Author: Aaron Gordon
Date: 02:29:17 11/03/02
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On November 02, 2002 at 20:25:10, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote: >On November 02, 2002 at 10:10:06, Aaron Gordon wrote: > >>Here is a Dual Duron review if you're interested.. >> >>http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardware/dualduron/ > >I have some questions about this: > >1) I`ve read somewhere that AMD won`t produce Duron processors anymore, is it >true? I'm sure one day they'll discontinue it but it won't be sometime real soon. Here's a roadmap for you to look at: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_608,00.html >2) How does a Dual-Duron machine perform for computer chess purposes? Within 2% of an AthlonXP at the same clock speed. >3) It won`t be necessary to use conductive paint to fix the Durons, right? You'll need to unlock them with conductive ink/paint. >4) What`s the fastest Duron processor available? Maybe 2 Durons aren`t as fast >as 1 XP as the XP processors are available at a higher clock speed, right? Maybe >2 Durons are as expensible as 1 XP processor? I believe the fastest Duron right now is 1.3GHz. It's currently priced at $36 on www.pricewatch.com. I don't know how high it could overclock but I'm guessing in the 1.45-1.55GHz range. The ideal board to use would most likely be the iWill MPX2. If you want to pay the extra $17 ($53 per chip) to get an AthlonXP 1600+ (1.4ghz) then you could probably overclock to 1.65-1.75GHz. >A. Ponti
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