AMD Duron 1Ghz *Vs* AMD Thunderbird 1Ghz ???

[Animal]

Hi,
I am currently running a Duron at 1Ghz in an Asus A7V motherboard.

I am going to, uhhh.. "borrow"   a Thunderbird of the same speed from a friend.

Should I see a noticeable performance increase?

 

[bloom25]

Depends on the application.  Basically the Tbird has more L2 Cache ram.  In some applications this can make a big difference, in some others the difference is small.

Most benchmarks tend to show the Duron equal to the Thunderbird 100 Mhz slower.  (I.e. Duron 800 = Tbird 700 )

I'd be careful, it's really easy to crack the die on the CPU by taking fans on and off...  



------------------
bloom25
-MAW-
(Formerly of the)
THUNDERBIRDS

[Animal]

Thanks bloom, thats what I figured.
With more cache the system is less prone to use ram wich is much slower than on-die cache.

Thanks for the advice, Its very hard to remove my heatsink, but I've done it several times already, I hope its uneventful this time  

[This message has been edited by Animal (edited 05-15-2001).]

[MrSiD]

Good luck..
 http://www.hardocp.com/new_img_01/may/tbird_shot2.html

Not trying to scare you or anything ;-)

[Lephturn]

I should point out that this particular AXIA T-Bird was shot with a pellet gun....

 

But, they are very delicate.  Both are good chips, just go with your budget.  BTW, the new AXIA T-Birds overclock REALLY well if you are into that.

------------------
Sean "Lephturn" Conrad - Aces High Chief Trainer

A proud member of the mighty Flying Pigs
http://www.flyingpigs.com

Check out Lephturn's Aerodrome for AH articles and training info!

[Makarov1]

Also make sure that heatsink/fan is making good contact with the Duron/Tbird. I burned up my first one by putting the fan on backwards, it didn't make contact with die. Yea I do feel dumb. Takes about 5 secs to burn up the chip with no heatsink.

I had a Duron 800 (oc'd 1000) and now have a TBird 1.1Ghz. You gain a few fps with Tbird in AH but not many. The Duron is a great chip for the price.

[bloom25]

Those AXIA stepping Tbirds are VERY easy to overclock.  I've heard of the 1 gigs going to 1.3 and 1.4 GHz.



------------------
bloom25
-MAW-
(Formerly of the)
THUNDERBIRDS