Cygnus_X_1 over at OC Addiction.com has posted his AthlonXP 2500+ Barton CPU review with AMD's new Barton core boasting double the onboard cache, is it enough to earn your money?
With the release of the Barton series of CPU's, a new debate has taken the forums by storm. Does the increase in L2 cache from 256K to 512K, bringing the total on die cache to 640K up from 384K, really warrant another upgrade to your system? Today we are going to look at how the 2500+ Barton performs, and throw in the 2100+ T-bred AIUHB to see what improvements, if any, to expect. When the rumor mill started on the Barton, we were supposed to get a 200MHz/400MHz FSB with it, and we were let down. The default Front Side bus of the current Barton's is 166MHz/333MHz FSB. Recently we have seen a few motherboard manufacturers release updated revisions to the nForce2 chipset (ABIT & ASUS) that will handle the 400MHz FSB by default, so hopefully the matching CPU from AMD isn't too far behind. On to the specs of the Barton.
AthlonXP 2500+ Barton CPU
With the release of the Barton series of CPU's, a new debate has taken the forums by storm. Does the increase in L2 cache from 256K to 512K, bringing the total on die cache to 640K up from 384K, really warrant another upgrade to your system? Today we are going to look at how the 2500+ Barton performs, and throw in the 2100+ T-bred AIUHB to see what improvements, if any, to expect. When the rumor mill started on the Barton, we were supposed to get a 200MHz/400MHz FSB with it, and we were let down. The default Front Side bus of the current Barton's is 166MHz/333MHz FSB. Recently we have seen a few motherboard manufacturers release updated revisions to the nForce2 chipset (ABIT & ASUS) that will handle the 400MHz FSB by default, so hopefully the matching CPU from AMD isn't too far behind. On to the specs of the Barton.
AthlonXP 2500+ Barton CPU
