Re: Celeron performance under linux
From: David Wright (david_c_wright_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/12/04
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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:29:35 +0200
Lance wrote:
> "filesiteguy" <abuse@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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>> yqodxrr@qlxyug.com scratched out in the sand
>>
>>> |Thanks for the quick reply. I was going to get 1gb. But I definitely do
>>> |not want my gui desktop to slowdown in anway. So not sure if the lack
>>> |of cache on the celeron would cause that.
>>>
>>> Spend money on a good video card too.
>>> --
>> I think TomsHardware had a good comparison of the Celeron/P4/XP chips. I
>> opted on my last system to spend a little more than a celeron to get an
>> Athlon XP.
>>
>>
>> --
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>> "friends don't let friends use windows xp"
>
> Athlon is AMD right? I am guessing you do not get those from Dell.
>
No, but there again, from past experience, I wouldn't go to Dell, especially
not for a Linux machine.
I don't know how they compare now, but when I last bought an Intel machine,
I bought from Evesham, we had similar spec (same processor, same video
card, same size disks) at work from Dell. The Dell's ran like dogs compared
to my home machine.
When you are speccing your machine, I would look for the following:
Video: nVidia (FX series obviously these days), as they have much better
support than most other manufacturers (don't get ATi Radeon or Matrox P650
cards)
Processor: I would recommend AMD Athlon, but anything above 2Ghz should be
more than enough for your purposes.
Memory: Min 512MB, it's difficult to buy something with less than 512MB here
these days anyway.
Sound: Creative Labs Audigy 2ZS or some other well known manufacturer that
supports Linux (and if you buy Dell, watch out, their cards aren't always
the same as the retail cards and may need special drivers ISTR).
Disks: P-ATA is good, S-ATA is better, but once things are up and loaded,
you probably won't notice as much difference as you would in Windows as
Linux doesn't use its Swap very much under normal load.
Dave
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