Duron vs Celeron
Dec 13 '00 (Updated Apr 29 '01)
The Bottom Line I have seen loads of benchmarks which show the Duron to be not only faster than the Celeron, but cheaper in stores. The-chips-can-be-replaced by-ever-cheapening-Athlons.
While Intels Celeron processors have been around for a good few years, the new AMD Duron processor is set to dominate the inexpensive processor market.
The chip from Duron uses the Socket A, the same as the AMD Athlon, so when the Athlon prices fall you can buy a 1Ghz, to replace the Duron. The Duron sarts off at 600Mhz at a best price of £65/$91; and goes all the way up to 800:
The Duron processor can be found in stores for around £100/$140, and I have seen them at computer fairs for just £85/$119 for a Duron 800Mhz.
The Celeron on the other hand is rarley seem at the computer fairs I go to but I guess its around £150/$210. And the chips uses its own 370 socket which can be used by the Pentium III (some though). It starts off at 300Mhz (where the PII's mid point is) and goes up to the 700Mhz.
Overclockers;
The AMD Duron, was easy to overclock, but now AMD have added block on the chip to stop people joining tiny jumpers on it, so try an older one. Usually a 700 could go to 900. I haven't seem much for the Celeron though. I tried overclocking, but I didn't see much of a performance increase, just a few crashes the first time I boosted it to 955Mhz from 750!
In my veiw the AMD Duron beats the Celeron in graphics and is backed up from numerous graphics tests shown in www.sharkyextreme.com. The Duron is both faster and cheaper and offers much higher upgrade-ability.
So what do I have, a Duron 750. The PC hardly ever crashes, but a 600 did once and a while before I got this 750. But price difference is tiny, an extra £10 could get me a 800. Not bad at all.
So for me the Duron beats all other competition, excluding the Pentium III and the Athlon, which are in their own league.
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