1.3 Celeron vs 1.3 AMD Duron

[sup2jzgte]

How much of a difference would there be between a Celeron 1.3 and AMD Duron 1.3? The reason why I ask is because my neighbor just bought a AMD Duron 1.3 to replace his Celeron 1.3 and thinks he will see a huge difference.

 

[StrangleHold]

Mabe a little bit but not much!

 

[sup2jzgte]

THats what I thought, the only thing that he may see a difference in is that fact that the Mobo he has now supports PC133 and thats it, the new one is DDR

 

[Geoff]

It depends if the 1.3Ghz Celeron was just an underclocked netburst-based CPU, if thats the case, then the Duron all the way!

 

[sup2jzgte]

It depends if the 1.3Ghz Celeron was just an underclocked netburst-based CPU, if thats the case, then the Duron all the way!

I have no clue what kind of Celeron it is, but I do know that is about 5-6 years old and came with his HP desktop he bought at Radioshack 5-6 years ago

 

[The_Other_One]

The Duron was a good bit better than the Celeron back then.

 

[Geoff]

I have no clue what kind of Celeron it is, but I do know that is about 5-6 years old and came with his HP desktop he bought at Radioshack 5-6 years ago

It's most likely based off the P3.

 

[sup2jzgte]

It's most likely based off the P3.

What is the AMD 1.3 Duron based off?

 

[Geoff]

What is the AMD 1.3 Duron based off?

Off the Duron

 

[sup2jzgte]

Off the Duron

You know for some reason I had a feeling I was going to get an answer like that

 

[Geoff]

You know for some reason I had a feeling I was going to get an answer like that

The Celeron is just a stripped down version of the Pentium, thats why I said that Celeron would most likely be based off either the very end of the P3 era, or the beginning of the P4 (netburst) era.

I believe the Duron is a class of it's own, I don't think it's a "stripped down" version of another processor, like the Sempron and Athlon 64 are.

 

[Archangel]

I believe the Duron is a class of it's own, I don't think it's a "stripped down" version of another processor, like the Sempron and Athlon 64 are.

I might be completely wrong buuuutt.. Wernt the duron's stripped down versions of the AMD Thunderbirds?

 

[Cromewell]

They were stripped down versions of a few Athlon cores: Thunderbird, Palomino, and some Thoroughbred.

 

[chrisalviola]

I have the same 1.3Ghz celeron on my old pc and i can OC it +200Mhz, what about AMD?

 

[Archangel]

They were stripped down versions of a few Athlon cores: Thunderbird, Palomino, and some Thoroughbred.

cool, thx for the info. yay, i want completely mistaken

 

[Angel69]

I think Socket 462 (A) Durons is more faster and preferable than Socket 370 Celerons like 1,3 Ghz, so if you are using DDR motherboard like KT266A or better your performance would be fine (for this class machines)

 

[Geoff]

They were stripped down versions of a few Athlon cores: Thunderbird, Palomino, and some Thoroughbred.

My mistake. I thought the Duron was basically a class of its own

 

[Tayl]

Why, after running a workstation with a celeron for 5-6 years would he supposably "upgrade" to a Duron 1.3? I didn't even think Durons were still on the market.