T-Bird vs Duron?

[Aranyic]

What are the performance differenses between say a 550 duron and a 850 t-bird?

[proze]

don't get a 550 duron.. lowest is 600.
diff between 600 duron and 850 tbird: HUGE!

[Aranyic]

sorry wrong button =)
850 vs 850

[OpenFriday]

well what do you plan to do? SETI,gaming,surfing the internet? give us some info so we can make a more informed decision

[quegyboe]

Athlon by far. The only thing a duron will do better than an Athlon is OC! Everything else, it's the Athlon by far!

[Aranyic]

I plan to play games..overclock..surf the web..play some more games..and see what else i can overclock

[Megahurtz]

Just go with the T-Bird. The main differnce between the two is size of the L2 cache, 64K for the Duron, and 256K for the T-bird. The faster Durons do not overclock as well as the lower clocked specimens..and with the difference in price minimal, the T-bird will make you a better choice.

Physically the Duron die is 100mm sq. The T-bird is 120mm sq.

They also have different thermal charateristics and voltage requirements.

Peace out..

[Ozzy]

I'll tell u when i find out m8e :)
but sounds like
Far too much of the in and out ... in and out ..
my droog :) Hehehe

[g.nEUz]

get the tbird since the diff between these two should only be a couple of bucks.


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