Which AMD is better for gaming?

Barton or Thoroughbred? My friend always likes to top me in some way. so i had ordered a 2500(1.8) Barton and he went out and ordered a 2700 (2.17) Thoroughbred not long after me. He says the Barton is meant more for like office use (microsoft word, excel, etc.) and a Thoroughbred is meant more for gaming. i plan on overclocking my barton to hopefully reach a 3000. Is he full of [-peep-] or his he right. And will my overclocked Barton beat his Thoroughbred? (we're always competeing against eachother in one way or another)

My system: A7N8X dlx, 2500, 2x256 corsair xms pc2700
His system: i'll get back to you on that, havnt found that out yet.
i'm hoping to get a ATI 9600pro pretty soon, right now im stuck with a MX440 64MB

My computer is so powerful, it can complete a simple math equation in only 3 and half days!

The next person to try to turn this into an AMD vs. Intel debate gets drop kicked in the chin.

Yes, I think your 2500+ has much more potential that his Tbred. Your friend is also dillusional when he says Tbreds are more for gaming than Bartons.

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Nice friend.

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<sarcasm>Thanks, that was very nice of you...</sarcasm> And that was not what I was thinking. I merely considered an "unbeatable" option.

the only CPU that is meant for office use is the Celeron nothing else your barton can kill that thing with O/C and if u can't (hands him the dustbuster) kill him with massive tornato attack lol

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first time overclocking so i wasnt sure what exaclty you need to know, so thats like all of it. and im using the cooler the 2500 came with. So you should get this. very happy with it. cheap and runs at 3000+ speeds with stock cooler and no effort at all (idle temp is 48C. havnt done to much running anything yet so i dont know what it is under load)

My computer is so powerful, it can complete a simple math equation in only 3 and half days!

Now you've overclocked it try putting the voltage down slowly until it gets unstable. That should put your temps down a lot.

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They "underclocked" them so they could have Barton cores for different price ranges. If they only came out with the 3000+ and the 3200+ then they would lose sales to the middle class and common folk like myself.

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maybe. but i have my 2500 clocked at a 3000, with the stock cooler. Better than TB clocked at a 2800. and the barton has a larger cache. i think he should go with the 2500. been running stable under load now with it running at 2.2gig. Just my 2cents

My computer is so powerful, it can complete a simple math equation in only 3 and half days!