Sempron?

FizzledFiend · 09-26-04, 10:27 PM

ok I was under the impression this was a duron version of the 64s, but new Tigerdirect is saying they are Socket A chips....what gives?

dicecca112 · 09-26-04, 10:38 PM

yup the semprons never had 64 bit extension on it. They are the equivalent of a duron.

OC Detective · 09-26-04, 10:41 PM

Yes you can get both Socket A and Socket 754 Semprons. The Socket A is just a Tbred whereas the Socket 754 does have the on-cpu memory controller like the A64's but no 64 bit capability. Socket 939 Semprons are pencilled in for next year.

FizzledFiend · 09-26-04, 10:41 PM

I jsut got done reading about the Semprons from Tom's Hardware...from what i just read Sempron is both...sort of. you can have a Sempron Socket A or a Sempron Socket 939 with the 64 bit removed or disbled. I get that right? Basically Sempron is the name of there value line.

OC Detective · 09-26-04, 10:43 PM

See my earlier post....

Caffinehog · 09-27-04, 12:05 AM

A semperon is to an athlon 64 what a celeron is to a pentium.

A PIII-based celeron is not even similar to a P4-based celeron. If Intel can use a naming scheme like that, why not AMD?
That's what you have here, pure and simple.

FizzledFiend · 09-27-04, 01:07 AM

OC Detective you made your post as I was making mine

754 yeah that socket

CandymanCan · 09-27-04, 01:17 AM

Sempron also has 256k L2 cache over the 512k the newcastle has and the 1mb the Clawhammer has. So a 3100+ Sempron is still slower or equal to a 2800+ newcastle.

Considering the price's the 2800+ newcastle would be the better choice if you were going S754

FizzledFiend · 09-27-04, 09:44 AM

just argueing with my father...looks like we were both right...how often does that crap happen?

Sentential · 09-27-04, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by FizzledFiend

just argueing with my father...looks like we were both right...how often does that crap happen?

In my family? not alot

09-26-04, 10:27 PM	Thread Starter #1
FizzledFiend Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Winston Salem NC	Sempron? ok I was under the impression this was a duron version of the 64s, but new Tigerdirect is saying they are Socket A chips....what gives?
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09-26-04, 10:38 PM	#2
dicecca112 Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: MA, USA	yup the semprons never had 64 bit extension on it. They are the equivalent of a duron.
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09-26-04, 10:41 PM	#3
OC Detective Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Malaysia	Yes you can get both Socket A and Socket 754 Semprons. The Socket A is just a Tbred whereas the Socket 754 does have the on-cpu memory controller like the A64's but no 64 bit capability. Socket 939 Semprons are pencilled in for next year.
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09-26-04, 10:41 PM	Thread Starter #4
FizzledFiend Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Winston Salem NC	I jsut got done reading about the Semprons from Tom's Hardware...from what i just read Sempron is both...sort of. you can have a Sempron Socket A or a Sempron Socket 939 with the 64 bit removed or disbled. I get that right? Basically Sempron is the name of there value line.
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09-26-04, 10:43 PM	#5
OC Detective Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Malaysia	See my earlier post....
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09-27-04, 12:05 AM	#6
Caffinehog Übercaffinated Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: In the lab	A semperon is to an athlon 64 what a celeron is to a pentium. A PIII-based celeron is not even similar to a P4-based celeron. If Intel can use a naming scheme like that, why not AMD? That's what you have here, pure and simple.
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09-27-04, 01:07 AM	Thread Starter #7
FizzledFiend Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Winston Salem NC	OC Detective you made your post as I was making mine 754 yeah that socket
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09-27-04, 01:17 AM	#8
CandymanCan Disabled Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Woodbridge, Va	Sempron also has 256k L2 cache over the 512k the newcastle has and the 1mb the Clawhammer has. So a 3100+ Sempron is still slower or equal to a 2800+ newcastle. Considering the price's the 2800+ newcastle would be the better choice if you were going S754
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09-27-04, 09:44 AM	Thread Starter #9
FizzledFiend Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Winston Salem NC	just argueing with my father...looks like we were both right...how often does that crap happen?
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