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Sempron, Athlon XP, any major diffrence?

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by KenC, Feb 6, 2005.

  1. KenC

    KenC Member

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    Hi all, im new here to your fine boards.
    My question, is their any major diffrence between the Athlon XP and the Sempron? im currently running an XP 2200 and would like to bump up to a 2800 or 3000. i heard the Semprons were inferior to the Athlon, just wondering if thats true. thanks.
     
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    Doh!! i found what i needed LOL . just needed to read a little farhter back.
     
  3. Dr.xp

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    Hi welcome to the forums..
    i personally prefer xp. they are better overall than semprons they were made to compete with intelĀ“s celeron d cpu they are both economics cpus (that affect performance).

    example:

    athlon xp 2800+
    core
    barton
    clock speed
    2,083 mhz
    fsb
    333 mhz
    cache (L2)
    512 kb
    vcore
    1.65 volts
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    sempron 2800+
    core
    Thoroughbred
    clockspeed
    2,000 mhz
    fsb
    333 mhz
    cache(L2)
    256 kb
    vcore
    1.6 volts

    FINAL:
    semprons are really good chips,.. but remember they were make for office/buisness solutions not intend for game,multimedia and xtreme overclocking.
    the athlon xp are great chips for multimedia,gaming overclocking etc... and notice that the barton core uses twice the cache (512kb)L2 than 256 kb of semprons.

    anyway as i always say build your own xperience heres a nice review in this link with bench mark test:

    http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/Sempron/
     
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    Hey thanks very much for the info.i live within six blocks of three comp stores, think i can get my paws on an XP?........nope. ill get one online someware.
     
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    glad! i help.
    try:
    www.newegg.com
    i got a lot of stuff from them is really fast a 5 stars service good prices also!
     

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