Is the new Barton a preferable solution for race simulators ?
Could the 512 kb of L2 cache be a potential benefit for this kind of
applications or the higher MHz of the "old" version is more appropriate?
It depends how much cash you have, the barton's cashe does make a difference
but not enough to justify the price difference for me, certain batches of
XP1700 thoroughbreds are hitting 2.4Ghz+ for less than �50.
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> Is the new Barton a preferable solution for race simulators ?
> Could the 512 kb of L2 cache be a potential benefit for this kind of
> applications or the higher MHz of the "old" version is more appropriate?
>
>
So we must consider the MHz rather than the CPU architecture ?
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> It depends how much cash you have, the barton's cashe does make adifference
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> but not enough to justify the price difference for me, certain batches of > XP1700 thoroughbreds are hitting 2.4Ghz+ for less than �50. > > "ZP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:caQma.15627$[email hidden]... > > Is the new Barton a preferable solution for race simulators ? > > Could the 512 kb of L2 cache be a potential benefit for this kind of > > applications or the higher MHz of the "old" version is more appropriate? > > > > > >"ZP" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:fsVma.24129$[email hidden]:
The tests I have seen, shows the Barton, even with a slower clock speed,
to be faster than the previous top AMD chip. Whether it's fast enough to
justify a large price gap compared to other Athlons remains to be seen.
Certainly if you can afford either chip, you are NOT going to have a bad
system. Either one is very very strong.(as are the top Pentium 4's btw)
dave henrie
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> So we must consider the MHz rather than the CPU architecture ? > > > "GBB" <[email hidden]> ha scritto nel messaggio > news:b7gou5$s8a$[email hidden]... >> It depends how much cash you have, the barton's cashe does make a > difference >> but not enough to justify the price difference for me, certain >> batches of XP1700 thoroughbreds are hitting 2.4Ghz+ for less than >> �50. >> >> "ZP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:caQma.15627$[email hidden]... >> > Is the new Barton a preferable solution for race simulators ? >> > Could the 512 kb of L2 cache be a potential benefit for this kind >> > of applications or the higher MHz of the "old" version is more >> > appropriate? >> >I am presently building an athlon system myself. I was careful to choose a
motherboard (Abit nf7 v2.0) that officially supports 200fsb and to buy
DDR433 memory, as well as a water-cooling setup. The cpu is a 1700+ of a
particular stepping that is a relabelled 2600+.
My recommendation is to pay attention not only to the cpu speed itself but
the components around it (mobo + ram + cooling + psu), which will allow you
to gain free speed with some simple bios settings, in particular newer
motherboards that officially support 200fsb.
As for Barton vs. XP, there has just been a major price-drop on Bartons, and
the 2500+ Barton is a bargain at $125 or so.
rms
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I just built a new system (specs at bottom of the post ) and I love my
Barton. It was tax refund money so I had a little more than usual to play
with so the Barton was attainable for me this time. Runs everything great .
Most games run at 1280x1024 32 bit 4x aa 16x ansio without any problems. I
highly recommend a Barton if you can afford a LITTLE more.
A7N8X Deluxe (nForce 2)
AMD Barton 2800 (not oc'ed--it's plenty fast at it's stock speed of 2.08ghz)
1 Gig Gorilla PC 3200 (DDR 400) ---2 x 512
WD 80 Gig se (8 meg cache)
Radeon 9700 pro (an unbelieveable step up from my GF2 GTS 64 Meg)
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speed,
> to be faster than the previous top AMD chip. Whether it's fast enough to
> justify a large price gap compared to other Athlons remains to be seen.
> Certainly if you can afford either chip, you are NOT going to have abad
> system. Either one is very very strong.(as are the top Pentium 4's btw)
>
>
> dave henrie
