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On Sunday 02 October 2005 09:12, Dave S wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I have a PIII 700Mhz, 256MB RAM, Finances are somewhat tight (read that |
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> as very tight) but I could do with some more speed when playing with |
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> python scripts + KDE can be a tad sluggish. |
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> The processor is going to have to be either a ... |
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> Intel Celeron 2.4GHz 128K 400MHz Socket 478 CPU OEM - 512MB RAM |
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> AMD Sempron 2800+ 2.0GHz (333FSB) 256K Cache Socket A OEM - 512 MB RAM |
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> The GHz sound impressive but I know neither chip is a very powerful, I |
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> believe they 'water down' the internals !. I cant find anywhere a |
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> comparison between my PIII & these two possibilitys. |
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> My PIII is old technology, these two are newer technology with faster |
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> clock speeds but engineered to a price, would the speed increase be |
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> noticeable ? Any comments ? |
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> Dave |
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the most impact would come from the bigger ram ;) |
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The ram upgrade alone would be very noticeable - the cpu-upgrade would mostly |
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result in a little bit faster compile times. |
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But I would go for the sempron - most of the time the cpus are waiting for the |
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ram - and the bigger the cache, the bigger the chance, that the data is |
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already there. Plus it is 'exclusive' cache, everything in L1 won't be cached |
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in L2 too - while in clereons/P4 the same stuff can be in L1 and L2.. wasting |
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space (or was so, the last time I read about it..) |
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btw, aren't socket 754-boards&semprons in the same financial range like the |
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socket a stuff? |
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