700/128/66 or 500/256/100

[stevethegil]

Hi On an old board that I am resurrecting it can run 66/100Mhz FSB I have a choice of processors. The Celeron 700/128/66 and the Pentium III 500E 500/256/100 and I dont know which will perform better. So much easier if they had the same size L2 cache and frequency. The Celeron 700Mhz is the faster this is achieved with its lower frequency (66Mhz) by using a higher clock multiplier but in a system that can run 100Mhz FSB and when alternative has twice the L2 cache is it going to out perform the Pentium III 550E? I will appreciate your learned responses, Thanks.

[Wizzard1]

I'd overclock the Celeron 700/66 to about an 83MHz bus- THEN you're talking a clear winner.

[stevethegil]

Nobody had a real go at answering my question. OK well system is built and running now. I put the Celeron. I am thinking of trying both I may even try to overclock each and see how they perform. Now for a new question but please dont ignore the first if you have anything to offer.

Question 1: C'mon have a go (Please read original post)
700/128/66 or 500/256/100 which will perform better?

Question 2: How a CPU performs in a system, how is this best measured?

[bacterio]

try "sisoft sandra". benchmark both cpu's and decide

[jd]

Well....In my opinion, Pentium is better then Celeron as for Athlon is better then Duron or Athlon 64 better then Sempron.

Seems each original chip as a "cheaper version" for none gamers.

But, I don't want to piss-off the "theoretic people" taking fax from books and benchmarks, VS good old trial and error

Also may I point out, that the rest of your componates will certainly play a key role in performence !



Good luck !


JD

[gshv]

I think Celeron will be faster in business applications (e-mail, browsing, etc). Pentium III 500 may be faster in games, but I'm not completely sure about that.

Gennadiy

[jd]