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Originally posted by Trash Man
They should do yes
cheers - will order one now
24" iMac & Macbook Air
www.cpucity.co.uk
get me one while your there
Living and dying laughing and crying
Once you have seen it you will never be the same
Life in the fast lane is just how it seems
Hard and it is heavy dirty and mean
Ive got an AQXEA 0327, does 2.4 at 1.8
Gotta find me one of these, any good links?
If you read the review there is a good link in it - the provider.
Sample Provider: CPUCity
Ahhhhh. Didn't see that at the top.
hi
sorry for the questions, i'm a newbie in cpu's and overclocking, what is this 'AQXEA' ?? and other different that i've seen on the forum?
and just another thing, do i have to do some physical tweaks on the cpu itself to be able to overclock or it's just out the box onto the Motherboard and play with the bios?
and last, do you think the asus a7n8x deluxe is a good board to overclock the amd 2500+ ?
Thanks
No, similar stepped CPu's WON'T all hit similar overclocks, well, you can't judge on that anyway. The stepping is not a palce on teh waifer, but a stamp of which process was used to produce it. Process's get slightly better with time, and money, and steppings change. But the inside of a waifer, center, is normally of higher quality, while the outside is often less good.
Also, as far as steppings goes, the 1700+ ultra clockers, and the 2500+ specific steppings make no difference. ONe of the first t-bred b's otehr than the 2400+ was the 2100+, this could hit 2.5Ghz , 2.3 stock voltage, as teh 1700+ could, from the instant they were out. The process they are using is the same, i suspect the different steppings for the last 6 months merely indicate AMD are trying to improve yeilds and cost of production. As clocking hasn't increased in the slightest since the introduction of the first 2100+'s.
I had a 2500+ as soon as they were available, and nother a month later. they use the first two steppings of barton there were, both hit 2.2Ghz at stock voltage, and 2.4Ghz stable at 1.825v. I also had a 3200+ from a slightly newer stepping and saw the same exact overclocks. same voltages.
People see a new stepping and get excited, often you should, but the athlons have been stuck in a rut when it comes to improvement in overclocking for 6 months+.
Shops like cpucity IMHO, jsut cash in on those that don't know 100% of the information they need.
I recommended the 2500+ to everyone as soon as i had mine3-4 days after available in the uk, and at least 20 people i know brought them, and also got exactly the same overclocks.
EDIT:- lost track of original, stepping=overclock part. It used to be that a stepping would indicate a nice breakthrough in production efficiency, and would quite often indicate a newer, very well clocking batch. This often negates where in the waifer the chip comes from, as specific steppings that are heard of, are soo good that all are far better than a previous stepping, but still not all will be equal. The only time this isn't really a factor, is when production and scaling hits a ceiling, where new steppings only improved production, not clockability. We've been there for a while.
Last edited by drunkenmaster; 20-09-2003 at 04:32 AM.
just installed my 2500 barton in my new asus a7n8x deluxe board with one stick of corsair 256 3200 mem runnin at 2.26 ghz sweet as a nut. More memory to follow very soon
I got one (2500+ AQXEA) with an Abit NF7-s, TwinMos pc3200@cas2, 2500+@3200+, 60C tho
Anyone selling a dragon case?
Exactly where or how does one O/C? And are there actually any risks to it? Everyone on Hexus talks as if it's easy and no problem, though I've heard there are risks associated with it?
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Ain't that the truth...Originally posted by vortigern_red
Again IMHO the only reason Intel won't use a performance rating, even though the P4 now competes with AMD, even if it was set up by an independant group is because it would show the celeron for what it is.
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Besides that... I bought a Athlon XP 2600+ (Barton) yesterday, can I expect the same overclocking ability from this CPU on my Gigabyte GA-7T600 1394 or should I go ahead and order the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe (rev 2)?
Furthermore, if I can expect my 2600+ to OC well, what clock frequency and Vcore should I look at as a starting point (over my current 166FSB and 1.65 - stock standard settings) I am already running DDR400 as I knew that it would one day come in handy...
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am new to all this stuff.
Can anyone suggest the best place (online) to get a really good 2500 chip?
Thanks guys.
Thanks David, I assume you mean www.cpucity.co.uk?
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