On Sunday 02 October 2005 09:12, Dave S wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a PIII 700Mhz, 256MB RAM, Finances are somewhat tight (read that > as very tight) but I could do with some more speed when playing with > python scripts + KDE can be a tad sluggish. > > The processor is going to have to be either a ... > > 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 > > 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. > > 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 ? > > Dave
the most impact would come from the bigger ram ;) The ram upgrade alone would be very noticeable - the cpu-upgrade would mostly result in a little bit faster compile times. But I would go for the sempron - most of the time the cpus are waiting for the ram - and the bigger the cache, the bigger the chance, that the data is already there. Plus it is 'exclusive' cache, everything in L1 won't be cached in L2 too - while in clereons/P4 the same stuff can be in L1 and L2.. wasting space (or was so, the last time I read about it..) btw, aren't socket 754-boards&semprons in the same financial range like the socket a stuff? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
