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athlon vs sempron
Name: copp Date: September 18, 2004 at 08:22:10 Pacific OS: winxp+sp1 CPU/Ram: athlon 2000xp/kingston 51
Comment:
Is the new sempron better than athlonXP?I want to upgrade my pc and I don't know what to choose: athlonXP 2800-3000+ barton or sempron 2800-3100 I would be grateful for a link of a benchmark comparison between the two or personal experience
Name: jeandan12 Date: September 18, 2004 at 12:58:51 Pacific
Reply:
No the Sempron is not better than an Athlon XP. In fact it's the successor of the Duron and is supposed to compete with the Celeron. So, a Barton 2800+ is better than a Sempron 2800+ cause he have twice the cache. For the Sempron 3100+, it's on a socket 754 and not socket A. The Sempron score well against the Celeron but the Athlon XP is better and not much more expensive. Check this review at Tomshardware:
Summary: The AXP 3000+/333FSB is based on the Barton core, meaning it has 512k L2 cache. It runs at 2167MHz (13 x 166MHz). The Sempron 3000+ is also based on the Barton core but runs at 2000Mhz (12 x166MHz). S...
Summary: Hi, I'm planning on upgrading my CPU, I currently run a 1.6GHz Duron on a Asus A7V8X-X motherboard. I'm looking at either AMD Athlon 3000 Barton or then Sempron 3000. Which of these is better?? I'll u...
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