Celeron 3.2

It should blow your XP out of the water, not sure though. The sempron and the P4 will be even better than the Celeron D.

What games are you looking to play? I'm sure it will run them just fine with your gpu

hmm... so should I get the P4 2.66 or the Sempron 3400...... or the Celery?

I wanna play HL2 CS:S BF2 DOD:S and COD2

Yes it will be faster than the XP architecture but remember that the Prescott (Cedar Mill) Celeron "D" is a far newer build than the Athlon XP.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...on-3400_5.html

It's a powerhouse with a 512KB cache on the overclock. This Celeron D core supports SSE3, and for LGA775 models, the Execute Disable Bit feature combats malicious "buffer overflow" attacks. The Celeron "D" 351 also has EM64T 64-bit. It does not however, support Hyperthreading but for gaming that makes no difference.

If you pair that processor with a motherboard such as the Abit SG-80 or ASUS P5LD2 you will have a very fast gaming machine (with the right video card).

R

get the P4 2.66GHZ if those are your only options

Well, I might be able to get a 64 3000 2.0GhZ for 754, should I get that?

Celeron, even if it's dual core sucks, get a regual Socket 775 P4.

Did you read that link? I would go with the Athlon for gaming but only if you get a motherboard that enables decent overclocking.

R

Oh, sorry. You are correct, Ropey. Intel and their naming schemes...

Anyway, as of now, I think 1 MB of L2 cache in the 2.66 P4 is more significant than 64 bit.