If you're primarily interested
in building a low cost system with decent Business/High End Application performance, and a
strong FPU for games like Quake 2 then the Celeron propped up on a BX or LX motherboard
would be the ideal configuration for you. Don't expect the Celeron to break any
barriers in High End Applications, like Auto CAD or Photoshop, but do expect it to rule
the low end market in games like Quake 2 and Turok. Whether its strong FPU
performance will carry it past these next few months is unpredictable, with the upcoming
release of Unreal (a game that supposedly relies heavily on the use of both a strong FPU
and a decent L2 cache subsystem) we can only wait and see.
At $165 the Intel Celeron is a bargain, using the extra money you saved over a Pentium II processor you can invest towards the hefty $200+ cost of a Voodoo2 Graphics Accelerator, or maybe even shell out for the $329 Canopus Pure3D II that was used in the Celeron testing - a beauty in its own existence.
Product: Intel Celeron 266/66 Processor
Price: $200 + S/H
Vendor: Treasure Chest Computers
Website: http://www.tccomputers.com/
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Remingtonh - Sunday, November 21, 2010 - link
I'm thinking since the celeron will be such a massive upgrade from my 486DX/2-66, at an attractive price, I'll go for it.I saw a nice HP Tower at frys with the 266 Celeron at a very affordable price. My question is, since it's slot-1, will I likely be able to replace it with a pentium II at a later date once prices go down? Will it be compatible?