AMD 64... Newcastle or Clawhammer

Chump · Oct 14, 2004, 06:50 PM

I was wondering which of the two cores would be the better to pursue... in terms of money for performance. Newcastle vs Clawhammer.

Vampyromaniac · Oct 14, 2004, 08:42 PM

Newcastle is the newer core of those two, with an improved memory controller.

Chump · Oct 14, 2004, 08:46 PM

Alright thanks.

Any suggestions for type of motherboard? I've been looking into the K8T800 and the nforce3.

Vampyromaniac · Oct 14, 2004, 09:15 PM

I think the majority of people are in favor of nForce3.
though I have a plain K8T800 and it's fine for my needs (and I'm not much of an overclocker)

Chump · Oct 14, 2004, 09:43 PM

Okay well I was planning on getting a Winchester and I found out that K8T is the only way to go... Thanks for the feedback!

Powercolour · Oct 16, 2004, 02:50 PM

i think clawhammer is better since it is used by the operton........, and i think i saw a benchmark of it beating a newcastle

trusman · Oct 30, 2004, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Powercolour

i think clawhammer is better since it is used by the operton........, and i think i saw a benchmark of it beating a newcastle

You're correct the Clawhammer is better,and is the one that's going to the 90nano SOI process from 130 nano..I have an Athlon XP 3700 1mb l2 cache running stock right,I have ran it to 2.65 gig on a cold night..