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by **Groo the Wandere** » Thu, 05 Jun 2003 22:09:55

My current CPU is getting very old and i'm looking for something a little
bit faster for GTR 2002 and LFS. My budget is limited so i'm looking either
at a Barton 2500 or the Thoroughbred XP 2600 with 333 mhz FSB. Their prices
are very similar but i wonder which one is better for racing sims: the
Brton 2500 with its larger L2 cache or the XP 2600 with its faster cpu
clock?

by **Aide** » Thu, 05 Jun 2003 22:40:33

No contest at all...XP2500+ Barton

Overclocks with ease to easily drown the XP2600+ in Mhz....:)

AD

by **Dave Henri** » Thu, 05 Jun 2003 23:03:07

Yup, from what I have read, the bigger cache easily overwhelms the
higher clock-rate. Goodluck.

dave henrie

by **Steve Lewi** » Mon, 16 Jun 2003 08:14:01

> Yup, from what I have read, the bigger cache easily overwhelms the
> higher clock-rate. Goodluck.

I've just upgrade from a 2100+ XP to 2500+ XP Barton core.. and it
flies!! [1]
I can now run with shadows casting on to other cars and into***pits.
(You know the option that kills the fps)
Very nice eye candy :-)
Plus the barton core is bigger than Tbred.. and easier to cool

[1] Dropped into a my shuttle sn41g2 with 1GB PC2700 ram. So this might
be helping from my nforce1 board

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SteveL
(clear the weather to reply)

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