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AMD 2500+ Socket A CPUs Compared

Posted by timothy on from the other-semiconductor-company dept.

SuperPuppy writes "Hardcoreware.net has rounded up three 2500+ Socket A processors from AMD. An AthlonXP, based on the Barton core (this particular one predates the locked multipliers we've been seeing lately), a Mobile Athlon, based on the Barton SOI, and the new Sempron, which is based on the Tbred core. Each processor differs in clock frequency and cache size, but most importantly, the Mobile Athlon takes up a LOT less juice than either of the other two, and is therefore a remarkable performer in terms of overclocking. The Sempron was quite disappointing on all fronts but price."

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  1. Yes.. by manavendra · · Score: 3, Funny

    ..but does it still double up as a comfy portable heater for you, like its predecessors?!

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  2. Come on now by lachlan76 · · Score: 4, Funny

    or perhaps our wives' strong grip on our wallets

    I get the feeling that this isn't the case for most readers of that site ;)

  3. Sempron, huh? by Anonymous+Custard · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looks ilke their webserver is running on a sempron. Or, was running.

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  4. Re:CPU Market by TilJ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Reminds me of one of my favourite quotes from the monastary:

    CP/M-86 *screams* on a PII/400.
    -- Dave Brown, a.s.r.
    I would think so. The whole floppy image will fit in the L-II cache.
    -- Mark Atwood, in reply

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