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stan03

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Mar 30, 2003
Could someone please list the types of AMD processors from not so good to best? (i mean like, Duron, XP, Barton, Thoroughbred)
 
Thorougbred B and Bartons are the 2 best ones currently, although for ocing there are different speeds and steppings amongst the tbreds and bartons that are superior to the others.
 
Athlon @500 Mhz,
then first gen duron, then first gen t-bird, then i would think palomino, then thoroughbred, then barton if im not mistaken.......
although i could be....... dunno...im only a pawn in the game of life.
(this of course doesn't include MP processors, opterons, or athlon 64s)
 
From oldest (worst) to newest (better)

Athlons
K7
K75
Thunderbird
Palomino
Thoroughbred A
Thoroughbred B
Barton

Durons
Spitfire
Morgan
Applebred

Opterons
Sledgehammer
 
Before the Athlons there was the K6 line...

K6
K6-II
K6-III(what a cool CPU at the time, I still have my 450)
K6-II+
K6-III+
 
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