Author: Ed Panek
Date: 09:05:17 10/18/02
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On October 18, 2002 at 11:09:07, Brian Katz wrote:
>On October 18, 2002 at 08:36:42, Ed Panek wrote:
>
>>On October 18, 2002 at 00:57:39, Brian Katz wrote:
>>
>>>AMD has released the 2.0 Gig 2400+.
>>>Hewlett Packard now has it on the market.
>>>Would it be wise to wait for the Sledgehammer to come out?
>>>Would waiting for the 64 bit technology be the better move to make?
>>>Also, are the Athlons still out-performing the Pentiums in Chess program use?
>>>Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
>>>Thanks
>>>Brian Katz
>>
>>Are you into Overclocking your processor? If so, then the 2400 might be a good
>>buy. Initial testing on this tells us that as opposed to the 2200+ which had
>>almost no headroom, these newer .13 athlon revs are much easier to OC. On the
>>other hand, the 333 FSB Barton Core is jsut around the corner I think this
>>spring maybe at 2700+ I think.
>>
>Thank you for the reply.
>Although I have taken some computer courses (PC configuration)I don't think I am
>knowledgeable enough to be doing that as yet. So for now I will buy a PC rather
>than build my own.
>I I were to overclock a 2400+ Athlon, what would it overclock to?
>Thanks again
>Brian
>>
>>Ed
From http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1685&p=3
The results of the additional metal layer (and its subsequent electrical path
optimizations) and the new decoupling capacitors are immediately
evident; the Thoroughbred is now easily able to run at 2.33 -
2.40GHz with relatively little effort. All Thoroughbred cores will begin being
manufactured to the new Revision B specifications, unfortunately
there's no way of telling which core you're getting without looking at the
CPUID string reported by the processor. Obviously if you purchase
an Athlon XP 2600+ or 2400+ (or faster, once they're released) you're getting
the new core, but if you buy slower Thoroughbred cores there's no
way of knowing until you can test the CPU yourself.
Although the actual CPUIDs that correspond to the new Revision B
core are not listed on AMD's website yet, you can expect them to appear in an
update to the Athlon XP datasheets here.
The modifications to the Thoroughbred core do require BIOS
support but rest assured that any motherboard that currently supports the
Thoroughbred processors will also support the Revision B CPUs.
Now from my own experience, some cores will oc very easily while others are cut
from a different wafer of lesser quality might have just barely passed the QC to
be a 2400, in which case there may be little oc room. In any case Overclocking
can be deadly to a cpu so small changes are best at first....A better question
to ask right now is: Where can I get a 2400 cpu and in what quantity?
Ed
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