Messages in this thread | | | From | Alistair John Strachan <> | Subject | Re: AMD AM2 Sempron vs. Athlon - Confused | Date | Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:14:39 +0100 |
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On Thursday 29 June 2006 18:30, Marc Perkel wrote: > I'm confused and I thought if anyone would know it would be people here. > > So - in the AM2 world, what's the difference between Sempron and Athlon > processors?
That I'm aware of, Semprons have smaller L2 caches. You want an Athlon.
> I look at the specs and they look really similar. Pricing is > even weirder with lower spec Semprons costing more than higher spec > Athlons?
I've not seen this, but my understanding is that AMD's PR numbering scheme can't be used to compare between processor lines. i.e., a Sempron 3000+ is not faster than an Athlon 2800+..
> And - can Linux kernels run on these new processors and motherboards or > is this just too new to mess with?
Should just work. I've seen Linux booted on an AM2 board, but I don't currently own one.
-- Cheers, Alistair.
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