Asetek VapoChill Micro Xtreme Performance

Advantages: great performance/price ratio
Disadvantages: slow cache at 0.4x for 800 megahertz

...Last march, when I was shopping for a new computer chip to replace my worn pentium 200, the favored chips seemed to be firmly on Intel's side. The pentium II's and celerons, while costing slightly more than the AMD k6 II's, boasted significantly higher floating point performance (needed for computer games like quake 3 and scientific/professional applications). Even though the AMD K6 II's offered greater integer performance (spreadsheets and word processors), I had to go with a celeron as it offered a greater price/performance ratio. How times have changed. With the release of the Athlon in the middle of 1999, AMD has finally turned the tables on Intel. Here is why: Strengths: Clock Speed The AMD Athlon, with its basic architecture similar to the Alpha (a powerful and expensive CPU used mostly for servers), is scalable to very... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, Well-priced, Stable
Disadvantages: none

..., for greater performance). MSI also include a utility called ‘Live Update’ which helpfully scans your computer for all MSI-related software/drivers etc – and updates them. Connectors ***************** The board has the standard analogue connection for a monitor, as well as a DVI connector for flat TFT screens, etc. An S-Video connection also provides Video-In or Out functionality. All necessary adapters are included. Installation ***************** Installation was easy. I will not go into how to install/remove a graphics card here in depth, as it depends on your system and there is an installation guide included. Like almost all new graphics cards, you will need an AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot. In simplest terms, I uninstalled my existing graphics drivers, switched the PC off, installed the new card, switched on... Read review

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Advantages: Just so much cheaper than Intel Pentiums
Disadvantages: Slighty confusing chip names.

...that it is infact a 1.80 Ghz ( 1800 mhz ) processor. Now for the tech info: The AMD Athlon XP 2200+ processor has a performance-enhancing cache memory feature of 64K instruction and 64K data cache for a total of 128K L1 cache. 256K of integrated, on-chip L2 cache for a total of 384K full-speed, on-chip cache. It's Socket A infrastructure designs are based on high-performance platforms and are supported by a full line of optimized infrastructure solutions (chipsets, motherboards, BIOS). Available in Pin Grid Array (PGA) for mounting in a socketed infrastructure Electrical interface compatible with 266MHz AMD Athlon XP system buses, based on Alpha EV6 bus protocol Die size: approximately 37.5 million transistors on 80mm2. Manufactured using AMD's state-of-the-art 0.13-micron copper process technology. And if that isn't enough technobabble for you... Read review

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