AXIA 1ghz chips have faster cores?

[jaybert]

Anyone know if this is the same situation that happened before w/ the Slot A classic athlons? How the chip was marked at once speed but the core was different? Would there be any difference in overclockablility between a 1ghz AXIA chip and a 1.2ghz AXIA chip? There is a decent price difference between these 2 chips. Any ideas?

 

[Dark4ng3l]

No one can know since the 1 gig cpu will have a 1gig marking on the core. You cant just look at the core and see what it's rated speed is.

 

[jaybert]

hrm..anyone want to take one for the team and break their core and see if there is any speed markings? compuwiz? U seem to have a plethora of chips

 

[compuwiz1]

And where, might you suspect these markings would be? I will say the ones I got, looked like double stamp strikes. I could barely read them, almost like something was stricken over what used to be there. :Q

 

[jaybert]

hrm, i never heard of a dealer marking DOWN their chips and selling em @ a lower price. TELL ME WHERE! You have so many..i'm sure you can "experiment" and break a few open for the Anandtech community!!

 

[dingdongdingdong]

nice job jaybert lol