The Duron has 64K of L2 cache instead of 256K. Same 128K L1 cache. All
Durons are made at the aluminum-interconnect Austin fab, whereas most (but
not all) Athlons are made at the copper-interconnect Dresden, Germany fab.
The new Morgan-core Durons will be made in Dresden too.
Anyhow, sub-GHz Athlons haven't been made in months, they're still in stores
because most people want the high-end Athlons. The store is probably out of
the slow Athlons. Returning it for a 1.2GHz/266MHz FSB Athlon, given the
first-rate motherboard you have (and PC133 RAM?), makes a *lot* of sense,
but it's your call.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Linux Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Washtenaw Co. LUG"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 11:24 AM
Subject: [WLUG] AMD Duron 850 Vs AMD T-Bird 850
> What's the difference between the DURON and the T-BIRD.
>
> Both are 850 MHz, both are of course AMD. I went to buy a AMD
> T-BIRD 850, but ended up getting a AMD DURON 850. I called back
> to the place asking if I could actually swap the two CPUs and get
> the one I wanted and thought I was getting.
>
> I was charged for the DURON. The T-BIRD is only $25 more then the
> DURON I got. Upon calling into the store, the guy who answered
> pretty much went and tried to sell me on a faster more powerful CPU.
>
> Now this machine is the first machine that I've had a AMD chip in.
> I've always had Intel, and I know a lot about them. AMD on the other
> hand is a different story. I know very little about them other then
> they are powerful and are considerably less expensive then the Intel
> chips of comparable power.
>
> So what's the difference between the DURON and the T-BIRD. Should I
> go in there and bump heads to get my T-BIRD 850? Or just live with
> the DURON?
>
> The machine previous to this one was a PII 400. The machine doesn't
> seem much faster, except accessing those drives on that Promise
> control is faster then my other motherboard.
>
> I figured somebody on the lists would know and could fill me in! Any
> help is always appreciated! Thanks!
> tdh
