Athlon XP 2000+ 333Mhz FSB

[GotDrunk]

Hello everyone !

I just bought a Soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra Platinum Edition and instaled my Athlon XP 2000+ on it.

Well, "So what ?" you may be asking now.

It happens that i got into the bios and simply switched from 133Mhz FSB to 166Mhz and the multiplier to 10x , and i got +12C in temperature, totalizing a 60C max temperature. My HSF is not a super star, i'm very impressed it handled the temperarure so well.

While reading some reviews and articles on Anandtech, i found that they couldnt get higher then 154Mhz using the same mobo and the same processor. They also wrote in the review that they processor was unlocked so they could play with FSB/Multipliers, i'm kind new to the Athlon world, been using Pentiun from a long time, pardon me if i'm asking something too dumb.

So i ask u gurus of AMD , is it possible that my processor is locked but the mobo did the unlocking job ? Cuz, if use Sandra of WCPUID it reports a 333Mhz FSB and 1660Mhz CPU Clock... but i dont know if i'm been fooled by some BIOS info the programs are geting or if its true...

Also, i'm geting a Athlon XP 2400+ next week, will i be able to make it run at 333Mhz FSB or i just got so damn lucky this time with this Athlon XP 2000+ ?

Thanks and sorry for my bad english... =[

 

[Jeff7181]

T-Bred processors are all unlocked below 12.5... and paired with certain motherboards, all multipliers are available, even above 12.5

 

[pspada]

Your m/b probably has a newer bios version that gives it greater functionality than the one used in the review.

 

[GotDrunk]

Hello again everyone !

As i said in my first post i got my Athlon XP 2400+

I just got into the bios and changed the FSB to 166Mhz and left the multiplier the way it was (15x)

Oh my God ! Now its working at 2490Mhz ! There arent any Athlons that work on this frequency out of the box. The Clock speed is faster than the Athlon XP 3000+

Besides that the XP 3000+ uses the Barton core, is this processor really working faster than the 3000+ ?

I runt a lot of benchmark programs and comparing to the 3000+ scores mine scored a lot better, but i cant believe i'll only believe if some of u guys tells me that it really is.

Also the VCore is at 1.75V and the Die temperature is somewhere between 50C/55C and i'm using convencional air cooling HSF.

 

[touchmyichi]

Thats a pretty good overclock.

 

[clicknext]

Originally posted by: GotDrunk
Oh my God ! Now its working at 2490Mhz ! There arent any Athlons that work on this frequency out of the box. The Clock speed is faster than the Athlon XP 3000+

Besides that the XP 3000+ uses the Barton core, is this processor really working faster than the 3000+ ?

Yes, it's really performing better than a 3000+. Nice overclock, by the way. I wish I could get mine even remotely close to there, but I have a palomino. =(