Duron or not duron?

[Guest]

Has anyone had first hand experience with an AMD Duron 900Mhz?


The Mentat Bashar

 

[Guest]

Does a D600@933 count ? Or do you want to know about overclocking capability ? In the latter case, just check www.overclockers.com CPU database.

---- Owner of the only Dell computer with a AMD chip

 

[phsstpok]

If you are trying to decide between a Duron and a Thunderbird here are a couple of good head to head comparisons.

<A HREF="http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2000q4/athlon-vs-duron/" target="_new">The first one, at www.tech-report.com</A>.
<A HREF="http://www.athlonoc.com/dtb2_1.php" target="_new">The second, at www.athlonoc.com</A>.

You may have to ignore the pricing information. Concentrate on the performance issues.

 

[Guest]

My interest in a 900 Mhz Duron has more to do with efficiency, stability and bang-for-the-buck. I'm not a hair-on-fire absolute performance fanatic. I like to stay witnin the 80% percentile and spend some of my time actually using my PC for something. I will be happy if Serious Sam runs smoothly. I also need to satisfy Windows 2000 Advanced Server's appetite for hardware so I will spend $$ on RAM. I will also bid a fond farewell to my trusty old AT tower with 5 external and 6 internal bays. I will also be running the public beta of Windows XP whenever Microsoft gets around to letting me download it.


The Mentat Bashar

 

[Guest]

"My interest in a 900 Mhz Duron has more to do with efficiency, stability and bang-for-the-buck. "

You will be hard pressed finding any other cpu offering that much "bang-for-the-buck" as any Duron. As for stability, not the cpu, but the motherboard would be a concern then. The cpu itself is as stable as anything (never heard of unstable cpu's anyway), but you probably want a quality motherboard. I presonally like my MSI board very much.. its rock stable.

---- Owner of the only Dell computer with a AMD chip

 

[wapaaga]

right know the 800 has the best bang for its buck

 

[ajmcgarry]

What about the P Pro FPU problem. That's a stability problem.

Just an example, not trying to make a point.

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[Butch2112]

Duron 900 is a good bang for the buck I went that way because my wife dosn't think I need the fastest latest thing on the block. ( she always hated my computer) I am using a 900 now and in a few months I roll it down to the kids and build a faster one.