Sempron 2800+ 64-bit E6 benchmarks

[hurtstotalktoyou]

Originally posted by: charloscarlies

Originally posted by: hurtstotalktoyou
Also, the 1.8 GHz A64 doesn't overclock well.

Sorry to take this a little off topic, but this just isn't true. I've been through many A64 2800+ chips that overclock very very well. These were all Newcastles though...not the crippled Clawhammers.

Hmm. After looking at some Google-sought reports, it seems you're right. The Newcastle seems to hit 2.2 GHz easily, and 2.4 GHz in some cases. Even so, I'm very happy with my Sempron. It's basically become an Athlon 64 3300+, and that's fine with me.

My new setup is definitely a lot faster than my old Athlon XP 2400+ with 1GB PC2100 RAM. It's even faster than my old P4 2.4B @ 2.93 GHz with 512 MB PC3200 RAM. And my SATA drive is still on the way.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: hurtstotalktoyou

Originally posted by: Acanthus

Originally posted by: Furen

Originally posted by: Acanthus
My 1.8ghz in sig seems to do alright

They're talking about 1.8GHz s754 Newcastles...

when building a new rig, why would you limit yourself to S754 when S939 boards have come down to similar prices (unless youre buying a POS)

I got my board + retail CPU for just under $145. Sure, Venices are nicer, but they cost a *lot* more, especially considering the s939 motherboard premium. I only had $150 with which to work.

I meant for A64, completely understandable with sempron.

I just dont see the sense in getting a 754 A64 now, unless you already have a 754 board.

 

[hurtstotalktoyou]

It's all about budget. The Athlon 64 2800+ is only $117, boxed. A retail 3000+ for s939 is $146. OEM prices are $113 and $129, respectively.

And how much does an overclocker's s939 board cost? $80? $90? Myself, I haven't seen one for under $100. The Epox s754 board only cost $68--and that was because I opted for gigabit LAN. The standard model is something like $64.

Also, dual channel memory and matching DIMMs can sometimes be a pain to deal with. When I upgraded from AXP to S64, I was able to keep my old PC3200 memory.

Socket 939 is a better choice if you have the money and plan to overclock. If you're going to run at stock speeds, s754 is usually a better deal. But in my case, I simply didn't have the cash.

 

[Remedy]

Originally posted by: SickBeast
You should read Anand's review of the 3100+ Sempron. He said that even overclocked to 2400mhz (20%), in Doom 3, it only gave a 4% boost. From the sounds of it, the 128kb of L2 cache is the main culprit.

I'm actually seriously turned off of the Sempron line at this point. The 2800+ A64 isn't that expensive anyways.

The Sempron 3100+ has 256KB of cache and according to IIya from Xbitlabs, his research begs to differ with your post.

 

[Remedy]

Sempron 3400+ article from xBitlabs.

 

[Hacp]

The 2600+ model and 3300+ Model has 128KB of cache.

 

[Shenkoa]

Originally posted by: charloscarlies

Originally posted by: hurtstotalktoyou
Also, the 1.8 GHz A64 doesn't overclock well.

Sorry to take this a little off topic, but this just isn't true. I've been through many A64 2800+ chips that overclock very very well. These were all Newcastles though...not the crippled Clawhammers.

Yeah really!, what about the 1.8 GHz Venice?