Semprons are quick!

[pookguy88]

I just got that $99 Fry's Sempron 2800+ combo for a cheap setup for my parents... and man is it quick. Its quicker than my own rig (1.6A o/c to 2.0). I know I know, haven't had time to upgrade it yet...


Anyways, i'm loading webpages and they are instantaneous with this chip... now i kinda wanna con my parents into switching comps...

 

[Gnoad]

They do run at 2ghz, and is essentially an Athlon xp chip, and we all know that xps aren't exactly slow. Just not very competitive anymore.

 

[AkumaX]

technically you've got an AthlonXP ~2450+ (2400+ for the same speed (133 x 15) == (166 x 12.5), and an extra 50 PR points for faster fsb, 133->166)

btw, this is to my 'scale'

 

[Concillian]

Yes, if you compare a 2.0 GHz AthlonXP to a 2.0 GHz P4 I think you'd be hard pressed to find something that the P4 would be faster in. I'm not sure why this would surprise you.

 

[tc17]

I don't own a Sempron, but one website did a review of an overclocked 3100 Sempron, and it preformed better than the Athlon 64 3400. Although hit was overclocked for the test.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl...y/sempron-3100-oc.html

(The Sempron 3100 is a socket 754 cpu, unlike the other Sempron cpu's).

 

[Pocono]

Anyone have a suggestion on which to buy? I need to build a cheap 2nd gaming system(cheap cause i am a poor pizza delivery driver)...For the same price i can get either a amd xp 2000 or a sempron 2400..I am guessing about the same speed overall..just wondering if anyone has any suggestions before i blow a weeks pay on it..lol...life does suck.

 

[Concillian]

What kind of memory do you have?
If you have PC2100 you need to get the Athlon 2000+, as the Sempron 2400+ requires PC2700 RAM.
If you have PC2700 and are into overclocking get the Athlon 2000+, you will likely be able to run 166MHz FSB and get 2083 out of your processor.
If you have PC2700 and are not into overclocking, get the Sempron 2400+, same speed as the Athlon 2000+, but faster FSB and RAM speed
If you have PC3200 and are into overclocking, get the Sempron 2400+, you will likely be able to run 200 MHz FSB and get 2000 MHz out of your processor. Chances of this are even higher than the 2000+ @ 2083.
If you have PC3200 and are not into overclocking, get the Sempron 2400+

But the cores are exactly the same for both processors and they both run the same speed, so the RAM/FSB speed and multiplier are the only differences between the two. Obviously any overclocking requires a motherboard that will do that as well.

 

[effee]

What is difference between a Sempron, Opteron and Athlon

 

[Lithan]

Sempron = new AMD cheap cpu. It's about the same as a tbred, except the 3100+ which is socket 754... so it's an Athlon64 without 64 support and with only 256k L2.
Opteron = Socket 940 Athlon64 with support for Multiple procs (except the 1XX line). The same as a 940FX with locked multi's and multicpu.
Athlon = Generic term for pretty much every AMD processor. There were Athlons, then Athlon XP's, Then Athlon 64's.