Opinions please AMD XP...Sempron?

[Xeno Chauvin]

Looking to build another system. Last time I succumbed to AMD's XP
since (supposedly) it was for use with Win XP. Everything works well.
Now there's the Sempron...what is it?
According to AMD's site it's GREAT! But then that's what they say about the
XP and the 64.
So the Sempron doesn't go to the speeds that the XP or 64 do but then
there's the price?
Wanting to build a machine for general home use and a game or two.
Any opinions ( except those recommending Intel) will be greatly appreciated.
Xeno

 

[Mac Cool]

Xeno Chauvin:

Now there's the Sempron...what is it?

Successor to the Duron.

Wanting to build a machine for general home use and a game or two.
Any opinions ( except those recommending Intel) will be greatly
appreciated. Xeno

http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/system-09-21-2004.ars

 

[AndrewJ]

Now there's the Sempron...what is it?

It is a lack-luster budget chip that is out done by the Celeron,
enough said?

 

[JK]

http://techreport.com/reviews/2004q3/sempron/index.x?pg=1

 

[AndrewJ]

http://techreport.com/reviews/2004q3/sempron/index.x?pg=1

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/sempron_10.html

 

[JK]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/sempron_10.html

What benchmarks did they use for the test? I didn't see them mentioned.

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

 

[Craig]

From what I understand, the Sempron is the AMD replacement for the Duron and
is meant to compete with the Celeron. It's not as fast as the XP. Note the
cache is not as much.

What I find interesting is how the price of the XP processors have increased
since the introduction of the sempron.