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pHaestus · 01-16-2003, 10:32 AM

Will it be worth the price and the wait though? O/Cers mentioned a 6% boost when doubling cache size for the P3 from 256 to 512. Assuming that is about right (we'll call it 10% for erring on the side of fanboyism), when what are we looking at? The TBredAs (you can get a 1700+ for around $60 I think) mostly do 2000MHz with o/cing. That is somewhere in the 2400+/2500+ range already. The Barton will be about 4x as expensive for (presumably) roughly the same performance. Remember that AMD is boosting the PR to account for extra cache and 166fsb, while my Epox 8k3a does not in its PR calculation.

For my money, the lowest speed not bin-sorted TBredB is the AMD CPU to have for the next 6 months or so. Check o/cers for details on "A vs J" TBred Bs.

01-16-2003, 10:32 AM	#2
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	Will it be worth the price and the wait though? O/Cers mentioned a 6% boost when doubling cache size for the P3 from 256 to 512. Assuming that is about right (we'll call it 10% for erring on the side of fanboyism), when what are we looking at? The TBredAs (you can get a 1700+ for around $60 I think) mostly do 2000MHz with o/cing. That is somewhere in the 2400+/2500+ range already. The Barton will be about 4x as expensive for (presumably) roughly the same performance. Remember that AMD is boosting the PR to account for extra cache and 166fsb, while my Epox 8k3a does not in its PR calculation. For my money, the lowest speed not bin-sorted TBredB is the AMD CPU to have for the next 6 months or so. Check o/cers for details on "A vs J" TBred Bs.