On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 18:35, Paul wrote: > Hi, > > > > I was told it was a 2.4GHz processor, so that's what I'm > > > working off. > > > > The fastest Socket A Semprons listed on AMD's site are running at > > 2.0GHz and are labelled "Sempron 3000+". Your chip is a Sempron > > 2400+ running at 1.66GHz (FSB 333MHz). > > Euw! That's slower than the 1.7GHz Celeron I had in before! (Well, on > numbers at least!) > Ahem, the days of just comparing the clock frequency on consumer CPU's to identify the best one are long gone mate ;) http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20040728/ "After a short look at our benchmark results the conclusion is clear: AMD's Sempron is able to outperform Celeron D in most applications." -- Tarjei