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ChrisK
11-12-2005, 05:09 PM
Which is faster?
networkguy
11-12-2005, 05:27 PM
Just the cpu's or actual systems? I would say the P II 400 may be slightly faster, but thats based on raw cpu speed.

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Cat person
11-12-2005, 05:39 PM
My PII 400 is faster than my Celeron 633, that's with 256MB of RAM each. If I put 512MB of RAM in the Celeron it is just a little faster than the PII 400. I also have a PII 350 that is faster than my Celeron 500.
networkguy
11-12-2005, 05:46 PM
My PII 400 is faster than my Celeron 633, that's with 256MB of RAM each. If I put 512MB of RAM in the Celeron it is just a little faster than the PII 400. I also have a PII 350 that is faster than my Celeron 500.


Faster how? How are you measuring the speed? Faster is a relative terms. Each system has different components in them, different kinds of memory, etc, all these things contribute to good or poor performance. I was answering the question based soley on cpu speed, not in a system.

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Cat person
11-12-2005, 06:04 PM
It's based on personal experience with hundreds of these machines. Google can find more details with things like L2 cache etc. I don't sit here with a stop watch timing them.
MSE OP
11-12-2005, 06:18 PM
It's based on personal experience with hundreds of these machines. Google can find more details with things like L2 cache etc. I don't sit here with a stop watch timing them.

there are places that still use computers like those? today?
ChrisK
11-12-2005, 07:32 PM
Yep, I have 2x PII 333's for my store security cams.
I recently setup a P166 as a firewall for a customer as well.
AMD
11-12-2005, 08:37 PM
The Celerons back then were pretty good - according to benchmarks, a Cel 433Mhz is probably slightly slower than a PII 400Mhz.

It's based on personal experience with hundreds of these machines.

Lower end processors tend to be paired up with slower video cards, less RAM of greater latency, poor quality motherboards and at the time 5400RPM hard drives. Personal experience is not an accurate indicator unless you have tested otherwise identical machines with different CPUs.