what is the diference between the amc athlon xp2800 thoroughbred core (2.25ghz) and the xp2800 barton core (2.17ghz)?

basically confused as the 2.25ghz one is £40 cheaper than the barton core one on scan.co.uk

 

The barton core has double the cache (512kb) which can be an advantage in some applications but then again the thoroughbred core has a faster clock speed which can also be an advantage in some applications.
The general view is that the performance rating of Thoroughbreds is pretty much spot on whereas with the barton, AMD are being a bit optimistic

 

so i should go for the thoroughbred? as if theres not much difference £40 seems a lot in price difference! i think the thoroughbred was £102 inc vat and the barton was £148 inc vat

 

Yes if it was me I would go for the Thoroughbred on price

 

fantastic. what mobo would ya recommend with it? i wouldnt mind being able to upgrade again in the future so want one that can handle a fair bit more than this procesor

 

I would get a decent nForce2 mobo from Asus, MSI, Epox or Abit. You should be able to get one for around £70. Regards, future upgrades, there is no option really. The new Athlon64 uses a different socket connection, so you just have to accept that your next upgrade will be another mobo/processor combination so try not to spend too much. The only future upgrade option would be an Athlon 3200+ which wouldn't really be that much of an improvement over a 2800+. I have a similar spec to wot you are upgrading to & am very happy with the performance & know I will have it for a fair while as I won't upgrade to Athlon 64 until they are cheaper faster & there is plenty of 64bit software about.

[Edited by Daz34 - 10/16/2003 1:20:02 PM]

 

aye i guess your right, i mean ive had my current combo for a while over a year anyway without any upgrade (1ghz duron on a k7s5a) i might save a bit of money n get the 2600 or 2700 instead

 

Get an XP2500+ for £65. Very overclockable as well if you are that way inclined.

 

i probably will overclock it. would that be much slower than the 2800? and will i see a hell of a lot of difference after i upgrade to this from my duron?

sorry bout all the questions kids!

 

get your cpu form cpucity as their cpu are guarenteed to be good overclockers. get the xp2500 as they overclock to the same speeds as the xp2800 plus they alot cheaper. i got my xp2500 to 2.2ghz on air

MW

 

sorted i'l go with that then thanks everyone for the help!