I read a report recently on the duron 1gig, and it showed that the performance is "almost" the same as a 1gig PIII within 5 to 10% for most things, and in a couple it was faster... According to the report, the 1gig Duron is using the new AMD Palamino core , and it is significantly improved on the older durons... in fact, according to the report, the only difference was the L2 cache, only having 64k, according to them, the new one is otherwise exactly the same as the new Athlons. The benchmarks proved that, they used a Duron950 to compare it to, and the differences in the results were FAR in excess of what would be expected for the 50mhz speed increase. Apparently, it will overclock quiet happily to 1.13gig.... I have a Duron 900 that is a month or two old, (I bought it as soon as they came out over here and it was the top them.) I wish I had gotten a 1 gig athlon as the price difference is small now... (about 20AU) Now, I am waiting until the current range of athlons are also using the new Palamino core I think they currently use one called Spitfire, although that may be just for the Durons. It is expected that all the athlons now will be made on the new core....very soon. so I will wait for that before lashing out on a 1.4 gig Athlon. (hopefully after the 1.633 is out... so its cheaper.) rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert MacLean Sent: Tuesday, 28 August 2001 2:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] MB & CPU Suggestion Please The T-Bird has more level 1 and level 2 cache than the Duron. Otherwise they are exactly the same. But because of the extra cache (espcially the level 1) the CPU does go a lot faster. Robert MacLean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug X" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 9:59 PM Subject: [newbie] MB & CPU Suggestion Please Hi everyone, I am considering upgrading my MB and CPU and would like to know which would be a better choice for LM8. I am looking for AMD Duron 900 - 1GHz or Athlon T-bird 1GHz. and maybe Microstar K7T Turbo or GigaByte GA-7ZXR-C I am a student with not so much $, so I am looking for CPU under $150CDN and MB under $240CDN. My current hardware that will go in the new system is SCSI PCI for HP6300C, ATI 4MB PCI(just for now), Ethernet PCI for SHAW. Would anyone recommend a combination of this hardware or something more appropriate for LM8, please. Is there any benefit to choosing T-Bird over Duron? Thank you in advance, Doug ______________________________________________________________________ _____ Visit http://www.visto.com. Find out how companies are linking mobile users to the enterprise with Visto. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com >
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