Advantages: Cheap, Fast, Definitely a good buy.
Disadvantages: Runs very hot and needs compatible motherboard and power supply

...AMD have certainly turned themselves around in recent times and now represent a viable option to Intel processors. Traditionally AMD have been strong in the "value"/budget segment of the market. The AMD Athlon is a processor that challenges Intel higher up the food chain. Advantages AMD Athlons are faster than Intel processors when comparing Mhz to Mhz. AMD Athlons are cheaper than Intel processors Mhz for Mhz. Possible pitfalls... AMD processors require motherboards with "Socket A". These are different to motherboards that support Intel processors and tend to be slightly more expensive. It is highly recommended that you use an AMD approved power supply with your AMD processor. If you don't you are liable to suffer from unexplainable crashes. This is because AMD processors run much hotter than Intel processors. It is very easy... Read review

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Advantages: cutting edge speed for bargain price
Disadvantages: non

...the amd duron is an excellent choice for anyone thinking of upgrading it has cutting edge speed at budget prices and beats intels celeron and celeron flipchip with ease it is an excellent processor for gamers as i got a score of 5,333 in 3dmark 2000 i found this cpu to be very stable and worked well with all hardware i tried with it which most processor can definetly not do like the celeron crashes with a lot of glide games. so if you want give the amd duron a try it definetly gives celeron a run for its money.... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, reliable and cheaper than intel
Disadvantages: None that come to mind

...Athlon Vs. Intel An opinion from an insider: I have been very impressed with AMD ever since the launch of their K6 series chips. They have always offered excellent chips at affordable prices, but have never had the same prestige as Intel. However with their new range of Athlon chips i truly believe we could see a change of fortunes, with intel being on the back foot. Their Athlon chips are truly remarkable and offer excellent speed and reliability at a price significantly lower then intel's equivalent, usually around about £30 - £40 per chip cheaper. I know run both my office and home PC's on the AMD K6-2 and Athlon series chips and would recommend them to anybody.... Read review

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...I had an old computer with a pentium inside, however I replaced it with a amd k6, which is 475. I also have a DVD drive and find that the amd struggles sometimes especially when you are using this or when you try to run faster games.I was also shown the difference and the size of a pentium to amd is unbelievable!!, it looks so cheap and nasty and very fragile!! However under normal operating it performs well, pretty well.The good thing really is that you can get the speed and performance of an expensive processor at a cheaper price.Overall I will say yes its good but really if you can afford to get a pentium.... Read review

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Advantages: Duron is good for value.
Disadvantages: It has none.

...The AMD Duron initailly set for competition against the Intel Celeron offering the same level of performance offered at a similar price. But wait, this was what AMD set out to do with the Duron. In fact, the Duron is a duplicate of the AMD Thunderbird if you ask me. The Duron comes with 64KB of L2 cache you may think this isn't going to be enough compared with the 128KB on the Celeron. Well for those that think that, you are all wrong...in fact the Duron has more cache altogether compared with the Celeron. The Celeron has 32KB L1 cache but the Duron has a meaty 128KB on it's L1 cache. So who is better then??? AMD DURON!!! Many people may think that the Celeron is the better performer, but tests has proven that the AMD Duron is much much better than a Celeron. t the end of the day if you thinking about upgrading, my advice to you would... Read review

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Advantages: he is very fast
Disadvantages: there arn't thinks

...The AMD Duron initailly set for competition against the Intel Celeron offering the same level of performance offered at a similar price. But wait, this was what AMD set out to do with the Duron. In fact, the Duron is a duplicate of the AMD Thunderbird if you ask me. The Duron comes with 64KB of L2 cache you may think this isn't going to be enough compared with the 128KB on the Celeron. Well for those that think that, you are all wrong...in fact the Duron has more cache altogether compared with the Celeron. The Celeron has 32KB L1 cache but the Duron has a meaty 128KB on it's L1 cache. So who is better then??? AMD DURON!!! Many people may think that the Celeron is the better performer, but tests has proven that the AMD Duron is much much better than a Celeron. t the end of the day if you thinking about upgrading, my advice to you would... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, reliable and value for money
Disadvantages: None so far

...I recently upgraded from a Cyrix MII 366 to the AMD K2 500. The first noticeable change I found was that I was no longer getting the Windows general protection faults that seemed to be occurring on a daily basis with the Cyrix processor. The second major change I noticed was the change in quality of the graphics and sound which is most probably down to the 3D technology incorporated into the AMD processor. With the Cyrix I was still getting jumpy graphics and sound on some of the old games even though the specifications for the game where well above what was recommended but that all stopped after installing the AMD processor. I did a benchmark test with the Cyrix processor installed and the CPU was running at 250Mhz, very disappointing as I was expecting at least 350Mhz from a 366Mhz processor. I did the same benchmark test with the AMD... Read review

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Advantages: Low prices
Disadvantages: -

...Processor speeds have accelerated at their greatest rates over the last twelve months, with AMD hitting the 1 Gigahertz mark first, but Intel hitting the 2 Gigahertz ahead. Poor old Cyrix (now owned by Via Technologies) were left far, far behind. In terms of market, Cyrix are aiming at the ultra low end and embedded systems, leaving AMD and Intel to fight out the desktop and server market. AMD can claim to have captured a large percentage of the desktop market especially at the budget end and mid-range, while Intel seem to be left with the top end and the server market. Unfortunately for AMD, Intel hit the 'magic' 2 Gigahertz first, while AMD could 'only' manage 1.6Ghz, which prompted AMD to re-name their processors and bring back the infamous PR (Performance Rating), something which Cyrix first introduced some years back... Read review

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Advantages: A worthy cheaper rival to Pentium 4
Disadvantages: The AMD heatsink and fan is not good enough, and hard to attach to the motherboard

...The AMD XP3200+ is currently AMDs only processor capable of running on 400Mhz FSB motherboards without the need for overclocking, the processor is a socket A and you will need a compatible motherboard . Processors running on higher FSB (front side bus) speeds tend to get a better response when processing information, this is a big plus to consider when looking to upgrade to a AMD XP3200+ processor for your computer system. On most of todays socket A motherboards you will see that the processor frequency can be set at three different levels 133 for running 266mhz processors, 166 for running 333mhz processors and 200 for 400mhz processors, this is a must have piece of information that you will need to know especially when looking to purchase a processor, this is usually contained in your motherboards manual or at their official website... Read review

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Advantages: Easy installation, Cheaper than PIII
Disadvantages: Runs hot without specific Athlon Heatsink/Fan

...Upon discovering that my machine from Time (a-hem!) could not be upgraded from an AMD K6-2 366 I was forced to upgrade big time. This was to be the first time I built a system from the ground up. My budget was £400, which had to include tower, motherboard, processor, graphics card and more memory. My first choice of processor was an AMD one because of their reputation for being cheaper and sometimes more reliable than their Intel rivals. I decided to go for the AMD Athlon 750, quite a big step up from my 366! Installation of the Athlon processor is very easy, but a dedicated Athlon heatsink/fan is a must as the Athlon run's like an oven without one. I got a CoolerMaster heatsink/fan, one of the best on the market. The heatsink/fan simply clips onto the slots on the Athlon chip, then the heatsink/fan/CPU simply slide into the Athlon... Read review

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