Racing To The Bottom

No_Style · Aug 14, 2004, 04:08 AM

Those of you who have been around a long time remember Intel's Covington chip. It debuted March 1998, and was the initial Celeron chip.

It was most noted (and derided) in the mainstream media for having absolutely no L2 cache, which caused a major hit in performance. However, it could also overclock close to fifty percent and thus overclocked, approach the performance of far more expensive PIIs in at least some things.

Covington began the first fairly heavy flow of high-percentage, cheap overclocking, a flow that became a flood six months later when Intel introduced a Celeron with some cache (Mendocino) which could compete against PIIs in most things.

People often forget about Covington, but it looks like some folks at Intel haven't.

The Inquirer reports that Intel is introducing a processor called Shelton in a few Asian countries which looks like the great-grandchild of Covington.

Speed? 1GHz. Made with 90nm technology. No cache.

Should you care about this?
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pr0digal jenius · Aug 14, 2004, 04:50 AM

sounds like somethign for all OCers on the wal-mart budget to me!

Aug 14, 2004, 04:08 AM	#1
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Racing To The Bottom Those of you who have been around a long time remember Intel's Covington chip. It debuted March 1998, and was the initial Celeron chip. It was most noted (and derided) in the mainstream media for having absolutely no L2 cache, which caused a major hit in performance. However, it could also overclock close to fifty percent and thus overclocked, approach the performance of far more expensive PIIs in at least some things. Covington began the first fairly heavy flow of high-percentage, cheap overclocking, a flow that became a flood six months later when Intel introduced a Celeron with some cache (Mendocino) which could compete against PIIs in most things. People often forget about Covington, but it looks like some folks at Intel haven't. The Inquirer reports that Intel is introducing a processor called Shelton in a few Asian countries which looks like the great-grandchild of Covington. Speed? 1GHz. Made with 90nm technology. No cache. Should you care about this? _______________ Read More/Source: Overclockers.com __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Aug 14, 2004, 04:50 AM	#2
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	sounds like somethign for all OCers on the wal-mart budget to me!