200 or 266mhz athlon?

[rockybrown]

hi- i am upgrading from a duron 800 to an athlon 1.o and am wondering what's the difference between the 200 vs. the 266mhz? i think my mobo will accomodate either chip. can i expect to see a big difference with this upgrade?

thanks and have a happy thanksgiving

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

Welcome to Anandtech rockyb!

The difference to your CPU is not so great. You can run it at 10X100 for 1Ghz or 7.5X133 for 1Ghz. Either way your CPU runs at 1Ghz. The difference to system performance is great however. Your system will be faster overall using a 133Mhz bus compared to a 100Mhz bus. The RAM will be able to feed the CPU faster, and that will lead to a noticeable difference.

Happy Thanksgiving to you!