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DivX wrote:thanks for the quick replys. what about the SK43G? how good is that compared to the 45G2? is it a big enough difference so that the risk with buying a refurb is worth it? (apart from the price diff between the refurb and the 43)
I'm pretty sure those aren't affected much by cache size, so I'd say save the $15 bucks and go with the Athlon XP 1700+ and overclock it.
Im pretty sure the gaming performance increase for getting a 2500+ Barton over a 1700+ is significant (+ a faster fsb??!)
Yahoolian wrote:Additional cache has a small impact on gaming, once you have enough of it.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1783&p=12
AXP 2700+ (256MB cache) vs Athlon XP Barton 3000+( 512MB cache, same clock speed )