The search for the K6-2+, final outcome....

[Caitiff]

I know that somebody out there has connections that can come up w/ one of these chips!! I'm trying to hold off on a major upgrade for just a little longer, but I would really like the added performance this chip gives over my k6-2 500. Anybody got any leads???

 

[EvilCoconut]

http://www.vegapc.com has em but not on the web site. phone em up.


edit=bad link

 

[Klosters]

The K6-2+'s seem to be Mobile CPU's. There's some confusion on this point, as AMD has implied that the +'s were both Desktop and Laptop CPU's at different times. If you track one down, make sure you get the straight story before buying it!

 

[Caitiff]

Already got the straight story! AMD didn't want to market the K6-2+ to the desktop segment, and are marketing the proc w/ it's new power saving enhancements for the mobile segment. I ordered 3 of these suckers from vegapc this morning. Guy that I talked to stated that AMD couldn't keep up the shipping obligation on a bunch of k6-2's, so they offered them 6,000 k6-2+ chips. He had 1,500 this morning, but they were going fast!! The guy I talked to stated that he is providing them for a # of desktop pcs', and although the desktop systems won't support the power saving feature, they are recognized alright by the system, and run very well. I'm MOST plzd, and tomorrow I'll let everyone know how my 'dead' SS7 board is running.

 

[Eli]

*&^$#%&amp#*%)&@(*#%&@# I WANT ONE OF THOSE CHIPS!

 

[Caitiff]

Well, after I got my 3 chips, I was totally torqued at first. They sent me the chips in one of those plastic chip carriers, and they had bounced out and managed to bend a lot of pins on all 3 of them. I called VegaPc about it, and they offered to x-ship me new ones, so I figured I'd try first to straighten them myself. Took an hour to get em all good, but they all work now.
The good news: My P5A from ASUS eats this puppy up at 600Mhz! I set the voltage to 2.1, and the multiplier to 2X, and it runs like a raped ape!!
The bad news: Neither of my SIS boards (M590 and M598) will work w/ em! The 598 won't even boot, and the 590 won't believe me when I try to set it to any jumper setting, even a conservative one. I'm going to be selling 2 of them to my brother for his systems w/ hard jumpers. Moral of the story; Don't try to use a soft bios to overclock, at least on a SIS board.

 

[Racer7201]

What kind of pricing are the K6-2+ cpus and speed? What kind of speed difference would it be going from a 550?
Thanks

 

[Caitiff]

I don't have benchmarks for you. Supposedly, there is a thread running over at AMDzone that is going to post some of the results of different combinations of these chips and different mobo's. I got 3 chips for $270, but I had to pay sales tax since I live in PA and VegaPc is in Philadelphia.

 

[Hyper99]

speed differences?
hehe that my field
it only a little gain
compared to k6-2 only 10 percent speed up
where else a celeron is 20 percent faster
k6-2+ at 600 is like K6-2 at 660 mhz
remember it only .10 x 600 + 600= 660
the reason for this is the limitation of socket7
yes having better socket such as 370 or 462 greatly improve
performance

 

[Hyper99]

i was hoping they will up k6-2 to 600,650
and 700 for socket7
that would be a blast
k6-2 at 1gigahertz will run like a celeron at 833mhz
it ok for a cpu but at much higher speed it can really give celeron
a run for it money

 

[Hyperchronismos]

Here is a review of the K6-2+ with benchmarks:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/00q3/000713/index.html

It seems that the K6-2+ 500@600 has the performance of a Celeron @500.

 

[DaddyG]

Caitiff,

Do your SIS board support the K6-3?? . I would think that any board that supports the K6-3 would support the K6-2+ as long as the voltage goes low enough for the 2+.

 

[Assimilator1]

Caitiff

>>>They sent me the chips in one of those plastic chip carriers, and they had bounced out and managed to bend a lot of pins on all 3 of them. <<<<

Bloody morons! :Q

What SETI WU times are you getting with it? ,any game benchmarks for us?