[Yawgm0th]

A sub-2GHz Sempron 64 will beat it and cost around the same, and less after other costs are considered. That's without overclocking. Overclocked, they'll get to 2.5GHz or higher on stock and beat anything a Celeron D is capable of clocking at.

Also, there's nothing new about them. They've been around quite some time. There have been some core changes, but nothing groundbreaking. Celeron Ds have always been decent at best, which is an improvement over the terrible Northwood P4s. Mobile P4 Celerons are pretty good as well, and Celeron Ms are the best. Not all Celerons suck; it's just that the desktop Northwoods were some of the most widely-produced and gave them a bad rep.