Jason Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 The new “Intel Processor” will replace Pentium and Celeron CPU branding in 2023 ARSTECHNICA.COM "Intel Processors" are not to be confused with Intel processors. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Excuse me what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 So what, it's going to be called Intel Processor i7 9900k or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 is this why I’m still being so bottlenecked past 60fps on Spider-man with RT maxed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 1 minute ago, CitizenVectron said: So what, it's going to be called Intel Processor i7 9900k or something? No, because the i7 is part of the Core lineup. It isn't Intel Pentium i7 9900k, it's Intel Core i7 9900k. Sounds like they're merging the Pentium and Celeron lines, so that'll just make keeping up with the actual model numbers super confusing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 just never get anything below a core i3 and it’s fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Just now, stepee said: just never get anything below a core i3 and it’s fine I never do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 21 minutes ago, Mr.Vic20 said: I never do... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 52 minutes ago, stepee said: just never get anything below a core i3 and it’s fine For really cheap laptops, Pentium chips can be just fine. They normally have a pretty decent clock speed with hyper threading on the their tiny two cores. Celerons are trash. They mostly match the Pentium, except they run slower and have no hyper threading. I understand the desire to just merge the products, but without some clear indication that one is step above the other, it's going to be a pain in the ass to keep track of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 I guess I’m lucky in that even with non profits I haven’t had to recommend lower than a cheap i3! The life expectancy gets so low below that, I really like to at least try to find a cheap enough i5. Celeron should just be discontinued and the new branding should just be pentium. Nobody deserves a celeron. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 18 minutes ago, stepee said: I guess I’m lucky in that even with non profits I haven’t had to recommend lower than a cheap i3! The life expectancy gets so low below that, I really like to at least try to find a cheap enough i5. Celeron should just be discontinued and the new branding should just be pentium. Nobody deserves a celeron. Pentiums barely have a place in this day and age. Honestly, in 2022, I'd recommend a Chrome Book running on an ARM over a Pentium notebook running Windows. You don't really gain any benefit running Windows on a machine that under powered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 31 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said: Pentiums barely have a place in this day and age. Honestly, in 2022, I'd recommend a Chrome Book running on an ARM over a Pentium notebook running Windows. You don't really gain any benefit running Windows on a machine that under powered. So the worst modern dayish processor I have used is the old Atom CPUs on netbooks. Is it as bad as that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 36 minutes ago, Zaku3 said: So the worst modern dayish processor I have used is the old Atom CPUs on netbooks. Is it as bad as that? Does Intel even make Atom procs anymore? I'll answer my own question. Yes, but for the server market. The Pentium chips aren't that bad. They run Windows about as well as a mid tier ARM CPU runs Chrome OS. The only issue there is that the Chromebook running on ARM is going to have better battery life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Celeron is about atom level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 The worst for me when taking over other accounts is not the cpu but these people who got suckered into buying laptops with 4gb of ram after Windows 10 was already out, so somewhat recently. It was beyond time to recommend 8gb then and video chat/collab programs and omg especially MS Teams for those that use it have made those absolutely useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 22 hours ago, Ghost_MH said: Does Intel even make Atom procs anymore? I'll answer my own question. Yes, but for the server market. The Pentium chips aren't that bad. They run Windows about as well as a mid tier ARM CPU runs Chrome OS. The only issue there is that the Chromebook running on ARM is going to have better battery life. Ahh I remember winning a few netbooks at work when they were popular. Atom processors hurt my soul to use based on those netbooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 17 minutes ago, Zaku3 said: Ahh I remember winning a few netbooks at work when they were popular. Atom processors hurt my soul to use based on those netbooks. I used to have a mini desktop that ran on Atom. It was my fault driver for when I didn't want to waste electricity running my gaming desktop just to watch videos or browse the Internet. Nowadays, I have an M1 Mac Mini that serves the same purpose. The current Atom lineup is super weird if you're only used to what was in the netbooks. Still tiny, shitty, low-powered cores, but now you get like 24 of them and they're perfectly good for powering a NAS or something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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