CPU Choice - AMD XP

[Tony Sutton]

AMD ATHLON XP2700+ 333MHZ FSB 256Cache vs AMD ATHLON XP2800+ 333MHZ FSB
512Cache

XP2700 is 2.16GHz
XP2800 is 2.08GHz

Is it worth getting the XP2800 and lose the faster CPU speed of XP2700 just
for bigger cache?

This will be going on the Asus A7V8X-X motherboard with Crucial memory
(PC2700)

 

[sooky grumper]

AMD ATHLON XP2700+ 333MHZ FSB 256Cache vs AMD ATHLON XP2800+ 333MHZ FSB
512Cache

XP2700 is 2.16GHz
XP2800 is 2.08GHz

Is it worth getting the XP2800 and lose the faster CPU speed of XP2700 just
for bigger cache?
Yes


This will be going on the Asus A7V8X-X motherboard with Crucial memory
(PC2700)

 

[Matt]

Is it worth getting the XP2800 and lose the faster CPU speed of XP2700 just
for bigger cache?

Yes.

 

[Stacey]

AMD ATHLON XP2700+ 333MHZ FSB 256Cache vs AMD ATHLON XP2800+ 333MHZ FSB
512Cache

XP2700 is 2.16GHz
XP2800 is 2.08GHz

Is it worth getting the XP2800 and lose the faster CPU speed of XP2700
just for bigger cache?

What are you going to be using the machine for?

 

[Tony Sutton]

What are you going to be using the machine for?

Gaming and a bit of videos & images editing.

 

[sooky grumper]

Tony Sutton wrote:





What are you going to be using the machine for?

downloading pr0n, of course!

 

[Tony Sutton]

downloading pr0n, of course!

Shh! ;-)

 

[Don Taylor]

Gaming and a bit of videos & images editing.

Comparing a 2000 Athlon against a 3200 Barton
when searching for factors of huge numbers using
http://www.alpertron.com.ar/ECM.HTM
showed only about a 20% increase in speed.

There is almost zero disk i/o or graphics in that.

 

[res0r89p]

The AMD will probably run Adobe Premiere pro if you plan to get that.
Peter Cowie

 

[BarryNL]

The AMD will probably run Adobe Premiere pro if you plan to get that.

Probably? Of course it will. It will run anything an Intel runs.