I bought what I thought was a AMD Athlon XP 3200+. My BIOS is
reporting the processor to be a Athlon 2500+. The guy who I bought it
from said to 'check the multiplier and other bios settings' because
he's assuring me it is indeed a 3200+.

Could the BIOS be incorrect or did he pull a fast one? Is there a way
to difinitively figure this out or do I have to bring the chip to a
computer store to verify the model?

I have an abit NF7-S2G motherboard with phoenix awardBIOS.

Thanks,
-FV2