AMD Athlon 64 3000 vs. 64 3200

[davidclayton]

i know there is double the L2 cache, but is there much performance difference?


dave

[Benjamin]

i know there is double the L2 cache, but is there much performance difference?


dave

Cache can make a big difference.

[davidclayton]

Cache can make a big difference.

"Running at the same speed as the 3200+, the reduction in cache to 512k has only a minor impact on performance. In almost every benchmark, the 3000+ is only a few percent lower in performance than a 3200+. Even more important, the 3000+ performs very well compared to Intel’s 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 — a chip that sells for almost double the cost of the Athlon64 3000+."


http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1937&p=9


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dave

[sputnik found]

thats why i got one

[SilentDeath]

how much would a amd64 3000+ cost?

[da_ging]

i was wondering about the a64 3000 against intel and after looking its better to go with intel, the a64 3000 costs around £160 which is slightly cheaper than a p4 3c (£170ish) performance of the 2 is about as level as it gets but hyper threading gives intel the edge where it matters

overclocking is where the p4 steals it a a64 3000 or 3200 for that matter will only goto around 2.3gig where as a 3c/2.8c p4 whooshes up to 3.6+ easily and a 3.6 p4 wins

what should really make u go intel tho is the fact that the 2.8c is only £135!!!!

[sputnik found]

erm... what about this thing called erm... 64bit???

[Lord Kordir]

I didn't think there was much difference in price between the two.

I'd get the 3200

[makavien478]

Yep around £165 ish for the 3000 and £200 for the 3200 64 ..
Ive had both and decided to keep the amd 64 3200 ...Just need a decent board to come out now for overclocking ...Well one with a agp/pci lock at least lol

[serlex]

*are nf3 250 boards going to run amd64 3200
*how much will they be
*when are they coming out, exact date

cheers