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AMD Athlon64 3800+ Venice Review
(12 Comments) »Summary
Venice shows not much of a performance gain in all benchmarks. Who already has a Winchester can keep it and wait till prices drop. At the moment, there are almost no applications or games which really use SSE3. Compared to the Pentium4 the Athlon64 is strong and shows the known picture - faster in games, weaker in office applications.Conclusion
- The processor is sold for $360 to $400 which is a pretty big premium, compared to the smaller models (3000+, 3200+).
- Overclockability
- Performance
- SSE3
- Price
- Heat transfer between CPU and cooler (Heatspreader)
- Memory Controller not improved
The AMD Athlon64 3800+ with Venice core is geared towards performance hungry people, mostly gamers, which have the money. Overclockers will love the Venice. SSE3 makes a small difference, but the difference is so small, that upgrading from Wincehster to Venice is not worth it at the moment. People who are looking into getting a new Socket939 CPU should definitely consider the Venice.
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