A question on AMD durability & Stability

[Game-Hacker]

I have one old computer that I did not use anymore for more than 2 years. I decided to give it to my 11-year old nephew.

The spec:

ECS K7S5A
AMD Duron 1 GHZ
Riva TNT 32MB
128 + 64MB SDRAM VISIPRO 8ic
20 GB Seagate RPM 5200
Sound on Board
Sony CD-Rom
Floopy
Using WinME

Now, when I used to use that computer, it ran ok but now, It seemed to be slower than before. My question is: Is it true that AMD processor stability and durability decrease after certain year?

I also use the following computer in my office:

AMD Sempron 2.8
ECS KT-600A
Geforce FX 5200 128 DDRRAM
2X 512 DDRRAM Visipro 81c
Seagate Baracudda 80GB SATA
Sound on Board
Samsung DVD Combo
Samsung Floopy
Using WinXP SP 2 professional edition

I notice the first six months, that computer ran pretty fast but now it still run fast but not as fast as before. So does time has effect on AMD in Stability and durability?

I need feedback as I am going to buy a new notebook and still confuse to choose between Prescott or AMD Opetron.

[Luci]

well i use AMD all my life never had intel CPU.i am very happy.the only thing you gotta worry is about the CPU temperature.with a good cooler you'll be good.maybe you installed many programs on your pc etc????

no i don't think amd has a timelife!!!

[Game-Hacker]

When I bought the computer for my office need, I also bought Pentium 4 3.GHZ (hyperthread) for my home computing exactly in the same date. This pentium 4 has all the same spec as the Sempron CPU and uses also ECS motherboard but different type of course.

Now, I did not see any significant decrease in speed while using my Pentium 4 CPU in my home but did see a little decrease in speed when using the Sempron CPU in my office.

The difference in speed processing in the old computer (Duron) is clearly experience by me. I re-formated the CPU and only installed WinME with my old favourite games STRONGHOLD CRUSADER and DIABLO II:LOD but when I started the game, I really found it turned 50% longer than used to be.

About the heat or others, I have no problem as all my computers are all in air-conditioned room.

[Luci]

pentium and sempron is not the same at all!!!!sempron might be 3.2 but it's a lot slower at speed

[Game-Hacker]

Originally Posted by Luci

pentium and sempron is not the same at all!!!!sempron might be 3.2 but it's a lot slower at speed

I know about that. What I meant is, let say for instance:

When I wanna play a game and clicked the icon, it used to go to the main menu, let`s say 5 seconds now after six month, it took 7 seconds. That happened to the Sempron CPU but not the Pentium CPU.

[Luci]

maybe you hae installed many programs or maybe you didn't uninstall properly programs and the registry has some useless stuff.try cleaning your registry with a program.