[TBW]Nexus schrijft: "Alweer een AMD Duron review. Deze keer wordt bij AMD Zone de 700MHz variant met behulp van een aantal benchmarkjes (waaronder RC5!) getest. Ze zijn er zeer over te spreken:"
The Duron has a lot to like. It is inexpensive as well as a good performer. It has to have the best $/performance ratio than any other processor out there. It will be easy to make a low cost and powerful system that is almost on par with the classic Athlon systems in performance, but much less expensive.
The Duron also consumes a good deal less power than the Thunderbird or classic Athlon. That may not seem important, but the less power consumed means less heat is given off and allows for more power for the other system components. Overall it is much less of a strain on the power supply and your heatsink.
Negatives: At this point the biggest possible negative is overclocking. There is still not a clear cut solution as far as changing the clock multiplier and it is unknown as to whether slotkets will be sucessful. Other than that motherboard availability is the only other thorn in the Durons side, and one that will be remedied shortly according to board companies I have talked to.