@ssk429
ur clawhammer will give EXACTLY THE SAME PERFORMANCE AS ANY OTHER 3500+, BE IT ANY CORE
now i said that the worst u can get because a 3500+ is on a 130nm process and requires more power, thereby more heat, ur clawhammer will not have that much overclocking ability as a venice core, ur clawhammer will not support SSE3 instruction set... that´s all there is to it...
but u have to understand that when AMD sells u a 3500+ it sells u a processor matching that performance... as long as the tems are within limit, it has not promised u a processor cooler than this or that, it has not sold u a processor with so-so overclocking ability, so basically ut vendor has not CHEATED u unless he told u it was a venice.......
anyhow if u dont plan on overclocking, this will not make a bit of difference..... it might not be as cool as a venice would have been, but then, it will work very very well at whatever temperature it will unless u are unlucky and got a defected clawhammer........
@eddie
there is one thing i agree to.. most people purchasing an AMD are more aware and so get AMD.... (i said most, so all the intel users there dont jump on me.... )
but i do not agree that AMD should write the cores on the BOX, INTEL do have to write the cores because they do make a performance difference, and they will even have to maintain a price difference...... otherwise it will be cheating on their part..
BUT when AMD sells a processor marked Athlon XXXX+ it gives that performance no matter what core or socket it is, now if the venice core overclocks better, AMD never promised the customer that... it said XXXX+ performance and that it is..!!!!!!!
anyhow let´s try and not get into an arguement, who cares what you get as long as the competition is healthy and we get good processors at good prices....
