I have a Dell Inspiron 7000 notebook and
am thinking about upgrading the processor. My system has the following
specs (PII-366, 128 MB RAM, 10 Gig HD, 8 MB video card, 2x DVD, Zip).
I know the motherboard is 66 MHz, therefore I can only go up to a
PII-400 or the Celeron 466. The price range between the PII and the
Celeron is about $90.
Which is faster?
Is there a difference in graphics/3D capabilities between the
two processors?
How much of a performance difference is there from my current
processor?
Where can I find the best prices for these products?
As illustrated on our CPU Comparator,
the mobile Celeron-466MHz
is approximately 20% faster than the mobile Pentium-II
400MHz processor.
Although the latest mobile Celerons
support Intel's latest SSE (Streaming
Single-Instruction-Multiple-Data Extensions) multimedia
instructions found also in the Pentium-III,
the Celeron-466 upgrade option
for your 66MHz bus does not.
Both the mobile Celeron-466
and the Pentium-II do support
the now-standard MMX multimedia instruction set. As they are both
based on the same floating-point core, there will be little
essential difference in the graphics/3D capabilities between the
two processors.
Again, as shown on our CPU
Comparator, the mobile Celeron-466MHz
is approximately 30% faster than your current PII-366. What this
means is, on average, a 60-second spreadsheet calculation on
your Pentium-II will take
only 45-seconds with the Celeron-466.
While this may not seem especially significant, over an 8-hour
working day it might mean an hour less time wasted in waiting for
your computer to respond or perform basic tasks.
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