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The AMD Duron Gets A Home - Sort Of

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the poor-poor-duron dept.

Techman writes "AnandTech has put together an in-depth analysis of the SiS 730S chipset for AMD's Socket-A platform. What's so special about this 730S? Well, it turns out that one of the reasons that AMD's Duron hasn't been selling well in retail markets is that it doesn't have a cheap platform to run on. The 730S from SiS is an attempt to solve that problem. Unfortunately as it is SiS' first attempt at an Athlon chipset, the 730S does not perform as well as you would hope it would. And in many cases, the Duron loses its luster when combined with the 730S."

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  1. Duron losing its luster by sulli · · Score: 5

    Well, if that's the problem, customers should order Duron Ultra Deluxe High Gloss rather than the flat eggshell variety!

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    sulli
    RTFJ.
  2. Re:It's simple, really by Webmonger · · Score: 4

    AMD chips are

    1. faster
    2. cheaper

    This is bad engineering? Our Durons are running smooth as silk, thanks.

  3. Not really by Rurik · · Score: 4

    On par, a Duron is probably 90% of the speed of it's equal speed Athlon brother, on the same mobo. But it's a great bargain to pick up a 600mhz Duron for $50 and easily overclock it to 900+Mhz with another $50 of cooling supplies. That's what makes you a geek, taking slow equipment and kicking faster machine's asses in frame rates.