what is the difference between 1700 & 3000 cpus if they were like this

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i have a
1700 128 cache cpu

would the change become tooo deffirent when I buy a 3000 CPU with double cahce 1024 ¿

i want a reply fastly if possiple …

3DGURU

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I take it you are talking about AMD cpu here. If so, there is a big improvement in performance. Remember that you propably won’t get the old 32bit cpu’s anymore, so a new 64bit would need a new mobo.

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so a new 64bit would need a new mobo.

thanks
is the difference between 64 and 32 is too much ¿

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No not really. In theory it is of course. Big propaganda from AMD side.

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The only difference really is that 64bit is better suited for multi-tasking. However, you can’t fit an AMD 64bit cpu in the same motherboard as your old 1700. I’d say go for the new chip, you will propably find that you would only need a new motherboard, which is not too expensive.

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thankx
have a

1700 128 cache cpu

would the change become tooo deffirent when I buy a 3000 CPU with double cahce 1024 ¿

i need an answer for that …

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In short, the 3000 would outperform the 1700. It has both higher clockspeed and more cache. Cache is good for Blender.

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whats chache anyway?

and fsb

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yes i have been wondering the same thing:confused: , please respond :smiley:

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Cache is memory on the CPU used so that it doesn’t have to hit the RAM for every operation.

FSB = Front Side Bus. It carries the information between the CPU and the rest of the system (i think?)

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Isn’t a Meg a cache really good?

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to quote a maximum pc editor:

for a cpu to fetch something from its l1 cache is like walking next door. to fetch something from the l2 cache is like walking down the street, and to fetch something from the main ram is like going from la to new york (or other far distance i dont know how far those are in the us.)

the more l2 cache it has, the more instructions it can store. 1mb of cache is good for an amd proc.

going from a 1700 to a 3000+ would be an almost double increase in preformance.

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Processors are very complicated little objects. All these aspects, like cache, clockspedd, fsb, etc. work together to give you performance. An example would be to compare an AMD3000 Sempron with an AMD3000 AthlonXP. Both the same clockspeed, but the Sempron (much cheaper) has got a whole lot less cache. I have built a pc for my son with a Sempron 3400 cpu, while I’ve got an AthlonXP 3000 desktop and laptop (mobile version of the same chip) and another desktop with a 2800 AthlonXP. During light operations the Sempron is pretty much the same as the others, but under load (ie, 3d apps), the Sempron is much slower.
Having said all that, I don’t think you can still get any 32 bit AthlonXP chips. I think they are all 64bit now, and that means that they do not fit in the same old motherboard as the 32bit chips. The 32bit chips used the “socket A” while the 64bit Athlon chips fit in a “socket 939” and the Semprons in a “socket 754”. So, upgrading from an old 1700 cpu is not so straight froward as just replacing the chip.

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^
Socket A should still be available at plenty of stores, they’d just be really cheap.

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to quote a maximum pc editor:

for a cpu to fetch something from its l1 cache is like walking next door. to fetch something from the l2 cache is like walking down the street, and to fetch something from the main ram is like going from la to new york (or other far distance i dont know how far those are in the us.)

the more l2 cache it has, the more instructions it can store. 1mb of cache is good for an amd proc.

going from a 1700 to a 3000+ would be an almost double increase in preformance.

thanks , and thanks all …

3DGURU