Dual Celeron 1000 or Single AMD XP 1700+

[EmaK]

Hi,

I want to buy a new computer and would like to know wich on is better to get for imaging and normal use.

Dual celeron 1000 or Sing AMD XP 1700+?

If anyone know a benshmark place where i can see the difference or can tell me about will be helpfull.

Thanks

[Hiei]

Go whit Dual Pentium 3 or single Pentium 4 AMD SUCKS TOO HOT
Celeron dual works sometimes but Intel don't certified the celeron has dual cpu capable.


Go Intel is better don't see the see the quality.

[cruffino69]

Buying a dual CPU machine is only beneficial if you want to:

A) Run more than one application at a time and get decent performance.

B) Run an application that can take advantage of multiple CPU's.

Additionally, multiple CPU's are only supported under certain OS's (such as Win NT4.0 or 2000, not sure about the specs for XP).

As for the Intel/AMD issue, I'm not touching it. That's religion to some people...

[d4n13l]

What company is selling dual Celerons?
If you are building the system yourself then bear in mind that dual celerons are a fickle affair, they are not even certified for SMP use. In fact, I dont even know if the newer celerons will work in SMP mode. As far as I know, only the older celerons can be persuaded to work in SMP configurations... and even then not always reliably (Celerons around the 500 Mhz mark). You also need an SMP aware OS, which means either Win2000, Win XP (EXCLUDING XP Home), Win NT, Linux, BeOS or OS/2. If you want a dualie, then get a dual athlon, they are faster and cheaper than dual P3's. Dual Athlon 1.2Ghz MP is what you want.

I would go with the Athlon, because I am like 99.9999% sure that dual Celeron 1000 systems dont exist.

[heathcot]

Some of the discussion over on the Conversion forum may give you some ideas. We have been looking at the performance increase you get on a dual CPU machines. Tests are limited to using TMPGEnc only.

https://www.videohelp.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=65459&forum=3

[EmaK]

Hi,

Thanks for the replies i will go with AMD Dual MP i think they betterand like u said celeron not sureif exist.

Anyone know a site that sell the AMD MP? Canadian site please.

Thanks

[xzarkad]

pentium III a dead end, as the structure already has been replaced by the P4.
Go for AMD. It is true that AMD can get hotter than an Intel. A P4 has a average of 45 degrees celcius, and a max temperature of 75 degrees. An AMD has an average of 50 degrees, and a max temperature of 90-95 degrees.

AMD is not getting too hot. A PII has an average of 30-35 degrees. Is a P4 too hot? No!! A K6II has an average of 30-35 degrees. Is an Athlon too hot? No!!

I mean: CPU's are getting faster, core is getting hotter. Since AMD has introduced the XP series, the temperature has dropped a bit, and speed has increased.

To answer your question:
A Celeron is just an inferiour PIII, and you can probably not upgrade, because Intell keeps changing sockets.
An AMD is at the moment the fastest CPU around (not my words, but results from benchmarks), and AMD does not change socket that often.

[sommersby]

windows xp profesional supports dual cpu's, home version does not.

[shorsfall]

I would use the AMD Athlon XP Processor. Intel seem to change there mind to often. (I think it is more of a mistake than choice.) If you change from a PIII to a PIV you need to change motherboard, memory and case where if you change from a Athlon Thunderbird to a Athlon XP you only need to change the processor. (Assuming your motherboard support the XP).