Performance D800

[Guest]

Is Duron 800 is a good choice?I want to buy a new cpu to upgrade my computer.Is Duron 800 work work as fast as P-III 750 or lower?

 

[machow]

P3 is faster than D800. But you can overclock more... if you plan to upgrade (swapping computers) I would recommend you against it. Although AMD fan, I think the P3 750 is a pretty fast computer that could last you a long time.

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[Sojourn]

A Duron 800 is only slightly slower than a pIII 750. But you can get a Duron 900 for the same price as the pIII 750, making it faster, and with the AMD solution you will have a much better upgrade path. The same motherboard you put your Duron in will support AMD products up to 1.666GHz, provided you get one with support for a 133MHz Front Side Bus. So in a year, when 1.333GHz Athlons are $50 you can cheaply and easily add a big chunk of processing power to your machine.

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