Barton or Throughbred?

[rahat]

I bought a AthlonXP 2600+ couple of days ago. It shows L2 cache is 512kb at the bios. But after I installed Sissoft Sandra it shows 256kb. And in all tests it shows the processor speed is 2083 Mhz(12.5x166). So which is true 512 ir 256?

 

[natto fire]

I would believe the BIOS instead of software (ie Sandra)

Edit: By the way, you should try CPU-Z, much better than Sandra for finding out CPU info.:thumbsup:

 

[oldman420]

also look at the stepping on the die that will tell you too

 

[MDE]

If the clock speed is 2.08, it's a Thoroughbred. The Barton 2600+ chips are ~1.9GHz.

 

[oldman420]

sorry that sucks is it locked?

 

[MegaWorks]

yeah it's a Thoroughbred.

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AMD Athlon XP T-Bred B DLT3C 1700+ @ 2.3GHZ (1.775v) 400FSB = 3200+
Abit NF7-S V.2 (nForce2-U400)
Corsair TwinX XMS 3200LL 512MB @ 2-3-2-6 (2.6v)
Sapphire Radeon 9500 Pro 128MB
Antec TrueBlue 480W
Thermalright SLK-947U with 92mm Vantec Tornado @2800RPM
Antec PlusView 1000AMG
Cambridge SoundWorks MegaWorks THX 550 5.1

 

[MegaWorks]

ops double post!

 

[rahat]

Yeah in CPU-Z it shows 256 kb. So it is a throughbred. 🙁