Hello Stefan,

Sunday, April 21, 2002, 4:40:21 PM, you wrote:

SS> Hi again...  I just aquired a new mobo and I am debating what would be the
SS> best course of action...

SS> I currently am running a Classic Slot A Athlon 700 on a FIC SD11 -- (I
SS> personally hate this board with a passion, but that could be the subject
SS> for at least five other threads ;-).  I am running with two sticks of
SS> PC133 Mircon SDRAM.  Video is an old Voodoo3 2000 AGP.

SS> I just acquired an EC K7S5A and a Duron 750.  If I threw my hardware onto
SS> that board (it supports DDR and SDRAM,) how will my performance differ?

SS> I guess really, what is the difference between the socket Duron and slot
SS> Athlon?  Wasn't the Duron based on the Athlon core?  Reduced cache?

SS> (I run Redhat Linux 7.2, and if for some twisted reason I need it, Windows
SS> 2000 Pro)

SS> Thanks for any input!

SS> Stefan Schull

In the case when your Athlon has the Thunderbord core then the
difference will be the same as in the case of Pentium III and Celeron
Coppermine. On the simple applications you couldn't see it. However in
the Slot A case you couldn't be able to upgraid it, but in the Case of
Socket A this would be due to the mobo. Some mobo can use the Durons
only, but another Athlon and Duron.


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Best regards,
 Yakymakha

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