Intel Celeron M

Do you think Intel Celeron M is a decent processor for light 3d gaming and serious 2d gaming? Also would AMD Sempron be better than Intel Celeron M

 

In my experience, the Sempron is better than the Celeron. You should go for a single or dual core, or an Intel Pentium M. The price difference is not that large, but the perfomance gain is significant.

Wasn't there another thread with the same question? Not sure hehe

 

Yes I think it is a decent processor for the gametypes You mention. But then again what 3D/2D games are You exactly refering to?

From what I have read the Sempron should be better and have speedstep technology (powersaving/underclocking the CPU)

 

Well, either one should be alright. Get a better graphics card and 3D gaming should be taken care of. As for as 2D gaming practically any processor out in the market can handle that prety easily. The only distinct advantage a Sempron has over the Celeron M is the presence of PowerNow which helps the battery life, the Celeron M does not have this feature.

 

So is there any way I could improve my notebook?

 

Sempron is much better then the Celeron.

A Celeron is fine for playing older 3d games and will be totally adequate at any 2d game you can throw at it. You will also be able to get some newer games to run on a Celeron, but probably not the best, even with a good graphics card.

that said though its unusual to find a good card matched with a Celeron so generally speaking, anything equipped with a Celeron is not going to be good for playing anyway new games.

 

The Celeron M is far from being a high-end processor, but it will get the job done. As long as the notebook has a decent cooling system, there should be no heat problems.

HP Invent, your Celeron M 380 is fairly powerful for a Celeron; they are essentially older Dothan Pentium M's with half the level 2 cache (1MB vs. 2MB) and as posted, lacking SpeedStep. So, not a bad solution on a budget.

 

Thanks for your help!