athlon V semperon

[chris]

is the new semperon cpu better than the atlon - if so in what way

thanks

 

[Wes Newell]

is the new semperon cpu better than the atlon - if so in what way

No, it's not. Assuming you mean Sempron. Search back a ways for warning.
i've explained this too many times in the last few weeks.

 

[JK]

http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2139

 

[Anthony]

My real question is should I upgrade to an xp 3200 or go wtih a semperon
chip?

Anthony

 

[The Chief]

My real question is should I upgrade to an xp 3200 or go wtih a semperon
chip?

Anthony

I think if I were in your place, I would go with the Sempron 3100+ and a
socket 754 MB. You could drop in a AMD64 socket 754 CPU later for a low
cost upgrade down the road. But, if you're not in a hurry to upgrade,
wait a couple of months and go with a socket 939 MB. It seems this
would give you the best long term CPU upgrade capability.

Personally, I would not mess with a socket A MB at this point in
history. My opinion is you would be investing in something that is very
near its end of life already.

 

[Wes Newell]

My real question is should I upgrade to an xp 3200 or go wtih a semperon
chip?

If you have a socket A board then don't buy a Sempron for it, they are
overated and overpriced. A 2500+ at half the the of the Sempron is faster
than the Sempron 2800+.

If you're think about a Sempron 3100+ for socket 754, it's not a bad buy,
just be aware that it's slower than an Athlon 64 2800+. Subtract 400 from
th4e model numbers of Sempron if you want a true comparison against Athlon
CPU's. The Sempron are benchmarked differently to compare to Intels
Celeron.

 

[Juergen Kluth]

Hi,
YES, sempron looks more like Heidi Klum than athlon.
;-))
jk

 

[Paul]

If I were you, I will upgrade to A64 2800+ since its price is not so much
higher compare with the semperon 3100+.

 

[JK]

The Athlon 64 2800+ looks like it may be discontinued, or might be discontinued soon.
Since the Athlon 64 3000+ is only around $20 more than the 2800+,
I see no reason to consider buying the 2800+.