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SeeKified

SeeKified

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Out of interest, how much have AMD's CPUs improved architecturally since my last upgrade in 2006? :)

Basically, I'm on a S939 San Diego core, an Athlon 64 3700+. How much faster would an Athlon II 250 be per core? Obviously having a second core would make a huge difference in many applications, but other than a shrunken die and the addition of a few instruction sets (new SSE and such), what else has been improved?
 
Increased cache and better bandwidth are the main improvements. As for a direct speed comparison, I have had both the athlon X2 and a Thuban X6, but not the athlon II 250 although I have built systems with it. I would expect a small noticeable improvement up to about 20% everything else being equal (clock speed, memory etc.)

andy.
 
nkata said:
Increased cache and better bandwidth are the main improvements. As for a direct speed comparison, I have had both the athlon X2 and a Thuban X6, but not the athlon II 250 although I have built systems with it. I would expect a small noticeable improvement up to about 20% everything else being equal (clock speed, memory etc.)

andy.
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Alright, that sounds reasonable. Seeing as RAM bandwidth has increased quite a bit as well compared to PC-3200 DDR, that should make for some nice improvements. It's just so I know what to expect, I'm making a cheap upgrade now and then getting some proper stuff when Zambezi rolls around the corner.
 
SeeKified said:
Alright, that sounds reasonable. Seeing as RAM bandwidth has increased quite a bit as well compared to PC-3200 DDR, that should make for some nice improvements. It's just so I know what to expect, I'm making a cheap upgrade now and then getting some proper stuff when Zambezi rolls around the corner.
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yes, if your going from DDR to DDR3 and a later AM3 mobo, even a cheap one, it will run noticeably better.
 
I did not read your first post exactly, I did have that exact CPU, single core 3700+ (939)before my athlon X2 3800+ (939). You will benefit from the second core in most applications nowadays..

andy.
 
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