Denney Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Heya guys. I need some advice on a new processor...I've found an AMD Sempron 2600 (Socket A) and an AMD Athlon XP 2600 (Socket A). I'm looking for some comparisons of the 2 of them.I'm wondering which one performs better in games AND overall. I've got the motherboard (Abit NF7-S nForce 2) with 512MB DDR RAM.Any suggestions? Note: I'm after one OR the other... only these 2 processors... nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtm0325 Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 can this help u?http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-239-1.htmhttp://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20040728/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denney Posted December 7, 2004 Author Share Posted December 7, 2004 Thanks for those links wtm0325. Seems like the Sempron is an underperformer when it comes to the same XP processor.I've seen benchs for the Sempron 3000 where is performs better than an XP. Guess that's a different case for the slower models.For an extra $13AU the XP is seeming a better choice.Again, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Why is this in Gamers Hangout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denney Posted December 8, 2004 Author Share Posted December 8, 2004 I had 2 windows open and posted in the wrong one.... I was hoping no one would notice... I guess I could say it's for a gaming machine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 ah, okay. The all-seeing eye notices everything, though. *topic moved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 i just got a XP 2600+, its nice, i OC'ed it to 2.1ghz and its running smooth and not overheating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denney Posted December 9, 2004 Author Share Posted December 9, 2004 Yeah. I'm going to stick with the XP.Nice to know it's OC'able without overheating. I'm getting a better cooler for it anyway so hopefully I can take it higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 i found a place about this, its possibly to overclock it to the performance of an 3100+ without overheating problems, but of course, cooling like fans or even water cooling is good, i put 2 fans at the front and one at the back, runs really nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpack Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 i found a place about this, its possibly to overclock it to the performance of an 3100+ without overheating problems, but of course, cooling like fans or even water cooling is good, i put 2 fans at the front and one at the back, runs really nicelyi have 9 fans and mine sounds like a F1 machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsposter Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 For the price of 9 fans (what US$ 100 or more??) wouldn't it have made (a lot!) more sense to just buy a faster CPU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpack Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 For the price of 9 fans (what US$ 100 or more??) wouldn't it have made (a lot!) more sense to just buy a faster CPU?nopei have 5 hd's 2 burners and a dvdromit's only for cooling the boxsystem temp. droped 14 degrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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