AMD Barton 2500 ? ->

[Network67]

Would there be any advantages in buying an AMD 2600 Barton over a 2500 Barton ?

[teengeek88]

the 2600+ just has a slightly higher clock speed, which matters if your not overclocking i suppose

[GameManK]

my 2600+ only overclocks ~150mhz (~2050mhz), but it seems a lot of people have gotten the 2500+ to work at 200fsb, (2200mhz), so i regret having spent the extra $10 for the 2600.
maybe i got unlucky, and probably you have to get quite lucky to get the 2500 to work that fast, but most likely if you overclock, the 2500+ can be at least as fast as the 2600.

if you don't overclock, the 2600+ of course is faster, though not by much

[elroy]

The majority of 2500+ chips will run at 3200+ speeds. You'll need an nForce 2 board that runs 400FSB. Then you install the cpu and set the bus speed at 200 instead of the spec speed of 166.

[Benssax]

My 2600 barton is at 213 fsb or 2.34ghz..

[GameManK]

My 2600 barton is at 213 fsb or 2.34ghz..

my guess is you have water cooling?

[someone16]

2.34 sounds about right for bartons, you may need water cooling if @ 2.5+

[Wishmaster]

my 2500 wont do anything at 200fsb, well anything being anything intensive.

Crash with a pagefile error.

[RamonGTP]

Get a mobile... Mine does 2.3GHz at 1.6volts. I can get it to 2.4 with 1.7 and 2.5 with 1.85 but its almost summertime and its getting quite hot so i'm settling for 2.3@1.6 which is faster than a 3200+ and runs a heck of a lot cooler.

[Benssax]

Originally posted by GameManK


my guess is you have water cooling?

SLK900a with 45cfm 80mm fan.