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Athlon XP 2600/P4 2.0/Celeron 2.7

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Name: Cis
Date: April 17, 2004 at 09:20:55 Pacific
OS: WinXP Pro SP1
CPU/Ram: P3 800/512 PC100
Comment:

I'm trying to decide between a new processor..

Athlon XP 2600+
P4 2.0
Celeron 2.7

I've been hardcore Intel for years, and never tried AMD before.

Just seeing if there are any pros and cons between these 3 processors before I make any final decisions.

I would get something better.. but there is a budget.

Thanks in advance!

~Cis



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Response Number 1
Name: angrymen2001
Date: April 17, 2004 at 09:38:19 Pacific
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Celeron is very slow compared to other 2. My opinion is the other 2 are comparable. But the P4 probably is faster. I have a 2600+ and I do video editing (have never been happier with the speed). Hope that helps

When all else fails beat the $%!* out of it!!!


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Response Number 2
Name: Ryan (by evil_lbt)
Date: April 17, 2004 at 11:32:58 Pacific
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stay away from celeron at all cost
just get the amd athlon xp 2600+, you will be pleased with the performance


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Response Number 3
Name: Sabertooth
Date: April 17, 2004 at 11:47:18 Pacific
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I recommend you go with AMD...ofcourse this also means a new mainboard, memory and possibly HSF depending on your choice between retail or OEM.

Regarding the 2600+ there are 3 of them.

0. Athlon XP 2600+ 256KB L2 Cache 266MHz FSB
Tbred @ 2.13GHz (16.0x133MHz)

1. Athlon XP 2600+ 256KB L2 Cache 333MHz FSB
Tbred @ 2.08Ghz (12.5x166Mhz)

2. Athlon XP 2600+ 512KB L2 Cache 333MHz FSB
Barton @ 1.9GHz (11.5x166Mhz)

The bold one is the most popular because of it's L2 cache and it's overclocking prowess. You should get a good board and some decent memory @ least PC3200 to go with it if you intend to overclock.

Goodluck.

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Response Number 4
Name: johnoh
Date: April 17, 2004 at 13:14:28 Pacific
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Rule of thumb for rated cpu ghz relevance

(amd xp ghz x 4/3) = (p4 ghz) = (celeron ghz x 4/5)


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Response Number 5
Name: Ed2289
Date: April 17, 2004 at 14:35:33 Pacific
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yeah...i would the the 2600+ remember...you can oc it to 3200+ speeds...i think...i know u can do it with a 2500+


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Response Number 6
Name: kayotic
Date: April 18, 2004 at 01:10:37 Pacific
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I personally stay away from athlon. True, it does have Cache, but thats pretty much all it has. Now I dont know if they resolved this issue but at the time Athlon was lacking in multimedia. The result? Translating DVD format to mpeg. etc. the sound n video quality gets garbled...from personal experience...


I hope you make the right choice in the end and let us know the result


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Response Number 7
Name: Janos
Date: April 18, 2004 at 05:45:11 Pacific
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Between those three !!!

Go with the AMD Kayotic !!! those probs are long gone with amd.

I run Intel I admit but I will stack the AMD against it any time.

Johno !!!

Remeber the post about the 512 ram !! The question you asked about the perfomance figures. I did post you the answer the other day have you read it ?

Good luck have fun but the XP2600+ is the way to go.


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Response Number 8
Name: johnoh
Date: April 18, 2004 at 13:10:12 Pacific
Reply:

I didn't see it Janos and now I can't find the thread.


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Response Number 9
Name: Janos
Date: April 18, 2004 at 15:52:49 Pacific
Reply:

Johnoh !!!

The post number is as follows.

24641


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Response Number 10
Name: johnoh
Date: April 18, 2004 at 16:00:31 Pacific
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Okay I see. The 256>512 % is so high that it must be for some specific test. I've done the 256?512 upgrade myself and recommend it but do not see how 30% could be true in overall terms.


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