Is It Worth Paying Extra For A Amd Xp 3200

yeah stick with the 2500, the 3200 is not worth the money compared to the performance difference, and compared to what you need to do to get it running at 3200 speed, u just gotta bump up the fsb to 400 form 333, and maybe increase the vcore. mines crashes like hell at 400fsb, but i cant increas the vcore with my current board. :( and ive not check the fastest stable fsb yet.

also if u do plan on overclcoking get 400 ram. save u uprgarding form 333 when u want to over clock, and u can also runt he 400 ram at 33 speed with tighter settings.

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Originally posted by dray_02@24 February 2004 - 12:06
(and can i also just ask why so many people have amd athlon xp's when the max the AMD Athlon XP3200+ can run is at 2.2GHz... whereas Intels petium 4's 2.4ghz is cheaper but run at a higher speed.... or am i mistaken

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your mistaken ;)

lol, no, its like this:

Intel's clock speeds are way higher than AMD's, but the performance difference is minimal, so AMD calls it's CPU that runs @ 2.2GHz the "3200+", showing that it's performance is at least as good as an intel 3.2GHz chip (at least, according to AMD)........

all it really does is show that intel is still marketleader in CPU's..........

OC the 2500 and save the cash so that you buy other stuff.
no point in buying a 3200 because there is no place to OC to, thus you cannot optimize it's performace.
-BiG_aL

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Originally posted by Storm+24 February 2004 - 16:37--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Storm &#064; 24 February 2004 - 16:37)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-dray_02@24 February 2004 - 12:06
(and can i also just ask why so many people have amd athlon xp&#39;s when the max the AMD Athlon XP3200+ can run is at 2.2GHz... whereas Intels petium 4&#39;s 2.4ghz is cheaper but run at a higher speed.... or am i mistaken

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your mistaken ;)

lol, no, its like this:

Intel&#39;s clock speeds are way higher than AMD&#39;s, but the performance difference is minimal, so AMD calls it&#39;s CPU that runs @ 2.2GHz the "3200+", showing that it&#39;s performance is at least as good as an intel 3.2GHz chip (at least, according to AMD)........

all it really does is show that intel is still marketleader in CPU&#39;s.......... [/b][/quote]
thats not totally corret, the performance number refers to a what clock speed a duron would need to run at to get the same performance, eg a 3.2ghz duron is equal to a 3200.

but it is also quite close relation to the intel clock speed, 3200 would be equal to a something slighty below a 3.2ghz p4.

although each performans better is slightly different areas.

edit: and oh yes, go for the 2500barton

dray_02, Did you see this thread? http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=101445

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Originally posted by Livy@24 February 2004 - 08:17


also if u do plan on overclcoking get 400 ram. save u uprgarding form 333 when u want to over clock, and u can also runt he 400 ram at 33 speed with tighter settings.

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Not exactly necessary, Livy.

Get quality RAM.
My Mushkin PC2700 runs just fine at a FSB of 200 with 2.5T,3,3,11 timings.

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Originally posted by clocker+24 February 2004 - 18:49--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (clocker @ 24 February 2004 - 18:49)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Livy@24 February 2004 - 08:17


also if u do plan on overclcoking get 400 ram. save u uprgarding form 333 when u want to over clock, and u can also runt he 400 ram at 33 speed with tighter settings.

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Not exactly necessary, Livy.

Get quality RAM.
My Mushkin PC2700 runs just fine at a FSB of 200 with 2.5T,3,3,11 timings. [/b][/quote]
oh well. or that too then :D

Don&#39;t get me wrong.
I wish I had better memory, it&#39;s definitely the factor holding me back from clocking higher than I can now, but good PC 2700 will beat budget PC 3200 (or 3500) anyday.

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Originally posted by clocker@24 February 2004 - 19:07
Don&#39;t get me wrong.
I wish I had better memory, it&#39;s definitely the factor holding me back from clocking higher than I can now, but good PC 2700 will beat budget PC 3200 (or 3500) anyday.

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i wasnt exaclty talkign budget stuff just ok stuff, igot crucial pc2700 stuff and wont boot beyond 169mhz, on standard timings, if i make the imings mor esloppy it may boot not tried it yet. i can get it running the fsb at 400 and ram at 333, but folding crashes nearly immediately. and windows follows pretty soon.

I should have gotten PC3500 prob...cuz when I put the FSB at 210 (420) which would be 2310Mhz...It dont seem to work right at all...I dont even leave it on long enough to check the temps, but I think its the ram. I guess I could loosen the timings (2-2-2-5) and try it again... I wish I could just unlock the multiplier