AMD CPU differences??

[DemiSheep]

Newcastle? What the heck is Newcastle? A cheaper version of the Athlon 64?

AMD Part#ada3200axbox - Athlon64 3200+ BOX Newcastle 2.2Ghz 512K Cache

AMD Part#ADA3200BOX - Athlon64 3200+ BOX 2Ghz 1Meg Cache

AMD Part#amdada3400box - Athlon64 3400+ BOX (Newcastle????)

Anyone know anything about these?

 

[someone16]

512K Cache
1Meg Cache

You kinda answered your own question. =)

 

[PlatinumGold]

intel doesn't?? the 2.7 celeron vs the 2.2 p4. hmmm. the 1.6 Pentium M chip vs the 2.7 celeron. confusing yet?

 

[GfW]

And just wait until Intel changes their naming system ... you won't have any idea of what you have.

 

[DemiSheep]

Im totally confused... I can't find these parts on AMD's web site.

Does anyone have a list of the Processors and their specs?

I dont want to buy a CPU and end up not getting what I really want.

I want a CPU with 1Meg of cache not 512K.

Some sites have part # ada3200axbox as 1mg and others have it as 512k... Are people buying these CPus and ending up with parts they dont want? Do they even know they dont have what the think they have?

Just a breif search....... (Both the same part #)

Look: http://www.outpost.com/product/4035562 (512k)
Look: http://www.wiredzone.com/xq/asp/ic.30483113/qx/itemdesc.htm (1meg)

can anyone shed some light on this subject?

 

[DemiSheep]

No ideas??

 

[Algere]

Notice that the CPU's w/ 512K cache has a 200MHz advantage over the CPU's w/ 1 MB to "offset" the changes between cache size.

P.S. Reason your seeing 2 cache sizes for the same Performance Rating model is because AMD sez 1 MB of cache costs more to make than 512K of cache and that it would be easier to add 200MHz instead of extra cache.

 

[GfW]

Look at this article

http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1947