Ouch. Good question. Crashman recently pointed out to me that the cache difference can make a world of difference, so I'd go with the Athlon over the Duron, even though it's at a slower MHz. Cache size seems to make a difference.
If you want to consider 'overclocking', you could take a 100MHz FSB Athlon and up the FSB to 133Mhz. That could make for a better low-cost performer.
But then, I'm assuming that you're comparing the 800 Athlon to the 900 Duron because you can get them for about the same price. If you can get the Duron for noticably cheaper, then going with that might be better.
If the opposite of pro is con, what is the opposite of productivity? Ground first.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by slvr_phoenix on 06/14/01 02:45 PM.</EM></FONT></P>