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Durons and Celerons are the low end of the pool of performance, often almost half the speed of the leading chips on the market. However, these chips aren't just lower speeds, they are also stripped of the cache necessary for them to compete at any meaningful equivalent of their full-blown brethren.
My question is basically, would you buy Durons/Celerons if they were the "leading edge" of speed grades?
Example:
P4 Northwood 3.06 GHz (HT, 512k L2) $500
P4 Celeron 3.06 GHz (HT, 128k L2) $250
The Celeron might not have the same performance in office aps, but it would be great in multimedia and run alot cooler at half the price. Realistically speaking the Celerons would have almost no impact on the sales of P4's that are above 2GHz, knowing how poorly the performance of the Celeron is at 3GHz. Informed customers might even opt for 2GHz P4'd rather than use the 3.06GHz Celerons. At the same time the Celeron would offer Intel less overall risk of failure, making them tempting for the crowd who just want raw megahertz.
My question is basically, would you buy Durons/Celerons if they were the "leading edge" of speed grades?
Example:
P4 Northwood 3.06 GHz (HT, 512k L2) $500
P4 Celeron 3.06 GHz (HT, 128k L2) $250
The Celeron might not have the same performance in office aps, but it would be great in multimedia and run alot cooler at half the price. Realistically speaking the Celerons would have almost no impact on the sales of P4's that are above 2GHz, knowing how poorly the performance of the Celeron is at 3GHz. Informed customers might even opt for 2GHz P4'd rather than use the 3.06GHz Celerons. At the same time the Celeron would offer Intel less overall risk of failure, making them tempting for the crowd who just want raw megahertz.