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New Celeron D Core gets a Speed Boost

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the new-life-into-old-lines dept.

qtothemax writes "The new Celeron core was released on the 25th. The processor, using Intel's new model number naming convention, looks to be quite a bit faster than the old core. The new core is based on the 90nm Prescott, which offers respectable performance, compared to the very slow Northwood based Celeron. It features a 256kB L2 cache, and a 533mhz FSB. Looks like Prescott's longer pipeline is more then offset by the better branch prediction and most importantly the doubled cache when it comes to the smaller cached Celeron. This Celeron may be able to compete with AMD's offerings based on more then name brand alone. Reviews and benchmarks are at Anandtech. I couldn't find any other good reviews, as budget chips rarely generate much excitement."

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  1. In Other News... by Apocalypse111 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...AMD has recently announced that they will be producing a dual-processor board for its own low-end CPU's. Computers built with this hardware will specialize in playing 80's MP3's.

    They're calling it the Duron-Duron.

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    1. Re:In Other News... by PD · · Score: 5, Funny

      That line kinda gives away the joke

      Rather typical of punchlines, wouldn't you say?

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    2. Re:In Other News... by Ed+Avis · · Score: 4, Funny

      They're also announcing a monster 5-processor workstation board, to be called the Pentathlon.

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    3. Re:In Other News... by Luveno · · Score: 2, Funny

      I bet you've been saving that joke for the right occasion for a loooooooong time.

  2. Also released: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Intel has announced their new Xeon line will now incorporate an additional 4 hamster bus. The Xeon line is well known for having quick hamsters parse data in a quick, while adorable manner...

  3. Re:Submitter is Intel fanboy? by Tenebrious1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ummm.. what? The fastest $117 2.8ghz celeron got the shit kicked out of it by a lowly $55 Athlon 2400XP. Who in their right mind would buy one of these chips?

    That "Intel Inside" sticker on the case is worth $62... I hear it adds 50 gigahorses of torque to the hard drive.

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  4. Speed Bump, er B oost. by ayeco · · Score: 2, Funny

    See, it's called a "speed boost", not a "speed bump". The Celeron is a Pentium witha speed bump built in.

  5. Re:Submitter is Intel fanboy? by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 4, Funny
    There are many vendors and buyers out there that honestly believe that one should only buy Intel as AMD is unstable.

    Well, Intel has been making x86 CPUs since 1978, but AMD didn't start making them until 1979. Obviously, AMD has had less time to iron out any stability problems with their products.

  6. Re:What's The Point? by Enigma_Man · · Score: 3, Funny

    GRAMMAR :D

    -Jesse

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