AMD Sempron 2600 vs. AMD Athlon XP 2600

[Denney]

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.

[wtm0325]

can this help u?

http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-239-1.htm

http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20040728/index.html

[Denney]

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.

[prathapml]

Why is this in Gamers Hangout?

[Denney]

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!

[prathapml]

ah, okay.

The all-seeing eye notices everything, though.

*topic moved

[Doggie]

i just got a XP 2600+, its nice, i OC'ed it to 2.1ghz and its running smooth and not overheating

[Denney]

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.

[Doggie]

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

[sixpack]

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

i have 9 fans and mine sounds like a F1 machine

[newsposter]

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?

[sixpack]

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?

nope

i have 5 hd's 2 burners and a dvdrom

it's only for cooling the box

system temp. droped 14 degrees