Should I replace my C0 for CG core???

[Athlonin]

Newegg sent me a A64 2800+ C0 core (clawhammer). They said it was a newcastle so Im pissed about that but they offered me a replacement which will be a CG core (newcastle). All i have to do is ship it back to them. My C0 core is working pretty well right now but I want the CG core if its better.

Could you guys let me know how a CG core is better than a C0 core? Would you switch processors for the price of shipping if you were in my shoes?

Thanks alot

 

[blackpool9]

I think you're mixing up two different things. The CO and CG designations do not refer to the core, but to the revision. The difference between a Newcastle and Clawhammer core is that the Newcastle has 512K of Level 2 cache onboard and the Clawhammer has 1MB of Level 2 cache. Between similarly rated chips with the different cores the Newcastle will be clocked faster than the Clawhammer.

If you truly have a CO revision core on a Newcastle chip, I wouldn't RMA it unless you were having problems.

 

[Athlonin]

ok, i meant revision i guess. But i do have a clawhammer revision 2800+ clocked at 1.8 ghz with half the L2 cache disabled. (it has an AP ending and CPU-Z also recognized as a clawhammer) The newcastle revision 2800+ is also clocked at 1.8.

 

[CraigRT]

Personally, I couldn't care less, if I asked for a 2800, I'd take whatever came to me without even looking at the stepping.. but that's just me.

 

[Athlonin]

i dont care unless there is a reason for me too. What advantage would there be for me if I upgraded. I heard that the newcastle revision consumes less power, is cooler, overclocks better, and supports more memory or something along those lines. Im just hoping someone who knows what Im talking about can give me a good explaination of the differences. Thanks

 

[n0cmonkey]

It looks like the newcastle is rated at 1.8ghz, and the clawhammer at 1.6. If it's running 1.8@stock, then it's probably newcastle.

 

[sao123]

ok, i meant revision i guess. But i do have a clawhammer revision 2800+ clocked at 1.8 ghz with half the L2 cache disabled. (it has an AP ending and CPU-Z also recognized as a clawhammer) The newcastle revision 2800+ is also clocked at 1.8.

Clawhammers 2800+ through 3000+ had 512K L2 cache no matter what revision you had.
Clawhammers 3200+ through 3400+ had 1MB L2 cache.

Newcastles only have existed since the 3200+ because they are new this year. and they only have 512K L2 Cache. So a 2800+ newcastle does not exist to my knowledge.

Revisions do not change the chip for the most part, it usually fixes a bug, or adds some optimization to the core.


send it back if you want, but dont expect any major changes.

 

[chadomaly]

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[Athlonin]

ok whatever... its not a big difference i guess. 2800+ newcastles do exist for sure, it was a 2800+ clawhammer that wasn't supposed to exist.