"Bob" <none@none.none> wrote in message
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~misfit~ wrote:

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
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You DON'T want Celeron, you want full PIII CPU.  The Celeron is cheaper
due to the smaller
L2 cache and other constructs that are bolstered in a full PIII CPU.

I reckon the [1.4]celeron would be faster than the [1.1]PIII.
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~misfit~

Celerons used to be alot slower than PIIIs, AFAIK that hasn't changed -
they simply can't hold enough data in their caches to process full time.
  It's why they are cheap...

It really depends on the app and if it is cache-reliant. They basically have
the same core so if the app isn't very cache-reliant it will run faster on
the Celly. I'm not sure if a larger cache makes much difference to SETI.
Anyone tell me? It seems to run well on my old coppermine Cellys. Also the
Tualatin Cellys are very overclocker-friendly  due to their 100MHz FSB and
low vcore, they have quite a bit of head-room. I believe though that the
original poster mentioned it was for a Dell and they're not usually very
overclockable.
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