The PIII Tualatin Matches the T-Bird "C" clock-for clock. The new Celeron is the same chip as the PIII but at a lower bus speed. Set the new 1.2GHz Celeron to 1.6GHz via a 133FSB bus speed and it beets everything on the market. How is this possible when it scored so low on Toms review? Easy:
1.) The Celeron 1.2GHz is UNCHANGED from the PIII Tualatin except for the bus speed.
2.) The PIII 256k Tualatin matches the T-Bird "C" clock for clock in previous testing.
3.) The Celeron is limmited in performance only by it's bus speed.
4.) The only way to overclock the Tually Celly is with bus speed increase.
5.) We already know that the Tually 256k PIII matches the Athlon "C" in performance, see #2 above.
6.) If you increase the bus speed of the Tually Celly to 133MHz, it IS a Tually PIII 256k.
7.) We already know that the Tually PIII 256k can match the Athlon "C" clock for clock, see #2 and #5 above.
8.) The Tually Celly at 12x133 becomes a PIII Tually 1.6GHz. We already know that the PIII 256k Tually matches the Athlon "C" for performance. See #2, #5, #7 above. Therefore, the 1.2GHz Celly when overclocked to 133FSB will match a T-Bird 1.6GHz. Since there are no T-Birds at that speed, it wins everything.
9) The Athlon XP 1800 is just a little better than the T-Bird, maybe a direct match for the Tually Celly at 1600/133FSB. But at 2x the price. There goes your price/performance ratio. Since you can't overclock the T-Bird beyond 1600, you have to overclock the XP to beet it, therefor maintaining the Celly as the king of overclocking performance for you price/performance ratio freeks.
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1.) The Celeron 1.2GHz is UNCHANGED from the PIII Tualatin except for the bus speed.
2.) The PIII 256k Tualatin matches the T-Bird "C" clock for clock in previous testing.
3.) The Celeron is limmited in performance only by it's bus speed.
4.) The only way to overclock the Tually Celly is with bus speed increase.
5.) We already know that the Tually 256k PIII matches the Athlon "C" in performance, see #2 above.
6.) If you increase the bus speed of the Tually Celly to 133MHz, it IS a Tually PIII 256k.
7.) We already know that the Tually PIII 256k can match the Athlon "C" clock for clock, see #2 and #5 above.
8.) The Tually Celly at 12x133 becomes a PIII Tually 1.6GHz. We already know that the PIII 256k Tually matches the Athlon "C" for performance. See #2, #5, #7 above. Therefore, the 1.2GHz Celly when overclocked to 133FSB will match a T-Bird 1.6GHz. Since there are no T-Birds at that speed, it wins everything.
9) The Athlon XP 1800 is just a little better than the T-Bird, maybe a direct match for the Tually Celly at 1600/133FSB. But at 2x the price. There goes your price/performance ratio. Since you can't overclock the T-Bird beyond 1600, you have to overclock the XP to beet it, therefor maintaining the Celly as the king of overclocking performance for you price/performance ratio freeks.
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