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Logan

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Since: Oct 01, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:49 pm
Post subject: Will I notice much difference?
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If I upgrade my AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (Thoroughbred 333FSB) to an AMD Athlon
XP 3000+ (Barton 333FSB)?

Cheers

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Toshi1873

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Since: Apr 03, 2004
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 9:35 pm
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In article <Xns9575DE3189042ChrisCubedhotmailcom@
216.196.109.145>, Logan.Mail RemoveThis @gmail.com says...
 > If I upgrade my AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (Thoroughbred 333FSB) to an AMD Athlon
 > XP 3000+ (Barton 333FSB)?

Back of envelope calcuation... 3000/2600 = 15% increase.

Seems like a waste of a good 2600 CPU... if you're still
at 256MB or 512MB RAM, upgrade that instead so that
you're at 1GB (min).

Then save up for a better video card (I usually upgrade
video card one year, CPU/MB/RAM the other year).

An Opteron144 + PC2100 ECC seems to be about 50% faster
then my AthlonXP 2600+ chip (the Opteron148 + PC3200
would've been a bigger bump). Of course, that would
require a new motherboard + RAM.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->

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rstlne1

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 2:07 am
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"Logan" <Logan.Mail DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9575DE3189042ChrisCubedhotmailcom@216.196.109.145...
 > If I upgrade my AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (Thoroughbred 333FSB) to an AMD Athlon
 > XP 3000+ (Barton 333FSB)?
 >
 > Cheers

wouldnt think so<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Gary Avrett

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 6:59 am
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I upgraded from 2600mhz Barton to 3000mhz Barton after the chip failed. I
did not notice a marked increase in speed but did notice 10 to 15 percent
increase in CPU temp.
I agree with the other post that stated to increase the ram.
Gary
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