> OK, now here is another question. All that being said about caches and
> speeds, what is the performance difference between say, a PII or III at
the
> same speed as a Celeron, say both in the 400 or 450 range, with the
> difference being the 100Mhz FSB vs. 66FSB? Does the FSB speed effect the
> performance or are all things equal more or less still?
> Reason for the question is, I am about to upgrade my PII233 to probably a
> PIII450. From what you two are saying it sounds like I'd get about the
same
> performance out of a Celeron 466 or 500 with an adapter in my Abit BX6,
but
> with out the new instructions.  Is this the gist of this? Since a Celeron
is
> just a bit cheaper than a PIII 450. Just trying to get educated. Thanks.


Brad,

Interesting Christopher Null article on Intel CPUs at
http://www.zdnet.com/pccomp/stories/reviews/0,5672,2306142,00.html
might sway your choice.

Regards,
Deirdre Wall

D'


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