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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."

6 of 173 comments (clear)

  1. What's The Point? by monkeyman_67156 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Does anyone at slashdot actually use a Celeron, rather than, say, some variant of an Athalon XP?

    1. Re:What's The Point? by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Even more so, WHY do people insist on correcting spelling, especially on the internet? If we did the same for grammer, both typed and spoken, all we would be doing is having flame wars about it. You KNOW what he meant... so leave it at that.

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  2. Editing baron by consolidatedbord · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Prescott's longer pipeline is more then offset

    ...more than offset...

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  3. my god by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YOU
    SO
    FUCKING
    FAILED
    IT!

    why do you even bother?

  4. Re:In Other News... by Orgazmus · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Well...
    A really good joke is only funny until someone tells you why ;)

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  5. THAN god dammit! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Twice by the submitter and now this.

    Why can't you people tell the difference between than and then?