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AsRock K7S8XE+
I have just purchased this mobo and an AMD 3.00 ghz processor.
The BIOS recognises it has a AMD Athlon XP 3000+ at 2.10 GHz My FSB is set at 400Mhz, am I missing something here, why is it not recognising it at 3.00Ghz ? I have looked right through the mobo manual and asrock's website, I can't find anything that helped at all. TIA |
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Mel wrote:
I have just purchased this mobo and an AMD 3.00 ghz processor. The BIOS recognises it has a AMD Athlon XP 3000+ at 2.10 GHz My FSB is set at 400Mhz, am I missing something here, why is it not recognising it at 3.00Ghz ? Because it isn't running at 3GHz. You should read up on what the AMD naming conventions mean. In a nutshell, the AMD Athlon XP naming convention is the speed of the equivalent Intel chip. So, in your case, although your chip is only running at 2.1GHz, it performs on par with an Intel 3.0GHz chip. I have looked right through the mobo manual and asrock's website, I can't find anything that helped at all. TIA -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo |
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snet.co.uk writes I have just purchased this mobo and an AMD 3.00 ghz processor. The BIOS recognises it has a AMD Athlon XP 3000+ at 2.10 GHz My FSB is set at 400Mhz, am I missing something here, why is it not recognising it at 3.00Ghz ? I have looked right through the mobo manual and asrock's website, I can't find anything that helped at all. AMD's actual speeds aren't exactly equal to their naming convention. The naming convention was brought about by AMD becuase the processors are supposed to be comparable in performance to an Intel processor of that rating. So your XP 3000+ is supposed to perform as well as an Intel 3.0. However, XP 3000's (at least the Barton core one's I believe) are clocked at about 2.16 Ghz. Maybe that's what you have. Take a look here for more info: http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...261_1582091__2 -- Peter Ives Remove ALL_STRESS only before sending me an email |
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"Peter Ives" wrote in message
o.uk... In article , AMD's actual speeds aren't exactly equal to their naming convention. The naming convention was brought about by AMD becuase the processors are supposed to be comparable in performance to an Intel processor of that rating. So your XP 3000+ is supposed to perform as well as an Intel 3.0. However, XP 3000's (at least the Barton core one's I believe) are clocked at about 2.16 Ghz. Maybe that's what you have. Take a look here for more info: http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...261_1582091__2 -- Peter Ives Remove ALL_STRESS only before sending me an email Thanx fella's, is the core speed the same as the FSB then, if so, a Barton core should be running at 333 rather than the 400 I have set? |
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On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 00:46:54 +0100, Mel wrote:
Thanx fella's, is the core speed the same as the FSB then, if so, a Barton core should be running at 333 rather than the 400 I have set? Neither run at 333 or 400. The core speed is determined by the multiplier x the FSB speed, which is 166MHz default for most Barton cores. But default means just that, it's not set in stone, so you can set it to whatever you like as long as you don't exceed the limitations of the core speed. When talking about the FSB, forget the 333/400 BS. That's data rates, not bus clock speed which is what really matters in determining the core (CPU) speed. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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