Barton reviews

[wvjohn]

major ho hum here as for as the current stepping - overclocked it is not as fast as the $92 2100 b'x that everyone is running @ 2.3+


http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=324


http://www.amdworld.co.uk/bar3000.htm


http://www.xbitlabs.com/cpu/athlonxp-3000/

http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/CCA ... _3k+.shtml

http://www.aceshardware.com/read.jsp?id=50000364

[nexus_7]

seems to be a pretty impresive chip. Not perfect, but nice.

Greg

[sbp]

The barton is okay.

For some people, the performance of the barton is lesser than expected.

about the model rating: This rating was due more to marketing decisions.

btw AMD is doing an Intel for Barton pricing. They have to make money somehow.

[wvjohn]

may end up being limited by the extra cache - they will require more power, and ll those transistors will have to talk to each other - sort of like the early duron/tbird - I remember when you could punch the durons over 1 gig much more easily than the tbirds - the added cache may make them faster at certain apps though

[chak22]

I think I will wait for the prices to drop ..........ALOT!!!! my 2100XP out does the Barton for a heck of alot LESS money and since I got my 8rda board I can play alot more ,now if I can get WIN98 to work right ,I'll be happy

[PreDatoR]

get out of the 90's and get WinXP Pro 98 is a has been driver support is decreasing for it and next year support will be dropped. It was always a buggy OS anyways but not half as bad and ME was.

[busheadfox]

I am getting ready to upgrade to the 2800 chip. I will probably be using a nforce2 board, maybe the Asus a7n8x board. My question is should I get the t-bred chip or the barton chip. I think the t-bred is 2.25ghz and the barton I think is a little slower processor speed.

What are your suggestions . I currently have a msi 333 with a 1900 now. The expert computer kid here needs more speed and power for her video processings and movie making.

[chak22]

Well I switched to WinXP on this new rig and after some hardware/software issues I think I've Finally have her straightened out (hopefully) and I've got the 2100XP@2290mhz with F@H running 24/7 temp is at 106 degF , when I get my Vantec Iceburg kit installed on NB/SB I will attempt to push it higher (had it over 2300 mhz for a bit but backed off )