3-Way Shootout

**FreakyOCR** · December 31st, 2001, 08:11 PM

XP 1600+ $219
Duron 1.2 (Palomino) $149
T-Bird 1.4GHz $185

Well??

I have a 266 DDR FSB ....

I like the price of the duron 1.2 but will the lack of cache kill me in performance? (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, games, etc.)

What do you think??

**cadetstimp** · December 31st, 2001, 08:20 PM

Here's a comparison in Tom's hardware guide....it includes a price/performace chart that makes it easy to get the best bang for the buck...

http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q4/011031/index.html

**Daft_Ghosty** · December 31st, 2001, 08:23 PM

just my view.. I would go with the XP chip.. it will cost a little more.. but no need to cut yourself off at the knees by picking up the Duron b/c it's 50 bucks cheaper.. actually.. check out Newegg.. they are the 1600+ retail for 139 bucks

**Kuasimodem** · December 31st, 2001, 10:53 PM

I was looking at your prices and thinking "Wow, where do you shop?!?"

And then I saw where you are.

Those are pretty good prices for Canada, I would go with the XP1600+ personally.

**M1pilot** · January 1st, 2002, 07:19 PM

I'd go with the XP 1600+........it'll take better advantage of your DDR memory, and it should run cooler than the T-Bird too. Depending on your m/b, it'll o/c to 1800+ easily, and you'll have the SSE instruction set as well. Granted, it's harder to unlock than the T-Bird, but not impossible.........I followed Tom's unlocking guide, and it worked great!

-M1pilot