AMD Duron upgrade

Durons are ok for everyday stuff...word processing, internet, etc. But they're not great for gaming. The biggest problem is the lack of L2 cache - it only has 64k L2. The Athlon (Tbird) & early Athlon XP (Palomino, Tbred, Thorton) has 256k, & the later Athlon XP (Barton) has 512k. The CPU is only part of the equation though...you'll need a decent video card & enough RAM Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8.5 x 200MHz 768MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro

and also what games will u be playing, top titles like doom 3,halo 2,half life 2, then if so a 1.0ghz proccessor is gonna struggle... id get a new mobo from newegg and a decent proccessor and start from there. Presscot 2.5g @ 533/133 2x256mb Samsung Pny geforce 6 6600 GT 40gb seagate HDD i845GE

My sisters computer has a AMD duron 900 Mhz processor...Lets just say, I think my old 533 Mhz celeron, with 128 KB L2, outperforms it in gaming. Asus P4P800 P4 2.4c @ 3000 Mhz Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu HSF ATI Radeon 9800 pro 1 GB OCZ pc 3500 ram Sound Blaster audigy LS

wow, and celerons don't even have math co-processors. p4 3.0ghz @ 222X15=3330mhz 512mb pc3200 dual channel @222mhz 80gb wd hdd/40gb maxtor when on linux 8x agp geforce 6200 @ 530/585can't unlock extra pipes. plz help if you can Audigy 2 ZS<b

My Duron 945MHz ran well for everyday stuff, but with its 32 MB graphics card, it struggled with gaming. My friend's P3-850 with a GeForce4 card does much better, and with 256 instead of 512 MB of RAM. I wouldn't run any new games with it, although SimCity 4 Deluxe, which is more memory-intensive, ran fairly well. The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.-Nathaniel Borenst

(Sorry. Wish there was an edit button.) It also depends on the core. The newer Morgan will do slightly better (mine was a Spitfire). Yours is more than likely a Spitfire as well. The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.-Nathaniel Borenst