Intel has done more than disable half the L2 cache in the CeleronII. The CeleronII has a different L2 cache association scheme, that induces more latency into the system, not a huge amount, but enough that the performance is no longer as good as the big brother (as was the case with the PII and the old Celerons). There is a lot of benchmarks out there that show in pure FPU, the CeleronII is good, but as soon as the L2 cache comes into play, it tanks. Go over to Tom's Hardware and look what a Duron did to a Celery running at 1Ghz...
As far as a 100Mhz Celeron, I read a few weeks ago that the Celeron will be dropped next year, in favor of a new all-in-one type of chip to really cater to the low end segment of the market. Anyone remember the Cyrix MII?
As far as the 566, I have one, and it will not run at 850. I'm pretty bummed. I am using a massive GlobalWin FDP32 (modified to fit the flip-chip design), and a copper shim plate, to cool the chip. Temp stays in the mid 30's, but no matter how high I run the voltage, she just won't stay stable in games. All my cards are good, because a 100Mhz bus keeps everything in spec, and I'm using Siemens PC-100, pretty good stuff. 638Mhz is ok, as is 740, so that's where is stays. Shoulda waited and got a Duron. Asus has a mobo that unlocks the multiplier on the TBird and the Duron...how sweet is that, no more Goldfingers!
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