Whats better? Winchester or Venice?

[bX510]

Topic saids it all!

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester

or

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice

I just want to know the overall ratings. Maybe someone can list which one is best from best to not the best.

 

[Aluvus]

Venice has an improved memory controller. Winchester uses slightly less power (and therefore produces slightly less heat). Venice is a better overclocker.

Given the choice, I don't see much compelling reason to buy Winchester.

 

[stevty2889]

I would go with venice. As said, venice has the better memory controller. With Winchester, using more than 2 sticks of ram forces you to DDR 333, and 2T timings. With Venice it can still run at DDR400.

 

[acegazda]

hey i was poking around at athlon 64s and there was a san diego core as well.
Know anything about that? Venice is defintley more popular.

 

[Ika]

san diego is basically venice with a bigger cache. i would stick with venice, because of the aforementioned memory controller, and higher overclock potentials.

 

[acegazda]

Thanks

 

[akugami]

Venice is better. But if you have a Winchester already, I wouldn't bother upgrading just to go to a Venice core.