Did I miss something? is a Sempron better then a Barton?

as the Title states......sorry its 4am if I missed a sticky or somthing already explaining this...please just point me to it thanks.....also, quick quesiotn.....whats a nice mobo sempron setup if this is true...thanks

you are just upgrading for the heck of it? 2.7ghz athlon xp is pretty darn fast.

I am just trying to get up to speed.....this article helped http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=341173&highlight=sempron
Yeah.....I am preaty happy with my rig right now.....I was just curious.....I like to be well informed.....

i too know jack **** about the sempron.

i assumed it was to be the celeron-killer in the k8 market. sempron is k8 right?

yeah sempron is a socket 754 proc

it can be a socket 754 processor, they are also out for socket A

The socket 754 sempron is leaps and bounds better than its socket A companion. The socket A chip is NOT better than your mobile in any way shape or form. It is 256k cache, and yours is 512k. The 754 is better because it has the on board memory controller. It is basically an athlon 64 that has no 64 bit code and half the cache. It still has 256k cache, but the memory controller helps make this processor pretty speedy. The problem with this chip: it is $10 dollars less than the athlon 64 2800+. which has the full cache, the 64 bit instructions, and its cooler to tell your friends you have an athlon 64 .

If you were to upgrade?....I think you would see virtually no gain, if not a loss in performance.

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