processor question

[TheCreator]

A mate of mine has a 2.66 ghz celeron d, 533 fsb and 256kb L2 cache. Mine's a 2.4ghz pentium 4 with 533 fsb and 512kb L2 cache. Which would be better, and does the cache make a big difference?

[onewecallgod]

mainly depends on what you're trying to do, but for the most part the extra cache for intel based netburst chips matters a lot. the same isn't true for AMD though.

[TheCreator]

so which would be better for gaming? and what about general use (eg msn, music, surfin the net, word, etc.)

[-=VampyR=-]

so which would be better for gaming? and what about general use (eg msn, music, surfin the net, word, etc.)

Your PC is better for gaming purposes.
Surfin,MSN,Word...even a lame (read low-end )PC can do that.

[Jale]

• AMD brand for gaming.

• Pentium models for media tasks.

• Celeron models for basic tasks (surf, MSN, Word, etc).

[TheCreator]

so basically, my p4 despite being 266mhz slower, it holds the advantage. So it should hold the advantage?

[onewecallgod]

yes it would. the biggest thing you'd see a difference in would be encoding

[-=VampyR=-]

266 Mhz is nothing these days.
If you have a powerful video card that really is nothing.
Why are you so worried ?

[TheCreator]

well, he kept saying his computer was better than mine, the specs are the same but his graphics card is a 9800se, mine's a 9600pro, plus i have a p4 and he has is a celeron. i wanted to see what other people had to say, but he holds a slight advantage in graphics card though. it's no biggie though.

[Jale]

266 Mhz is nothing these days.
If you have a powerful video card that really is nothing.
Why are you so worried ?

I think he said 266 MHz slower, not that he has 266 MHz.