Athlon XP 2700 or 2500 "barton" both 333fsb

[otispunkmeyer]

i want oyour opinion on which would be best in a system primarily used for gaming

would an xp2700 with 333fsb be a good choice or would the xp2500 barton with the extra l2 cache be a better bet?

cheers

 

[wolverineI]

some games wont utilize the extra cache so the thorobred will actually be faster
some will so its a tossup.really depends on how you oc the chip,barton is usually better
overclocker,but some thorobreds really fly usually the 2100 and 1700/1800.if you havent bought either yet it would depend on whether you got one of the new locked chips or not
barton probably locked,2700 maybe not.

 

[Jeff7181]

If you intend to overclock, get the XP2500, if you don't intend on overclocking, get the XP2700.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

thanks, im not much into overclockin, i got a thermal take volcano 9 in my case but its more for having the smart fan run slow so things are quiet.

i am thinking of overhauling my system, at the mo, i got an msi mobo (kt3 ultra2) an xp2000, and 512 ram (pc2100) oh and a 9500pro. i was thinkin of upgradin the GFX but to find after runnin a UT2003 bench with 6x AA and 16xAF that i only dropped 2fps on fly by and none on bot match i realised the rest of my system is the bottle neck!

plans are to go for one of the mentioned cpus a gigabyte mobo with nforce2 and 512 of ddr400 dual channel.

 

[Jeff7181]

If you can play current games with no trouble, you may want to wait until the Athlon-64 is more affordable, and there's a 64 bit Windows OS available for it.

 

[VIAN]

Athlon 2700 is better because it rating is quicker and it has better raw power (clock speed). I think that even against the 2800 barton, the 2700 is a better value.