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Pentium II vs. Pentium III

Name: Jesse (by mooneyjess1999)
Date: August 23, 2004 at 23:03:34 Pacific
OS: Win 98
CPU/Ram: 400MHz/ 256MB RAM

Comment:

I have a Dell, that currently has an old Pentium II 400MHz CPU, in it and it has 256 MB of RAM. If I upgraded that CPU to a 450MHz Pentium III would there be much of an improvement? Both processors run at 2.0 volts and have and L2 cache of 512KB. Thank-You

Reply:

If that is the only change you are going to make then no there would not be much difference but if it's not going to cost you anything then go ahead Techy n Welsh

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Name: heropsycho
Date: August 24, 2004 at 11:44:12 Pacific

Reply:

The P3 added SSE instructions, so if none of your apps use SSE, then you won't see much difference at all. MCSE, MCSA Messaging, baby!

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