Question about the new CPU i got put in!

[Vich]

Hello everyone, i just had a 2500+ Barton put in...


Now my mobo only runs a 266fsb though the cpu supports 333mhz, so the FSB is clocked down but the speed is still 1.83ghz.


Now is there a big difference between my old AMD Throroubred 2100+ and my new 2500+ barton? What can i expect?

I know that the L2 cache was increaded to 512KB. Does that make alot of difference? Is it noticeable??


Thanks

-Rich

 

[Excelsior]

Dude..how can the FSB be "clocked down" but the speed still be 1.83 if you havent adjusted the multiplier. Even then, you cant possibly get that speed with any multi and 133 FSB. what're you trying to say?

 

[Vich]

Well it says im running at 1.83 ghz... and my mobo is an ASUS A7V333 which only has a 266mhz fsb...


You got me confused..?

-Rich

 

[Vich]

Also is there any tool that i can download that shows all the bios inf and procesor speed and all that jazz via windows xp?

-Rich

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Vich
Also is there any tool that i can download that shows all the bios inf and procesor speed and all that jazz via windows xp?

-Rich

CPU-Z

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

 

[Vich]

Thanks budman,

Excelsior if i paste the info cpu-z gave me could you possibly explain to me whats going on?

Thanks

-Rich

oh and is 143 degrees with retail fan on cpu bad or good??

 

[Corporate Thug]

143 F isnt very good at all....

 

[Vich]

Well its stock fan..? I guess i will need an aftermarket one!


-Rich

 

[Gravity]

Originally posted by: Vich
Well its stock fan..? I guess i will need an aftermarket one!


-Rich

Um, even the stock fan should cool it better than that. You sure you installed it correctly? I've done the backwards thingy before, it's not hard to do. Heat = Bad.

Gravity

 

[Chumpman]

Originally posted by: shady06
143 F isnt very good at all....

Shady I just took a peek at your profile, and look what I've uncovered:

Average Posts Per Day: 46.78

:Q :Q

holy crap! that's a whole lotta posts

 

[Chumpman]

And vich, I'd guess if you're running at exactly 1.83, that your motherboard does support 166 MHz FSB speeds.

 

[Vich]

Actually i had compusa install the cpu + fan heatsink since i was on vacation and was 6 hours from home :disgust:


-Rich

 

[Vich]

Heres my info maybe you guys can look it over and tell me whats going on!!


CPU-Z Report

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CPU-Z version 1.18.


Number of CPUs 1

Cpu Name AMD Athlon XP (Barton)
Specification AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2500+
Family / Model / Stepping 6 A 0
Extended Family / Model 7 A
Package Socket A
Technology 0.13µ
Supported Instructions Sets MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE
CPU Clock Speed 1833.1 MHz
Clock multiplier x 11.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 166.6 MHz
Bus Speed 333.3 MHz
L1 Data Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Cache 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 1833.1 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 64 bits

Motherboard manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard model A7V333, REV 1.xx
BIOS vendor Award Software, Inc.
BIOS revision ASUS A7V333 ACPI BIOS Revision 1017
BIOS release date 03/25/2003
Chipset VIA KT266/333 rev. 0
Southbridge VIA VT8233A rev. 0
Sensor chip Asus ASB100

RAM Type DDR-SDRAM
RAM Size 512 MBytes
RAM Frequency 166.6 MHz
RAM Interleave 4-way
CAS# Latency 2.5 clocks
RAS# to CAS# 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge 3 clocks
Cycle Time (TRAS) 6 clocks
# of memory modules 1
Module 0 DDR-SDRAM PC2700 - 256 MBytes

AGP Status enabled, rev. 2.0
AGP Data Transfert Rate 4x
AGP Side Band Addressing supported, enabled
AGP Aperture Size 64 MBytes

Windows version Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)




-Rich

 

[BaboonGuy]

looks like your mobo is running 333 FSB

 

[Vich]

ok well thats good to hear! now onto the heat issue!!!