Durons are different chips from Athlons, with a different core specifically
designed for the low-end of the market. This results in a low-cost, fast CPU,
that competes well with Celerons and PIIIs. A Duron is usually about 90% as
fast as a similarly-clocked Athlon, whereas a Celeron is about 70-80% as fast
as a similarly-clocked PIII.
The Celeron, OTOH, is a PIII with half of the L2 cache disabled. In other
words, a Celeron is a crippled PIII. Defective PIIIs are often turned into
Celerons.
If you don't have much money, buy a Duron. You can even buy two and have a
low-cost SMP system, using a motherboard with the new AMD SMP chipsets.
On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 16:46, Robert MacLean wrote:
> 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
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