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DazedNConfuzed
07-14-2005, 07:59 AM
I'm not sure but is it possible to upgrade from a 2600+ to a 3000+ athlon even though the cores are different.
the 2600 being throughbred
and the 3000 being barton?


i am confizzled!!:vxd:
sybil
07-14-2005, 11:02 AM
Yes, as long as your motherboard supports up to a 3000. Just check the manufacturer's site for what is supported (fsb and processor).
AMD
07-15-2005, 03:26 PM
You won't see a very noticeable performance improvement with that upgrade.

The Barton uses the same socket - it has twice as much L2 cache relative to the throughbred.

Just confirm FSB + voltage support.
sickcars
07-15-2005, 05:32 PM
You won't see a very noticeable performance improvement with that upgrade.

The Barton uses the same socket - it has twice as much L2 cache relative to the throughbred.

Just confirm FSB + voltage support.

I agree with AMD


I have upgraded rom a 2100 to a 2800(Barton) I saw very little diff, so if ur going to uprade your going to see next to nothing. I would say save our $$ and upgrade to a lower end AMD64(Socket 939) you will see a much better performace difference.

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