MY Computer 2.80 GHz celeron (slow)

[ceejay77]

Is the 2.80 the speed of my CPU? my computer is slow and hopeless at playing games,games run so slow,I have 800 meg memory so I think cpu is no good my friends 1.80 is quicker than mine,have I bought a lemon?

 

[grudas]

it's a celeron... never was a good cpu any c2d will be better than your caleron cpu speed not always matters.... it is an old tech cpu... if you want your pc to be faster upgrade it to c2d...

 

[sampo]

The celeron architecture was never much cop and was usually installed on budget systems. Clock speed isn't the be all of measuring cpu performance by any means, so any c2d will be able to process information more quickly even if it has a lower headline clock speed. If you stick up a budget and your current spec poeple will be more than happy to recommend an upgrade path

 

[Duke]

You'll need to let us know what PC you have or the motherboard spec at least, so we can help

 

[deusexlumina]

lol i love the way everyone is just itching to help him ditch that celeron they're right though, for £40 you could have a significantly faster PC, i would recommend some more RAM as well given todays low prices

 

[linktoinsanity]

I presume it's socket 775? What chipset do you have? If it's P35 or newer you can get an E5200 or higher, if not, go for an E2200 to be safe.