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Socket A & 754 Sempron caution.
I don't know if this is well known or not but AMD has used different
criteria in giving the Sempron line of cpu's its PR numbers. So don't buy a Sempron 3100+ expecting it to be faster than an Athlon 64 3000+. Because it's nowhere close to as fast. AMD ommitted a bunch of the benchmarks used for Athlon XP's and Athlon 64 so the Semprons could have higher PR numbers. The sempron 3100+ won't even keep up with an Athlon 64 2800+ And the Sempron for Socket A 2800+ is actually a tbred B core running slower (12x166) than the XP 2600+ tbred (12.5x166). As info only, I crossposted this to several groups. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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"Wes Newell" wrote in message
newsan.2004.07.30.05.55.35.314919@TAKEOUTverizon .net... I don't know if this is well known or not but AMD has used different criteria in giving the Sempron line of cpu's its PR numbers. So don't buy a Sempron 3100+ expecting it to be faster than an Athlon 64 3000+. Because it's nowhere close to as fast. AMD ommitted a bunch of the benchmarks used for Athlon XP's and Athlon 64 so the Semprons could have higher PR numbers. The sempron 3100+ won't even keep up with an Athlon 64 2800+ And the Sempron for Socket A 2800+ is actually a tbred B core running slower (12x166) than the XP 2600+ tbred (12.5x166). As info only, I crossposted this to several groups. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm Thank you. I for one recommend not purchasing a 754 socket CPU at all. I recommend going straight for the 939 based motherboard and CPU, thus you preserve your investment for at least 2 years. ) Hank Kimball "I have an important message for you, life or death." .. Ok, what is the message? "What message?" |
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"Wes Newell" wrote in message
newsan.2004.07.30.05.55.35.314919@TAKEOUTverizon .net... I don't know if this is well known or not but AMD has used different criteria in giving the Sempron line of cpu's its PR numbers. So don't buy a Sempron 3100+ expecting it to be faster than an Athlon 64 3000+. Because it's nowhere close to as fast. AMD ommitted a bunch of the benchmarks used for Athlon XP's and Athlon 64 so the Semprons could have higher PR numbers. The sempron 3100+ won't even keep up with an Athlon 64 2800+ And the Sempron for Socket A 2800+ is actually a tbred B core running slower (12x166) than the XP 2600+ tbred (12.5x166). As info only, I crossposted this to several groups. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm Thank you. I for one recommend not purchasing a 754 socket CPU at all. I recommend going straight for the 939 based motherboard and CPU, thus you preserve your investment for at least 2 years. ) Hank Kimball "I have an important message for you, life or death." .. Ok, what is the message? "What message?" |
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"Wes Newell" wrote in message newsan.2004.07.30.05.55.35.314919@TAKEOUTverizon .net... I don't know if this is well known or not but AMD has used different criteria in giving the Sempron line of cpu's its PR numbers. So don't buy a Sempron 3100+ expecting it to be faster than an Athlon 64 3000+. Because it's nowhere close to as fast. AMD ommitted a bunch of the benchmarks used for Athlon XP's and Athlon 64 so the Semprons could have higher PR numbers. The sempron 3100+ won't even keep up with an Athlon 64 2800+ And the Sempron for Socket A 2800+ is actually a tbred B core running slower (12x166) than the XP 2600+ tbred (12.5x166). As info only, I crossposted this to several groups. Yea, The benchark is supposed to be a close to a CeleronD comparision chart.. |
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"Wes Newell" wrote in message newsan.2004.07.30.05.55.35.314919@TAKEOUTverizon .net... I don't know if this is well known or not but AMD has used different criteria in giving the Sempron line of cpu's its PR numbers. So don't buy a Sempron 3100+ expecting it to be faster than an Athlon 64 3000+. Because it's nowhere close to as fast. AMD ommitted a bunch of the benchmarks used for Athlon XP's and Athlon 64 so the Semprons could have higher PR numbers. The sempron 3100+ won't even keep up with an Athlon 64 2800+ And the Sempron for Socket A 2800+ is actually a tbred B core running slower (12x166) than the XP 2600+ tbred (12.5x166). As info only, I crossposted this to several groups. Yea, The benchark is supposed to be a close to a CeleronD comparision chart.. |
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Hank Kimball wrote:
