why t-bred 1700 so cheap??

soMaKrAp · Post by **soMaKrAp** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 7:58 am

would an athlon xp 1700 w/ a 256 samsung pc133 strip and a 256 pc133 corsair strip get more 3dmarks than an athlon xp 1500 w/ one 512 pc2100 strip?

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 8:47 am

If you're talkin' PC2100 you're talkin' DDR ram. It would be faster with that than it would with PC133 which is SDR ram. Make sure your mainboard supports DDR ram before you buy it.

soMaKrAp · Post by **soMaKrAp** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 8:52 am

why are the athlon xp1700's cheaper in general than the 1500's and 1600's?
are the palominos or the tbreds better?

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 9:51 am

tbreds are better, especially the "b" stepping which overclocks rather nicely

tbred use lower voltage and i beleive smaller die

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 10:04 am

cheaper, because more are out there I guess.

Greg

stall6g · Post by **stall6g** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 1:10 pm

cheaper beacue they are still producing them and some of the older mobos had issues with T-breds and the low voltage.

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 3:08 pm

actually, the lowest produced now is the 2100 or 2200+ cpu.

Greg

PJx5x · Post by **PJx5x** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 3:43 pm

i jus got the AMD 1700 JIUHB DLT3C, which can OC to 2.3ghz and farther on air cooling

i got it for $50, but im having some problems with it, it goes weird when i alter BIOS (can someon help me at LAN?)