AMD Newbe: Newcastle vs Clawhammer

[n7]

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: PeteRoy
Yes, the more on die cache, the better the CPU will perform, it can be more significant than processor clock rate.

This is why the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition is so fast, it has 2MB L2 cache.

Oh man. I can't believe you're still posting this trash. How was your vacation?

His post was from a few weeks ago thank god.

Hopefully he still is on vacation.

 

[n7]

As for Clawhammer vs. NewCastle...get whatever is the best deal, as there really is marginal difference in performance.

 

[biostud]

I think I would get the 1Mb cache version because it should be able to reach a 2.2Ghz, but I think that the speed difference probably is negliable, so none of them are a bad buy.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: biostud666
I think I would get the 1Mb cache version because it should be able to reach a 2.2Ghz, but I think that the speed difference probably is negliable, so none of them are a bad buy.

Yes, that argument has been used many times.

However, it's just as easy to get the NewCastle 3200+ to 2.4, which means it still is about the same.


If they were identical prices, i think i would get the Clawhammer...but i don't think it really matters much.

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: PeteRoy
Yes, the more on die cache, the better the CPU will perform, it can be more significant than processor clock rate.

This is why the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition is so fast, it has 2MB L2 cache.

Geeze this guy is hilarious...

 

[Maximilian]

The diffrences are pretty insignificant unless you really really care about a tiny bit of speed which the newcastly initially has over the clawhammer.

 

[CarrotStick]

Believe it or not AMD is soon releasing the new athlon XPs for socket 735.

It will remain a 32bit CPU
socket 735
L2 cache will be dropped to 256kb
It will include the integrated memory controller of the athlon 64 since there is none on the chipset anymore.