is there much performance difference between a 2.2 gig P4 and a 1.8 gig Celeron?

I needed to replace my old PC -- Celeron 996mhz CPU in a tiny HP e-vectra
pc (sff -- and had no PCI slots so I couldn't upgrade the lousy 16mb video
graphics). I've owned this for 2 years.

So I was on ebay a day or so ago and saw an IBM Netvista about to be sold
for $65. It had a Celeron 1.8 gig CPU, 256mb ram (will be
upgraded),LAN,32mb video, 40gig HD, pci slots, etc.. So I put in a bid and
won it for $69, and then realized he had 5 other PC's whose auction ended
at the same time. I could have bought a Netvista with a P4 2.2 gig CPU for
the same price as the Celeron. Doh!

Could I upgrade the Celeron to a P4 CPU? If so, would it even be much of a
performace increase to justify upgrading the CPU? I now know that the
Celeron has half the L2 cache of the P4. I don't do much gaming -- just
games that are like 5 years old. I mainly just use the PC for web surfing,
usenet, word processing, etc..

Netvistas any good? I have never owned an IBM before. I've been buying
used HP Vectras off ebay for the last 5 years.

 

Does the shipping cost more than the computer?
In any event for what you use your computer for increasing the RAM would be
the wisest move to boost performance.

 

"babaloo" <> wrote in
news:9xkIh.14200$:

> Does the shipping cost more than the computer?
> In any event for what you use your computer for increasing the RAM
> would be the wisest move to boost performance.
>
>
>


No, shipping is only $25. The PC is $65, so $90 total for a IBM Netvista
with 1.8 gog Celeron CPU, 40 gig HD, 32mb video ram, LAN, sound, 256MB ram.
I just wish I would have noticed that the guy had a P4 Netvista going for
the same price as the Celeron.