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Answer» Hi all....I purchased a Genius MousePen Tablet for drawing on the computer. The requirements include a PENTIUM 166 processor or faster. I have an AMD Sempron 3100+, with 256kb L2 cache. Is this equivalent? Do you think the MousePen Tablet will work with my system? ThanksYour AMD Sempron 3100+ is much faster than a pentium 166 processor. So, it should run just fine.Thank you so much for your response. I have been trying to figure it out for a week or so! I think that my AMD Sempron is the least (productive?) because it was on the cheaper side. I was not sure what the real difference is between pentium and sempron. THANKS!!!!!A comparison of different types of processors is a rather technical AREA. But, there's really no need to get into such details for your situation. The reason is that the minimum requirement of a pentium 166 indicates a Penium running at 166MHz clock speed, or processor speed, which is far slower that the 1.8GHz (this equals 1,800MHz) Sempron 3100+. The 166MHz speed rating indicates an early Pentium (equals Pentium I), which preceeded Pentium II, Pentium III, and Pentium IV processors. In other words, a pentium 166 is a very old processor, while the Sempron 3100+ came onto the market much later, and EVEN the first Sempron processors were much faster than that 166MHz Pentium.I read that the ADM Sempron 3100+ are the "weakest" processors. I did buy my computer new but it was about $400. It is missing a 64 BIT something that the later Sempron's have...do you think that might effect the Tablet working? Do you think the Tablet program will run slowly? Your AMD Sempron 3100+ is much faster than a pentium 166 processor. So, it should run just fine.Let me re-phrase that a little. It WILL run fine. Believe me, comparing the Pentium 166 to a Sempron 3100 is like comparing a horse-carriage to a space rocket. There should be no problems And an AMD 3100 is far from being a "WEAK" processer unless you would be comparing it to the latest and greatest...you should get many years of servicable use out of that CPU. |
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