[Tfug] AMD Duron Or Thunderbird

[Harry McGregor]

On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Doug Sax wrote:

>
> Hey,
>  Thanks for all the input, perhaps you would like to give more.

>  Okay so now that I know so much more about my beloved AMD I have
> something to point out and a question to ask . First I run intensive
> games on my box now which is a 700. So would a Duron 1300 be better or
> just the same? I only hope to keep it up to date for about a year.

Well, it depends on what your video card is, and what your bottle necks
are, how much ram, and what type/speed of hard disk drive do you have.

The Duron 1300 would give you SSE support, which the 700 does not have.
Also the 600MHz would help a bit, as well as the hardware prefetch
abilities of the morgan core.

I would probably suggest going with the 200MHz fsb Thunderbird, it would
max out the board, and give you the most life in the system.

www.newegg.com  part number N82E16819103163 it's an OEM part, $95.00

You also probably need, a heatsink and fan unit (the one on your duron
probably can't cut it for the Thunderbird...)

Newegg part number: N82E16835106011  item: Thermaltake VOLCANO 7 Variable
Fan Speed Control.


			Harry
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better

--
Harry McGregor, CEO, Co-Founder
Hmcgregor@osef.org, (520) 661-7875 (CELL)
Open Source Education Foundation, http://www.osef.org