is amd xp 2600 + config obsolete
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Ethan_Hunt
Aspiring Novelist
yup they have become obsolete now and have been updated to Amd's newer and Low-end Cpu poccy named Amd Sempron series....these were are kinda intially based on the Amd Athlon Xp's thorton core and the lately intorduced Sempron 3000+ is based on Barton core and has 512KB of L2 cache....plus this series replaced the Amd Duron series sometime back....They are based on the 754 Pin architecture but dun posses the 64-Bit capability though 
.....so if u wanna sell it then better make it fast as the buyers will soon enough be forced to buy these series and the value for ur proccy will decrease 
.....so if u wanna sell it then better make it fast as the buyers will soon enough be forced to buy these series and the value for ur proccy will decrease This is an interesting question!!!!
When is a computer obsolete???
Immedeatley after a new model is launched?? Or after its no longer useful??
Depends on what you want to use it for ofcourse. If youre an ordfinary home user who plays a few games and uses office applications then this sytem is definetly not obsolete especially for say two years!!!!
Games like half life run fine on even ti4200's of course at lesser fps.
And i dont think you need to access big terabyte databases or edit several movies at a time!!!
there are two reasons to upgrade any cmoputer:
One is if you really cant do much with the PC and you need to upgrade. that would be if you have a pentium I class PC. Hell , even my old P2 runs all office applications very well and even lets me play a few of the older games!!! At the moment it works solely as amn internet gateway for my home.
The other is if you are an "enthusiast" and you really need to have the "latest and the greatest". then of course you need to upgrade!!!!!
allyndlima:
The amd sempron is not based on the thornton, but on the thoroughbred B core.
64 bit semprons are based on the paris core which is nothing but a newcastle core with the 64 bit removed:
*www20.tomshardware.com/cpu/20040728/sempron-05.html
If youre in the mood to upgrade then go ahead and sell it. But if you dont NEED to upgrade and are happy with the performance then dont sell it right now!!
Why???
Because the socket 754 athlon 64 is already on its way out. Soon AMD will only be selling socket 939 athlon 64 and socket940 opterons(for servers and workstations). These 939 chips are still very expensive in india if you can get them at all!!
So wait>
Use your pc while it still is useful and upgrade the graphics card only if you are having problems in games. This is becuase games are the only thing that will be difficult for your PC.
In another few months to an year socket 754 will probably be phased out except in india, where it will be the entry level model as companies will get rid of their old stocks in poor markets like india. .
Then an athlon 64 939 , processor will make sense.
Of course by that time dual cores will be out .
Then i guess your socket 939 athlon cpu ( not motherboard) will be outdated and you must sell it!!!!
When is a computer obsolete???
Immedeatley after a new model is launched?? Or after its no longer useful??
Depends on what you want to use it for ofcourse. If youre an ordfinary home user who plays a few games and uses office applications then this sytem is definetly not obsolete especially for say two years!!!!
Games like half life run fine on even ti4200's of course at lesser fps.
And i dont think you need to access big terabyte databases or edit several movies at a time!!!
there are two reasons to upgrade any cmoputer:
One is if you really cant do much with the PC and you need to upgrade. that would be if you have a pentium I class PC. Hell , even my old P2 runs all office applications very well and even lets me play a few of the older games!!! At the moment it works solely as amn internet gateway for my home.
The other is if you are an "enthusiast" and you really need to have the "latest and the greatest". then of course you need to upgrade!!!!!
allyndlima:
The amd sempron is not based on the thornton, but on the thoroughbred B core.
64 bit semprons are based on the paris core which is nothing but a newcastle core with the 64 bit removed:
*www20.tomshardware.com/cpu/20040728/sempron-05.html
If youre in the mood to upgrade then go ahead and sell it. But if you dont NEED to upgrade and are happy with the performance then dont sell it right now!!
Why???
Because the socket 754 athlon 64 is already on its way out. Soon AMD will only be selling socket 939 athlon 64 and socket940 opterons(for servers and workstations). These 939 chips are still very expensive in india if you can get them at all!!
So wait>
Use your pc while it still is useful and upgrade the graphics card only if you are having problems in games. This is becuase games are the only thing that will be difficult for your PC.
In another few months to an year socket 754 will probably be phased out except in india, where it will be the entry level model as companies will get rid of their old stocks in poor markets like india.
.Then an athlon 64 939 , processor will make sense.
Of course by that time dual cores will be out .
Then i guess your socket 939 athlon cpu ( not motherboard) will be outdated and you must sell it!!!!
thks oldmonk....for the advice......also i bought it in dec........................becoz of some weird prob...i thght of this(but no money dude for another new one)................................
also this proce works gr8.................i jus asked it becoz a dealer on the site mentioned above has stopped selling it....so thght may b some prob with procc so they taking it out frm market.........
also this proce works gr8.................i jus asked it becoz a dealer on the site mentioned above has stopped selling it....so thght may b some prob with procc so they taking it out frm market.........
Ethan_Hunt
Aspiring Novelist
ahhhh....yes of course the Thoroughbred revised "B" verion.....the thorton was a variant of barton core i guess with half of the L2 cache disabled
Btw yes it does suck and now the point of upgrade depends on wheter or not u have the desparate need for it.....since as oldmonk said the A64's Socket-754 proccy's are already in the market.....still priced substantially lower than the S-939's but as time expands it will definetly demand a fx proccy....and then time shall definetly demad an upgarde....so in the mean time hang on to ur Xp proccy which am doin as well
Btw yes it does suck and now the point of upgrade depends on wheter or not u have the desparate need for it.....since as oldmonk said the A64's Socket-754 proccy's are already in the market.....still priced substantially lower than the S-939's but as time expands it will definetly demand a fx proccy....and then time shall definetly demad an upgarde....so in the mean time hang on to ur Xp proccy
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