Need help deceiding Which Athlon 64 processerto get!

[Grant_H]

Just what the topic say's
Also what's the difference in the Newcastle and Clawhammer

[bazooka]

http://forums.amd.com/index.php?s=37fe4bece4f1c0300bbeb2c892d4f1fd&showtopic=25998&st=0&#

Click on this link and you will find out the difference.

I believe the newest athlon 64 is the 3000+

[Grant_H]

Wouldn't this one be better than a 3000+

AMD Athlon 64 3400+ Clawhammer Processor
2.2GHz, 1MB, 800MHz FSB, Socket 754

Or this one, but it has less cache than the Clawhammer

AMD Athlon 64 3400+ Newcastle Processor
2.4GHz, 512kB, 1600MHz HTT, Socket 754

[bazooka]

From my understanding, the clawhammer became the Opteron processor which is usually used in servers and is way more expensive.

The athlon643000+ is basically an fx chip that has been dumbed down a little.

The major difference is price

Check out this link
http://techreport.com/reviews/2004q1/athlon64-3000/index.x?pg=1

[glockjs]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1087917&CatId=1619

[Grant_H]

the prices I came across were not that bad

3000+ $160

3400+ newcastle $233

3400+ clawhammer $238

[zzyzzx]

About how fast of a processor do you need to do video capture anyway?

[Capmaster]

About how fast of a processor do you need to do video capture anyway?

Many capture cards say 450 MHz P3 minimum

[shelbyGT]

I had a 650 MHz P3 ... and now I have an AMD 3000+ ... need I say more?