whats the fastest AMD CPU?

[Atticka]

not so much MHZ wise, but CPU spec....

for example:
Thunderbird
Spitfire
etc....

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Atticka
sorry, no time for a sig

[phil_me_up]

Originally posted by Atticka:
not so much MHZ wise, but CPU spec....

for example:
Thunderbird
Spitfire
etc....

Thunderbird right now.

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Asus P3V4X Mobo
Asus s370 converter card
p3-933@1050
FOP38-1 & AS2
256MB generic pc-133 (CL3)
Voodoo5 5500 AGP
Realtek 10/100 nic
SBlive X-gamer
Asus 50x CDROM
17.2 GB Maxtor

[Atticka]

forgot to add.....what are the advantages to getting a T-bird over a Spitfire?

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Atticka
sorry, no time for a sig

[RedViper22]

Go with the Athlon TB 1.2 they are coming out with a fster Palomino very soon i beleive so if money isnt that much of an issue(that be nice if it wouldnt)and you can afford to wait a bit, do that and you can pick up a nice high speed palomino that is a bitter cooler than the athlons, but just as fast, if not faster.

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System under construction:
AMD 1.2 Ghz 266 FSB
Mobo Epox 8k7a
128 Mb of DDR RAM
GeForce 2 MX 64 Mb
Sound Blaster Live Value
40 Gig WD HD
3Com NIC w/DSL Router
56x CDRom

[Motoman]

2 MPs seem to work pretty good...

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"I think, therefore I, uh, think."

BIG RIG:
Tyan Thunder K7 M/B
Dual AMD Athlon MPs at 1.2Ghz
Supercharged Thermoengine HSFs
1Gb Crucial CAS 2.5 PC2100 RAM
IBM Deskstar 20Gb 7,200 RPM ATA/100
Hercules 3D Prophet II
SoundBlaster Live! Value
IBM P260 21" Trinitron
Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM
Windows 2000 Professional

...and then there's my second gaming rig, and my file/proxy server, and my web server, and...

[Ashpool]

From my knowledge, that extra CPU won't do diddly if your OS and software doesn't support multiple processors. As from what I've seen, Quake 3 does get faster in Palomino Mobo's, but do NOT support multi-processors. It never did anyways. Plus, it doesn't truly support plain-jane T-birds. It needs Palomino-core Athlons to really work to it's punch.

I'm putting the MP Palomino Chipset in the "server" category. Not the "Personal Computer" area. That means this thing isn't meant for games, just servers.

[This message has been edited by Ashpool (edited July 19, 2001).]

[salehrules]

well, it never hurts to have double, except in some cases where using tbirds actually backfires. but in general, two tbirds are better than one...
and the palomino is quicker than the tbird... that's a fact.

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[AlphaZero]

Originally posted by Atticka:
forgot to add.....what are the advantages to getting a T-bird over a Spitfire?

The Spitfire is the codename for the Duron core - the budget version of the T-Bird. The two are almost identical, save for the 256K L2 cache on the T-Bird, compared with 64K on the Duron. The difference in cache size can yield a significant increase in performance. T-Birds also reach higher clock speeds.

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[Atticka]

cool

I was asking cause I already have a 1.1 T-bird and wasnt sure what the major difference between the Athlon and the Duron was.

thanks guys

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Atticka
sorry, no time for a sig

[Ashpool]

The Thunderbird has reached the end of it's timeline. From what I hear, 1.4Ghz is the fastest it's going to go and AMD will be manufacturing a newer Processor to go 1.5Ghz and beyond.

I dunno if it's true or not, but it seems a but rational, really.

[Strogian]

I'd get the dual athlons if I had the money. All I would want a dual system for is so I can run two things at once.. I don't even want the applications to support them, or else they could start hogging all the CPU and give me a buffer underrun!