3bd84e6b4b On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 08:12:56AM +0100, Dave S wrote: > The GHz sound impressive but I know neither chip is a very powerful, I > believe they 'water down' the internals !. I cant find anywhere a > comparison between my PIII & these two possibilitys. I found a comparision between (almost) your target cpus: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=61 (note the celeron is actually the 2.8 GHz Model) > My PIII is old technology, these two are newer technology with faster > clock speeds but engineered to a price, would the speed increase be > noticeable ? Any comments ? The 512 MB Ram will defently noticeable when you work with KDE. KDE is very ram hungry and I wouldn't recommend to run it with less than 512. (Although speed / memory consumption seem to have improved miles with the latest versions of kde) > Intel Celeron 2.4GHz 128K 400MHz Socket 478 CPU OEM - 512MB RAM > AMD Sempron 2800+ 2.0GHz (333FSB) 256K Cache Socket A OEM - 512 MB RAM As to the processors, I'd go for the Sempron. Celerons are IMO castraded pentiums and really not great for compiler runs. The halved L1 cache really hits on the performance in general. Since you are on a contrained budget I'd even more strongley urge you to amd, since they usually give you more performance for the buck. (That being said.. i'm no fan of intel. Therefore take this with a grain of salt.) Oh btw.. you may ignore GHz numbers now.. they are no longer an indicator of how "fast" processors are. - Folken -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list