Intel Sneaks out Cheap Pentiums

Sidney · 29th September 2005, 16:21

Intel is quietly offering a handful of low-end Pentium 4 processors to large PC makers.

Normally trumpeted as Intel Corp.'s flagship chip brand, chips such the new Pentium 4 516, which do not appear on the chip maker's public price list, are actually closer to its Celeron D value brand chips. Like the Celeron line, the low-end Pentiums lack features such as hyperthreading—which promises to bump up the performance of a computer—found in the mainstream Pentium 4 500 and Pentium 4 600 models.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1864828,00.asp

Sidney · 29th September 2005, 16:22

This makes the old P4 Northwood HT an upgrade

jmke · 29th September 2005, 17:04

what socket? enough cache?

Sidney · 29th September 2005, 17:34

S775 1MB

But, I find no increase in performance with increased cache size from Northwood to Prescott, perhaps the longer pipelines degrade the performance.

29th September 2005, 16:21	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Intel Sneaks out Cheap Pentiums Intel is quietly offering a handful of low-end Pentium 4 processors to large PC makers. Normally trumpeted as Intel Corp.'s flagship chip brand, chips such the new Pentium 4 516, which do not appear on the chip maker's public price list, are actually closer to its Celeron D value brand chips. Like the Celeron line, the low-end Pentiums lack features such as hyperthreading—which promises to bump up the performance of a computer—found in the mainstream Pentium 4 500 and Pentium 4 600 models. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1864828,00.asp __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

29th September 2005, 16:22	#2
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	This makes the old P4 Northwood HT an upgrade __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

29th September 2005, 17:04	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	what socket? enough cache? __________________

29th September 2005, 17:34	#4
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	S775 1MB But, I find no increase in performance with increased cache size from Northwood to Prescott, perhaps the longer pipelines degrade the performance. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

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