Originally Posted by Burgerbob

the GHzage of a CPU doesnt really matter anymore. That Sempron is probably many times faster than your P4, becuase of it being a modern AMD VS. an old Intel, and other factors. You just got lucky and saw one of the slowest CPUs on the market today, most are much faster in GHzage. Look on newegg.com and research CPUs, you will find many faster.