"Wes Newell" wrote in message newsan.2004.07.30.05.55.35.314919@TAKEOUTverizon .net... I don't know if this is well known or not but AMD has used different criteria in giving the Sempron line of cpu's its PR numbers. So don't buy a Sempron 3100+ expecting it to be faster than an Athlon 64 3000+. Because it's nowhere close to as fast. AMD ommitted a bunch of the benchmarks used for Athlon XP's and Athlon 64 so the Semprons could have higher PR numbers. The sempron 3100+ won't even keep up with an Athlon 64 2800+ And the Sempron for Socket A 2800+ is actually a tbred B core running slower (12x166) than the XP 2600+ tbred (12.5x166). As info only, I crossposted this to several groups. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm Thank you. I for one recommend not purchasing a 754 socket CPU at all. I recommend going straight for the 939 based motherboard and CPU, thus you preserve your investment for at least 2 years. ) Looks like I'm just about to do the opposite and get a Socket 754 CPU. Can't really justify the extra for a 3500+, when I expect to upgrade the CPU and board together. -- Derek |
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Hank Kimball wrote:
"Wes Newell" wrote in message newsan.2004.07.30.05.55.35.314919@TAKEOUTverizon .net... I don't know if this is well known or not but AMD has used different criteria in giving the Sempron line of cpu's its PR numbers. So don't buy a Sempron 3100+ expecting it to be faster than an Athlon 64 3000+. Because it's nowhere close to as fast. AMD ommitted a bunch of the benchmarks used for Athlon XP's and Athlon 64 so the Semprons could have higher PR numbers. The sempron 3100+ won't even keep up with an Athlon 64 2800+ And the Sempron for Socket A 2800+ is actually a tbred B core running slower (12x166) than the XP 2600+ tbred (12.5x166). As info only, I crossposted this to several groups. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm Thank you. I for one recommend not purchasing a 754 socket CPU at all. I recommend going straight for the 939 based motherboard and CPU, thus you preserve your investment for at least 2 years. ) Looks like I'm just about to do the opposite and get a Socket 754 CPU. Can't really justify the extra for a 3500+, when I expect to upgrade the CPU and board together. -- Derek |
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rstlne wrote:
Thank you. I for one recommend not purchasing a 754 socket CPU at all. I recommend going straight for the 939 based motherboard and CPU, thus you preserve your investment for at least 2 years. ) Looks like I'm just about to do the opposite and get a Socket 754 CPU. Can't really justify the extra for a 3500+, when I expect to upgrade the CPU and board together. -- Derek If your willing to go to a 754 then you might as well just stick with your skt A (if that's what you have) the 939 kicks ass compared (in all of the benchmarks, and from the huge gaps i would tend to belive that it would really affect the feeling you get) What benchmarks are you looking at? The ones I've seen show a small difference between the 3400+ and 3500+. -- Derek |
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rstlne wrote:
Thank you. I for one recommend not purchasing a 754 socket CPU at all. I recommend going straight for the 939 based motherboard and CPU, thus you preserve your investment for at least 2 years. ) Looks like I'm just about to do the opposite and get a Socket 754 CPU. Can't really justify the extra for a 3500+, when I expect to upgrade the CPU and board together. -- Derek If your willing to go to a 754 then you might as well just stick with your skt A (if that's what you have) the 939 kicks ass compared (in all of the benchmarks, and from the huge gaps i would tend to belive that it would really affect the feeling you get) What benchmarks are you looking at? The ones I've seen show a small difference between the 3400+ and 3500+. -- Derek |
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Derek Baker wrote:
rstlne wrote: Thank you. I for one recommend not purchasing a 754 socket CPU at all. I recommend going straight for the 939 based motherboard and CPU, thus you preserve your investment for at least 2 years. ) Looks like I'm just about to do the opposite and get a Socket 754 CPU. Can't really justify the extra for a 3500+, when I expect to upgrade the CPU and board together. -- Derek If your willing to go to a 754 then you might as well just stick with your skt A (if that's what you have) the 939 kicks ass compared (in all of the benchmarks, and from the huge gaps i would tend to belive that it would really affect the feeling you get) What benchmarks are you looking at? The ones I've seen show a small difference between the 3400+ and 3500+. Here's a comparison of the 3400+ and 3500+: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...px?i=2065&p=15 Though note since then the 3400+ ha slost half it's cache and gained 200Mhz. -- Derek |
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