AMD 2500+ Socket A CPUs Compared

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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Re:CPU Market

[LiquidCoooled]

Word processing or web browsing would ROCK at those speeds.

I know I'm being pedantic, but there is no reason in faster bigger better when current tech is so underused.

Its like buying a car that does 200mph, but then only doing the school run in it.

For those of us that *use* our computers to the fullest, your right it will be a godsend.
Direct access to memory without a deep cache, or needing a super pipeline would definately be nice.

The cache on my old 62020 was 256 BYTES, perfect for fitting a tight loop in and short enough to not cause problems. The current range of cpus have more cache than I used to have main memory!

Speaking of which, could you fit and run an entire OS from cache? is it even possible?

Cache!

[Anonymous Coward]

Why cant slashdot use the nyud.net caching proxy for sites posted to the front page. It would make it actually possible to read the articles, and who knows, it may make some of the comments make sense from time to time!

Re:CPU Market

[Khali]

That's missing the point IMHO. I don't want to pay for an ultra-fast, ultra-heating CPU I don't need and then pay (and how much!) again for a case that makes it usable.

What I want is a CPU which doesn't heat in the first place. Same for graphics card and power supply. It's still easy to find fanless graphics adapters. CPUs exist but are not widely available. Fanless power supplies are very rare and expensive, but I guess it could be better if all components in the computers were designed for low power consumption and dissipation instead of top speed. There is a market and I just hope that companies like Transmeta (or others, even Intel or AMD) won't miss it.

I still couldn't read the article BTW :(

Re:AMD's new motto: Confusion through choice!

[slaker]

Yes, because Intel is WAY better in that regard.

How many different P4 2.4s have been released?

There were some on socket 423 and some on socket 478. Some for 400, 533 and 800MHz FSBs. Some support hyperthreading, some don't. Some use the Northwood core, some use Prescott. If I really want to think that way I can even say that some are Celerons and some are decent.

I don't follow Intel CPUs very closely exactly because of this. However, I'll bet if I looked for more than a moment I'd find that there have been at least ten intel chips marketed as 2.4GHz Pentium 4s.