Pentium 2 400 Xeon Engineering Sample, How rare, and what's the diff?..

[Bimmer318i]

Okay, I don't have a board to test these in @ the moment, they are 512k cache versions, but they are engineering samples, do they have an unlocked multiplier?..
and as a question, do any slot 2 boards offer multiplier adjustment if it is unlocked?..It sounds out there for a server board, but why make these unlocked if the board can't do anything with them,
well hope some one has some answers..

 

[Rand]

If their engineering samples they they will in all likelyhood be unlocked. There are a small handful of Slot2 boards with multiplier adjustment abilities but it's not common.



<< but why make these unlocked if the board can't do anything with them, >>



Some Slot2 boards can adjust the multiplier. And besides, engineering samples are meant for internal use/testing at Intel and I'm sure Intel has board that can adjust the multiplier freely. They were never meant for public consumption.

 

[Bimmer318i]

Haha, good point Rand, It was late last night when I posted that, was really mainly looking for differences..
hmm,well If i can pick up a board with some adjustments for a reasonable price, it may be worth playing around with..

thanks ..

 

[networkman]

Since a standard non-Xeon P2-400 chip comes with 512k cache too, I have to wonder how much of a performance difference you'd see with a Xeon version of the P2-400 at 512k of cache.

Xeon's cache advantages at 1meg and 2meg are easily seen, as well as support for greater SMP than 2 cpus, speaking from experience.

 

[Bimmer318i]

I was wondering that myself from the research I have been doing myself, The one thing I would like to try is to run these @ a higher frequency and see if Intel has higher quality yields in their Xeon chips or not..

what I would give to have some 2 meg cache Xeon's...

 

[Rand]

<< I was wondering that myself from the research I have been doing myself, The one thing I would like to try is to run these @ a higher frequency and see if Intel has higher quality yields in their Xeon chips or not..

what I would give to have some 2 meg cache Xeon's... >>


The yields on the Xeon PII's even with only 512KB L2 were never very good, I wouldnt count on being able to get a very good o/c out of it.

 

[The_Lurker]

<< Since a standard non-Xeon P2-400 chip comes with 512k cache too, I have to wonder how much of a performance difference you'd see with a Xeon version of the P2-400 at 512k of cache.

Xeon's cache advantages at 1meg and 2meg are easily seen, as well as support for greater SMP than 2 cpus, speaking from experience. >>



Well, the 512kb is performing at full speed now instead of half speed like on normal P2's.

 

[Bimmer318i]

Rand, do you know how the yield's were in comparison to the regular P2 400's with 512k cache?..