AMD spped diff. between 1.0 & 1.2 worth it?

[Guest]

I have an AMD Athlon 600 mhz chip...want upgrade to 1.x something. Is the difference in horsepower between 1.0 & 1.2
worth the cost difference?
Also which AMD chip should I get? Thunderbird?
Which MB?
Thank you!

 

[kurokaze]

my 2cents:

Go for the 1Ghz (A?IA blue core) and overclock. I've hit 1.33 with no temp increases and stable.

Get a mobo that'll support 133Mhz FSB. I've got an A7V133 and it works great.

Hope that helps.

 

[jlbigguy]

In my opinion the price difference is not worth it. In theory the 1.2 is 20% faster in clock speed then the 1.0, but it is not 20% faster in performance.

If you plan on gaming, using a high end video card will make more of a difference then a 1.0 -> 1.2Ghz. If you plan on using a Gforce2 MX or lesser card, the card will limit the performance of the machine at either clock speed.

Get the 1.0Ghz. My opinion only.....

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[Guest]

I recently debated the same decision and although I haven't made my purchase yet, based on current prices, I would go for the 1GHz instead of the 1.2GHz.

The price differential (approximately $50) simply isn't worth the extra juice. Additionally, the performance boost is only theoretical; in most real world applications, you probably will not notice that much of a difference.

As somebody else said, you'd be better off putting that extra money into some other component, such as a better video card, which will give you a more noticeable performance boost.

Or you can always save the money.

Peter

 

[Ncogneto]

Get the 1.13 with the 266 fsb. You will find that from 1 to 1.2 not much difference but when comparing 200fsb to 266 fsb there is a real difference ( memory bandwith)

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