XP... or... thoroughbred

ok, i know i posted about the same question... but i am RILLY thinking.... the Athlon XP's Run HOT.. and i know the thoroughbred will have the .13 Core.. and that would make it run Much Cooler... now should i wait or should i Crack and Buy a XP 1800+?

Current Setup
Celeron 500 ( Not o/c'd )
PowerCooler HSF ** dont know that model #, but its PURe coper.. and it has a Delta fan on it..w/ articsilverII **
416 megs pc-133
yamaha 20X10X40X
Pioneer 16X DvD
MSI 815PRO
Kyro 2 64meg
SB Live 5.1
Linksys 10/100 Nic
Hydrolic Mid tower 320Watt PSU

The xp's run cooler than the t-bird did.
Its very possible a thoroughbred will not work on your current motherboard.

What should you buy is up to you, if you are looking to buy a cpu before march then the xp will probably be your only choice between a xp or thoroughbred.

thoroughbred?

What is the thoroughbred all about? Who is it made by and how fast will it be? thanks

i know ill need a new mobo.. evin if i went with the XP i would Still need a new mobo...

but i was thinking that it would be an overall beter Chip, witht the Smaller Core and the Higher Speed's and thell probally imporve in the SSE and 3dNOW support....

i was just trying to go get anouther opinion.....

thanks..

Re: thoroughbred?

tacos said:

What is the thoroughbred all about? Who is it made by and how fast will it be? thanks

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Thoroughbred is the next generation of chips due out after the Palamino, and AMD, is the maker.

After that, comes the Hammers... (Sledge, and Claw). I kid you not...those really are the names (If you don't know this already).

Let me go dig out the "roadmap link" from AMD...BRB

Here it is; http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_608,00.html

This is what's in the pipeline from AMD. Good stuff!

I, for one, would hope that the T-Bred works on motherboards that support the XP.... I know it'll be socket A packaging, but there's always the possibility of a situation like the one now with the KT7A Raid of versions 1.2 and lower. To me, since the T-Bred is AMD's last 32 BIT CPU, for them to produce it and require that users buy a new mobo would not make sense with Hammer on the horizon. People will have to upgrade motherboards to run Hammer, so why make them upgrade to run a T-Bred? To me it sounds like shooting yourself in the foot. Say we're X months in the future. I'm running an XP 2000+ CPU overclocked to 2 GHz on a KT333 mobo. My computer runs fast just fine. I say "well, since hammer is six months from now, and it's 64 bit, I'll just wait rather than buy a TBred and a new mobo, since I will be buying a new mobo when Hammer comes out anyway." Makes zero sense to me.

This is all pretty irrelevant to me, though. As soon as I see some reviews and some availability on a dual socket A board with overclocking options, I'll be buying... looking to be either the Epox M762A, Asus A7M266-D or the MSI right now. That'll be the core of my system to tide me over until Hammer arrives.

SickBoy

That's a very good idea sickboy.

yes, well... i am on the system that i listed at the beggining of this thread.. and i ger Zero power in games and Sutch.....

but in turn you are saying wait for the hammer to be relesed..??
but thats over a year away!!!! i dont think i have that much patents...

well thanks for all of your advice...