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jbslow
01-23-02, 08:43 PM
I need some ideas all I'm thinking about a 1G morgan ~60bucks shipped or a 1G tbird ~80bucks shipped both will be crap shots as far as steppings go so nothing is guaranted.
Ebola
01-23-02, 09:12 PM
the tbird should be better. you gotta consider the whole picture. if your buy a motherboard ram and all of the other stuff then $20 is nothing.

and i think the tbird folds slightly faster. not sure.
jbslow
01-23-02, 09:16 PM
I forgot to mention its just going replacie the duron 800 if I can sell it.
Ebola
01-23-02, 09:26 PM
hmm i stick with intel so i'm not so sure. dont most 1 gig tbirds get to 1.33? the cpu database seems to show the tbirds getting better overclocks. theres about a billion tbird 1 gig entries and about 6 duron 1 gig chips.
BBigJ
01-23-02, 10:34 PM
Originally posted by jbslow
I need some ideas all I'm thinking about a 1G morgan ~60bucks shipped or a 1G tbird ~80bucks shipped both will be crap shots as far as steppings go so nothing is guaranted.

Forget about the 1g tbird. 1700 XP's are 105 on pricewatch now. That's about 115 shipped. Consider that this processor has about 50% more MHz than the tbird and will cost about 50% more. When you include the ~15% in structural enhancements, this bad boy is far better in bang/buck than the tbird.
res0r9lm
01-23-02, 11:12 PM
Originally posted by Ebola
the tbird should be better. you gotta consider the whole picture. if your buy a motherboard ram and all of the other stuff then $20 is nothing.

and i think the tbird folds slightly faster. not sure. t bird don't fold any faster than duron at same speed. duron 1000
and up based on morgan core so it would run a lot cooler than
t bird. about the only thing that is going to increase your folding times is a fast cpu.I would get the fastest cpu board will support
or could afford
Mr B
01-23-02, 11:12 PM
Originally posted by BBigJ


Forget about the 1g tbird. 1700 XP's are 105 on pricewatch now. That's about 115 shipped. Consider that this processor has about 50% more MHz than the tbird and will cost about 50% more. When you include the ~15% in structural enhancements, this bad boy is far better in bang/buck than the tbird.

I've got an 1800+, and this thing pounds out the WU's!

I had the XP, and a P/// 700@ 950ish Folding, and these two rigs alone had me in the top 30 on the team for a while...

(the P/// is offline temporarily, and is slated to be replaced in the next week or two by a 1.4 T-Bird rig...:D )

Go for an XP, if you can swing the $$, if not, the T-bird over the Duron, hands down.
res0r9lm
01-23-02, 11:19 PM
Originally posted by BBigJ


Forget about the 1g tbird. 1700 XP's are 105 on pricewatch now. That's about 115 shipped. Consider that this processor has about 50% more MHz than the tbird and will cost about 50% more. When you include the ~15% in structural enhancements, this bad boy is far better in bang/buck than the tbird.
I agree but you guys that are running on a kt 133 morgan would be a better choice limited to no more than fsb of 110 and 13x
multiplier
SickBoy
01-23-02, 11:23 PM
You can always get a B-Type Athlon (200 FSB).

I've seen some TBird/Morgan comparisons where the Morgan benchies beat the Bird - but thats mostly with large files that dont fit in the TBird's cache. (like media encoding) Folding should go faster with a Bird.

And an XP beats both.
res0r9lm
01-23-02, 11:34 PM
more $$$$ but would give 14x
The Coolest
01-24-02, 03:03 PM
Originally posted by jbslow
I need some ideas all I'm thinking about a 1G morgan ~60bucks shipped or a 1G tbird ~80bucks shipped both will be crap shots as far as steppings go so nothing is guaranted.

If the stepping would be POSes, then I dunno what about u, but I wouldn't switch nothing, cause the Durons won't get too far from urs, and the 1Gig Tbird won't fold faster... so I guess go for T-bird will prolly OC higher than ur Duron...
res0r9lm
01-24-02, 03:54 PM
Originally posted by The Coolest


If the stepping would be POSes, then I dunno what about u, but I wouldn't switch nothing, cause the Durons won't get too far from urs, and the 1Gig Tbird won't fold faster... so I guess go for T-bird will prolly OC higher than ur Duron...
no no need a new board for this chip (Tbird 1400 266 AYHJA Y) can't
overclock on kt133 board. should be able to get 1.2 duron to max out board plus run cooler than a t bird. waiting on suttle ak35gtr
to come out that and hsf is all I need to get 2 systems folding. have duron 800 I could put in old board but would like to get as much out of the a7v as I can