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AMD Naming Help Me!

Those are the code names for the different types of CPU's. The code names represent feature of the CPU's, such as instruction sets, cache sizes, socket compatibilities, manufacturing process and other characteristics.

When in doubt, the CPU with the higher number is usually faster. The higher number CPU's are also more expensive.

I'm not sure of all of them, but here are a few differnt CPU's.
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Venice - Socket 939 CPU. It will generally overclock further than a Venice, has SSE3 instructions and can run 4 sticks of RAM in dual-channel at DDR400

Winchester - Socket 939 CPU. Doesn't have SSE3 instructions and can run 4 sticks of RAM in dual-channel at DDR333.
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From these two it is obvious that the Venice is the better choice, especially if you plan to overclock.

If you want more info, try the AMD website.

RoD
 
Correct. But a 3500 Venice is slightly faster than a 3500 Winchester.


3500 Venice Has an improved memory controller that supports DDR500 and Winchester supports DDR400. Venice fixed many of the problems of previous processors. San Diego is identical to Venice except that San Diego has a little more cache at 1 megebyte vs 512k for Venice.

Clawhammer was the original AMD Athlon 64 Consumer processor. It is the oldest, Hottest, and Slowest of all the revisions.
 
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