my celeron g530 experience

[Bman123]

Well ive had the rig in sig up and running for about a month now so i can give my idea of how it performs. Granted the res is only 1280x720 and i am using a 4yr old video card it can give you some idea of the performance. From charts ive seen its equal to a core 2 duo E7300 cpu and a intel rep said it should perform like a e7300 overclocked to 3ghz.

Call of duty 4- mp 32 man servers max everything pretty much stays locked at 91fps
cod mw3- single player max everything low 28 avg 38 max of 42 fps
fallout mew vegas- everything max but water reflections and refractions stays above 40 fps
saints row the third- medium detail, no aa, af 2x, everything else low stayed above 40 fps

The video card is showing its age for sure. I plan on getting a good video card after the 1st of the year and running the same games and will post results.

With the integrated video it streamed netflix and hulu perfectly, no issues with that. Web browsing feels very fast and snappy using firefox. Transferring files back and fourth from the pc to my cell phone (stratosphere) goes pretty quick. I don't do any intensive programs so I can't comment on that.

If you want to see any kind of specific benchmarks please let me know and i will do my best to run it asap and post the results.

 

[nyker96]

thanks for the review, it seems this chip is quite enough for gaming needs. As long as you stay above 30fps, I don't see your cpu been bottleneck, I think a graphics card upgrade will do your game more good since you can really turn up the eye candy.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

The G530 is no slouch. It's awesome that something so cheap is sufficient for so many people. I benchmarked it a bit in a recent guide and was impressed at what it could do and how the system felt - given its low cost.

 

[Bman123]

Yeah you cant get a better brand new cpu for $40 anywhere else

 

[GoStumpy]

I have a G530 paired with a GT240 video card, and I've been playing BF3 in the ~30FPS range at 1680x1050 resolution :thumbsup:

 

[Bman123]

I wish intel wouldn't of locked sb down, this Celeron would be awesome

 

[LoneNinja]

I wish intel wouldn't of locked sb down, this Celeron would be awesome

The cheap celerons, pentiums, and I3 would all be monsters if they were capable of overclocking. AMD wouldn't be able to compete if they could overclock.

 

[Zap]

The G530 is no slouch. It's awesome that something so cheap is sufficient for so many people. I benchmarked it a bit in a recent guide and was impressed at what it could do and how the system felt - given its low cost.

:thumbsup:

Yeah you cant get a better brand new cpu for $40 anywhere else

Yup. I picked up another spare for myself last time at Micro Center for $40+tax. Great value even collecting dust in my garage.

I wish intel wouldn't of locked sb down, this Celeron would be awesome

No kidding. Heck, for $40 I'd be pushing voltage into that baby without caring if it died, and wouldn't be claiming warranty either. I'd just chalk it up as cheaper entertainment than taking the wife out to dinner and movies. :whiste:

 

[gmaster456]

Great CPU for the money. I have no problems recommending it to people. Unlike previous Celeron offerings.

 

[toyota]

its still not as fast as an E8400 though which seems a bit lame considering that cpu is 4 years old now.

 

[gmaster456]

its still not as fast as an E8400 though which seems a bit lame considering that cpu is 4 years old now.

The SB pentiums take care of that.

 

[toyota]

The SB pentiums take care of that.

well the Pentium g620 can almost match the E8400 in gaming. that just does not seem all that impressive to me considering an E8400 is 4 years old and will already struggle to keep framerate up with some games.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

The E8400 sold for north of $200 on its release four years ago. A similarly performing SB Pentium sells for south of $100.

How is that not impressive?

 

[toyota]

The E8400 sold for north of $200 on its release four years ago. A similarly performing SB Pentium sells for south of $100.

How is that not impressive?

and a single core Pentium 4 EE sold for 1000 bucks at one time too so should I be impressed with any modern cpu? again the POINT was that an E8400 is four years old and cant even get the job done for some games nowadays so an even slower Celeron is not all that impressive IMO.

 

[Zap]

its still not as fast as an E8400 though which seems a bit lame considering that cpu is 4 years old now.

Also consider that this new CPU costs 1/4 what the E8400 cost back then, and less than what a used E8400 still costs on eBay, plus it uses much less real world electricity and creates less heat, and the platform has a better future.

 

[Bman123]

If intel would of let overclocking on the low end sandy bridge chips they might of forced amd out of business.

 

[Bman123]

Good to see toyota chiming in here. I totally see your point. Honestly tho when was the last time you could get a new intel chip for $40 that was half way decent? lol

 

[exar333]

Good to see toyota chiming in here. I totally see your point. Honestly tho when was the last time you could get a new intel chip for $40 that was half way decent? lol

Pentium E2xxx series was this price; E5xxx was pretty close too. It's just been a couple years since Intel had a great performer in the sub $100 category.

If IB Pentiums can OC somewhat, they could be killer budget CPUs. The power consumption is already amazing on the current SB, so IB should be even better.

 

[Zap]

Pentium E2xxx series was this price

No, you are thinking of the Celeron E1XXX dual cores. Those were still 65nm with half the cache of the Pentium Dual Core E2XXX series, and using an older node versus the 45nm E5XXX series.

The Sandy Bridge Celeron uses the same process and has the same cache as the Sandy Bridge Pentium Dual Core.

 

[richierich1212]

I just built a cheap computer for my son with an OEM G530 for $39 after taxes and shipping combined with $20AR ECS H61 mobo. For the lols I ran Cinebench and got a score of 1.82. What do you get Bman?

 

[ElFenix]

No, you are thinking of the Celeron E1XXX dual cores. Those were still 65nm with half the cache of the Pentium Dual Core E2XXX series, and using an older node versus the 45nm E5XXX series.

The Sandy Bridge Celeron uses the same process and has the same cache as the Sandy Bridge Pentium Dual Core.

G530 has definitely benefited from the consolization of games. unless you're really upping the resolution or doing a lot of video editing it's a competent processor. i had one for a bit but couldn't really put it to use (basically even with my old processors for gaming). if that combo had come with an itx board though i would have been really happy.

 

[toyota]

G530 has definitely benefited from the consolization of games. unless you're really upping the resolution or doing a lot of video editing it's a competent processor. i had one for a bit but couldn't really put it to use (basically even with my old processors for gaming). if that combo had come with an itx board though i would have been really happy.

I do not understand what you mean by that. many of the ported games from console require lots of cpu power. either with more cores, raw speed or even both. even a 2500k has to be oced in some cases just to keep the framerate up.

 

[ElFenix]

I do not understand what you mean by that. many of the ported games from console require lots of cpu power. either with more cores, raw speed or even both. even a 2500k has to be oced in some cases just to keep the framerate up.

at what resolution?

 

[toyota]

at what resolution?

cpu limitation in general so basically any res. I am at 1920x1080 though. GTA 4, Skyrim, and even Fallout NV are examples that require my 2500 be oced to get most out of gtx570. a G530 is slower than an E8400 and would really hold back performance in many console ports. so again your comment was sort of backwards because many console ports need more cpu power not less.

 

[GoStumpy]

Not 100% sure if I'm CPU or GPU limited, but my multiplayer BF3 results are pretty much on the unplayable side: (1680x1050 with GT240 and G530)


Min: 17
Max: 31
Avg: 23.517