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Okay, due to the deafening silence I just went and did some investigating on
my own. Seems the number designation for the Athlon 64 chips is comparing
their speed of processing to previous AMD chips. In other words a 64 3500
at 2.2 GHz runs as fast as a non-64 Athlon would at 3.5 GHz. That is the
explanation I have found. Anyway going by benchmarks the 3500 runs up there
with the Extreme Edition Pentiums, and way beyond the Prescott 3.8 GHz chip.
Here is a review with a lot of chips to compare:
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/half_life_2_cpu_shootout/page6.asp
So you could go down a few steps (and a few dollars) in the 64 line and
still be far above what you were shooting for.
Also you could save a few dollars in the motherboard and not notice a
difference, as in going to the AN8 or AN8-V (non-ultras).
And the crucial memory is officially supported on the ABit web site.
Quixote
Okay, due to the deafening silence I just went and did some investigating on
my own. Seems the number designation for the Athlon 64 chips is comparing
their speed of processing to previous AMD chips. In other words a 64 3500
at 2.2 GHz runs as fast as a non-64 Athlon would at 3.5 GHz. That is the
explanation I have found. Anyway going by benchmarks the 3500 runs up there
with the Extreme Edition Pentiums, and way beyond the Prescott 3.8 GHz chip.
Here is a review with a lot of chips to compare:
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/half_life_2_cpu_shootout/page6.asp
So you could go down a few steps (and a few dollars) in the 64 line and
still be far above what you were shooting for.
Also you could save a few dollars in the motherboard and not notice a
difference, as in going to the AN8 or AN8-V (non-ultras).
And the crucial memory is officially supported on the ABit web site.
Quixote