Duron 850 vs T-Bird 750

[Mark]

They are roughly the same price, which would you guys recommend? I am also considering a Duron 800. Also, which of the 3 is most overclock friendly?

 

[Biggs]

The T-bird 'cuz the extra cache gives it an edge in performance. About the overclockability of the processors, go here to get an idea.

 

[Mark]

So I should go ahead and get the T Bird? Reason I ask right now is, I will be ordering it in a few minutes and want to be sure I'm making the right decision.




BTW, does anyone know of a site that shows Duron and T Birds going head to head at thier default clock speed?

 

[Biggs]

Just go the the Anandtech main page and do a search there. As a rule of the thumb, the T-birds are approximately 10% faster than Durons. Let me put it in another way, a Duron is equal to a 100Mhz less T-bird(i.e. Duron 600 = T-bird 700). Get the T-bird, you won't regret it.

 

[TGCid]

Biggs,

You mean a Duron 700 = Tbird 600.

 

[Biggs]

Right! Thanks for correcting me, TGC. It's my keyboard's fault.

 

[Rand]

They should be about the same performance, I'd take the T-Bird because it's clocked lower and so should have more headroom for overclocking.
The Duron might be a touch faster in some apps and the T-Bird might be a touch faster in tohers.
Rule of thumb is Duron = T-Bird of 100MHz lower clock.

 

[geeman]

I have a t-bird 750 $72, oc'd to 933 stably and that's about it at 133mhz system bus

 

[TGCid]

Biggs,

Hehe no problem. I need a new keyboard too!

 

[sadb0i]

go tbird!