Is a Barton in your future?

[Ian]

Would you buy one of AMD's new Barton CPU's?

[jmbrown12]

The specs look good on it. I might consider it for my next upgrade (after the prices come down some) and I feel that my XP1800 chip doesn't cut it anymore. Is it available in the U.S. yet?

[BuddhaTB]

Newegg has the Athlon XP 2800 Barton CPU in stock.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.a ... 376&DEPA=1

[jmbrown12]

Thanks for the link BuddhaTB. The price is better than I though it might be. I found a good review on the Barton 3000 at
http://www.3dvelocity.com/reviews/barton/3000plus.htm

Now I have to decide if a Barton is in my future or do I hold out for the Hammer.

[aviationwiz]

I'm a new happy user of a P4 2.53. I have heard terrible things about the Barton 3000+. It simply does not compare to the P4. The P4 is way better.

[Bhairav]

hey aviationwiz - don't just diss a product like that. Check out the reviews at anandtech.com and hardocp.com . They indicate that the Barton is pretty competitive with the P4 @ 3.06Ghz + HT. They pretty much cream that 2.53.

here you go - posting some benchmarks

http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1783&p=8
(P4 always does better than AMD on these multimedia benchmarks)

http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1783&p=12
gaming performance

http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1783&p=14
3d Mark 2001 SE

http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1783&p=16
Jedi Knight 2 scores

http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1783&p=20
Video encoding

http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1783&p=21
3DS MAx 5 performance

http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1783&p=26
Maya performance

Care to change your opinion

[BuddhaTB]

Seems like AMD will be releasing a 400MHz FSB Barton CPU.
http://www.hardocp.com/image.html?image ... 8xX2wuZ2lm



Courtesy of [H]ardOCP