Is a Barton in your future?
Posted:
Mon Feb 10, 2003 12:24 pm
by Ian
Would you buy one of AMD's new Barton CPU's?
Posted:
Tue Feb 11, 2003 12:10 pm
by 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?
Posted:
Sun Feb 16, 2003 12:23 am
by BuddhaTB
Posted:
Sun Feb 16, 2003 8:59 am
by 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.
Posted:
Tue Feb 18, 2003 7:52 pm
by 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.
Posted:
Thu Feb 20, 2003 6:19 am
by 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
Posted:
Thu Mar 06, 2003 3:50 pm
by BuddhaTB
Seems like AMD will be releasing a 400MHz FSB Barton CPU.
http://www.hardocp.com/image.html?image ... 8xX2wuZ2lm
Courtesy of [H]ardOCP