2800 t-bred vs 2500 barton?

[Jstnfullsize]

I have a 2800 thoroughtbred and a 2500 barton and was wondering which one whould be better for overclocking? The barton is unlocked.

 

[adams828]

i'd say the barton.. probably a little more headroom, plus if it's unlocked you have much more flexibility in terms of fsb (assuming the rest of your system can keep up)

 

[sellmen]

I'd keep the T-bred; a T-bred 2800+ is a very rare chip. You already have 2.25ghz on only 1.65V - there is no guarantee the Barton can even match that.

 

[Jstnfullsize]

well the Barton is unlocked and as far as the rest of my system being able to handle the overclocking i have a abit nf7-s v2.0, two sticks of 3200 hyper x memory, and a ati 9800pro

 

[Jstnfullsize]

Does the cache difference between the chips make any differance as far as performance goes?

 

[sellmen]

Originally posted by: Jstnfullsize
Does the cache difference between the chips make any differance as far as performance goes?

Depends on the application, but yeah, it helps a little. Something like 3-5% maybe. The Barton will net you more bandwidth/a higher FSB as a result of the unlocked multiplier, but I'd be surprised if it will reach the same speed as the T-bred. Ultimately, it'll be very close between the chips, but I'd take the raw MHZ of the 2800+ over the extra cache/higher FSB of the Barton.

 

[Dustswirl]

Try testing them at same speeds then same FSB and then same multi and you be the judge!


:beer:

 

[aka1nas]

You could always try dropping the multi and upping the FSB of the t-bred and see if it takes it. That would give you the memory bandwith of the 2500+. The extra cache is pretty minimal performance-wise.