Intel Celeron D: New, Improved & Exceeds Expectations
by Derek Wilson on June 24, 2004 3:01 AM EST- Posted in
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DivX 5.1 Encoding
In looking at Gordian Knot's encoding speed with DivX 5.1, we see the trend continue: Celeron D is a strong performer in the budget segment. This is one of the stronger showings for the Northwood based Celerons, and the 2.53GHz Celeron D still comes in at over 8% faster than the 2.6GHz Celeron.It looks like FSB increases bring in the most benefit here, as the 20x100 Celeron D is only 3% faster than the 2.0GHz Northwood Celeron. Not that it is anything to worry about.
It's probable that if we retested with DivX 5.1.1, the Prescott based Celerons would perform even better in comparison to everything else due to the added SSE3 support.
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DerekWilson - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
Sorry for all the L2 cache size problems -- and thanks for the support AtaStrumf :-)Still, no excuse. I accept responsibility and appologize for the mistake.
dankim333 - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
Possible Ad Campaign:NEW! Intel Celeron D: Now with 23% less suck!
AtaStrumf - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
I guess they're rewriting the article now :) Quite a big mistake with the L2 Cache, but hay, shit happens, no need to shout and yell about it to make yourself feel so much smarter mino.robg1701 - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
Ah good, I see im not the only one to notice the 'slight' page long error about the old celerons having 256k cache ;)mino - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
#18 the hell some mispronouncements."with sum BIG mistakes..." should be:
"with such BIG mistakes in every second sentence form Anand !"
mino - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAASE repair(or better-> REWRITE) that review, since(apartt from benchmark results) I didn't saw an article with sum BIG mistakes in every second sentence!Boys , I'm sorry for U but that Idiot who wrote that old Celeron does have 256k L2 is to be fired uppon !
Not to mention that 2.8Cel D should be compared to AXP2800+ or Semrpon2800+.
About 2500+ slower than 2200+: YES, it is a mistake undoubtedly there some where.
ZobarStyl - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
Man what a week for Intel; they release all this new high-end stuff that isn't worth jack yet (and is o/c locked), then come out with some actually decent Cellys for the low end. Shoring up the low end but letting the high-end kinda simmer/slack off? Doesn't seem like Intel's style. Also, I wonder if it's almost too late to save the day, as the northwood-based Celerons were horrible and that will hurt that product's image for a while to come (don't forget there are still people who won't buy an AMD processor because of the old THG video =) )Dasterdly - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
I agree with araczynski, first thing I looked for was a comparison from the prescot/northwood.araczynski - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
throw in perspective by including a couple prescot/northwood scores on the graphs.tfranzese - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link
If only Intel were pricing these lower than competing AMD parts I might actaully build a system off these, but they'll have to work on that. Not to mention, as others have, the Sempron should be here soon and show improvements to an aging line.