Intel Celeron 466 Review
We tested our Celeron 466 at rated speed and
at 525Mhz using the following equipment:
We used Quake 2 and 3D Mark 99 as our
benchmarks. All tests were run 3 times and the average score is shown. All
drivers were the latest ones from the manufacturers. The SLI Voodoo 2s were
clocked to 100Mhz and Vsync was turned off. No tweaks or special cfg files were
used.
Celeron 466 at 466Mhz
| Benchmark Type |
800x600 |
1024x768 |
| Quake 2 Demo1.dm2 (FPS) |
95.9 |
75.8 |
| Quake 2 Crusher (FPS) |
44.9 |
42.8 |
| 3D Mark 99 |
3312 |
3149 |
| CPU Mark 99 |
4235 |
4222 |
| Game 1 - Race (FPS) |
35.6 |
34.3 |
| Game 2 - First Person (FPS) |
30.9 |
29.1 |
Celeron 466 at 525Mhz
| Benchmark Type |
800x600 |
1024x768 |
| Quake 2 Demo1 (FPS) |
115.5 |
89.5 |
| Quake 2 Crusher (FPS) |
55.9 |
48.9 |
| 3D Mark 99 |
3646 |
3308 |
| CPU Mark 99 |
4675 |
4644 |
| Game 1 - Race (FPS) |
39.2 |
35.7 |
| Game 2 - First Person (FPS) |
34.1 |
30.8 |
What can we say? This sucker is fast! Nearly
90 frames per second on Quake 2 demo 1 at 1024x768! With the SLI Voodoo 2s in
the system, it blows away the Quake 2 benchmarks posted by
Project 527 with the Diamond
Viper 550 video card. We can't wait to see how these scores will improve once we
get the new Viper 770 in it.
With benchmark scores like the above, one has
to wonder why anyone would buy a PIII-500 when Celeron 466 overclocked to 525Mhz
is every bit as fast or faster in some cases. Yes, the Celeron lacks the SSE
instruction set, but we'll still waiting for a game or program that take
advantage of it.
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