whats the difference between the a64 3200 dtr vs retial a64 3200 with the CG stepping

essasin

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A dtr verison is guaranteed to be the CG stepping and does not come with the heatsink on top. Since the new retail a 64 3200 come with the CG stepping is there any other notable difference besides the heatsink?
 

Falloutboy

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dtr is for desktop replacement laptops. most likely a little better chip for overclocking
 

essasin

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Yea thats what i was thinking oh and i just rememberd it was a ihs "internal heatspreader" and i called it a heatsink. The only post that i found that noted something different other than the ihs and guaranteed CG stepping was that it DTR had a lower max thermal output which was 81.5w compared to 89W but the post didnt say if it was comparing to the older steppings which makes me think that now the two chips, both with CG steppings, are identical except for the ihs. Even the single review on newegg about the a64 3200 dtr metions the lower max thermal output but does not say if he is comparing it to the older stepping. Does anyone know?