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3700 SD vs 3800 Venice

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Can anyone tell me why a san diego core over a venice core is a no brainer even at a 200ghz defecit?

I am building a new machine and in my experience on board memory(cache) is king.. even if it is only 512k. That is less time my CPU has to access system memory and can get its data directly from the on board cache. Am I missing something with the onboard memory controler on the 64's?

I have chosen the SD 3700 at $335.00 over the Venice 3800 at $373.99(at the egg). Am I making a mistake or is the Venice just priced high because it's new?

School me pls..
 
Good choice. If you REALLY want that extra 200mhz it's a piece of cake to get it from the processor you bought.
 
both san diego and venice are about the same age. ;)

the benefit really comes in when you go to overclock. both cores seem to top out around the same speed, and the 3700+ will have a notable advantage, being cheaper and 2x the L2 cache :D
 
Well all the new Athlon 64 FX cpu's are San Diego core, that tells you something right there. The added cache should remove any frequency deficit and they supposedly overclock the same.
 
yeh, the SD would be my choice as well. From what I've seen, the 1mb processors are more powerful even when clocked 200mhz, in most cases
 
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