[olug] Sempron or Athlon?

[Neal Rauhauser]

Basically, Sempron vs Athlon = Celeron vs P4.

>Athlons - when used in the Socket 939 form factor - supports a faster
>HyperTransport bus, dual channel memory, larger L2 cache, optional
>dual-core.
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>Depending on the exact Sempron CPU, they can be Socket A (derived from
>the old 32-bit Athlon core) or Socket 754.  There is no guarantee that
>your chosen Socket 754 Sempron will support 64-bit.
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   My chosen Sempron is a socket 754 and definitely a 64 bit chip.

>There are also differences in the motherboard - Socket 939 motherboards
>support the previously-mentioned dual-channel memory, and sport more
>advanced chipsets that support things like SATA II and PCI Express.
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  Does this dual channel memory thing require the same size modules in 
the DIMM slots to function?

>Neal Rauhauser wrote:
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>>  I'm considering replacing my Athlon 2000 desktop with a 64 bit system, 
>>but I don't know if I'm going to do a Sempron or an Athlon. Can anyone 
>>comment on the performance difference between the two processor types?
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