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[lars573]

AMD Athlon 64 3200+. It idles at 2 GHz. No idea what it peaks at. But it should be in the region of 3.2 GHz.

[orangat]

Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.20GHz overclocked by 10%= 3.52.
btw, anybody know, what the 'good' running temperature should be?
Mine is between 47C & 53C core and the case is at about 31C - is that acceptable or need I worry?

A max temp of 53 is more than alright provided the temp was taken at the point where the cpu was actually under heavy load (and not taken after stopping all apps and going into the bios - which is the wrong and worst way to do it).

AMD Athlon 64 3200+. It idles at 2 GHz. No idea what it peaks at. But it should be in the region of 3.2 GHz.

Actually it idles at 1Ghz if you enabled cnq. The normal speed IS 2Ghz.

[aw89]

AMD 64 4000+ all the way baby!

[Lemur]

AMD 64 4000+ all the way baby!

That's living large. If MTV does an episode of Pimp My Rig, they'll have nothing to do for you. You're already there, man. Already there.

[hoom]

I have a 2.2ghz A64 3200+

btw there are actually 3 variants of A64 3200+:
Socket 754 (single channel RAM) 1024k l2 @2ghz
Socket 754 (single channel RAM) 512k l2 @2.2ghz
Socket 939 (dual channel RAM) 512k l2 @2ghz

There are no compatibility issues with A64 processors.
If you run Win xp64 (which I do) there are compatibility problems between windows & some applications (old 16bit apps & 32bit drivers specifically don't work at all) but normal 32bit win xp has no issues with AMD that you wouldn't have with an Intel processor anyway.

Who has the Via?


(edited 756 to correct 754 B'oh)

[Uesugi Kenshin]

2.2 ghz Athlon 64 with a winchester core. I had it overclocked to 2.5 at one point, but I didn't upgrade my cooler so it stopped working during the summer and I had to switch back to 2.2. I just haven't gotten around to re-overclocking this winter....I suppose I could also get a new cooler to make it reliable.

[lars573]

Actually it idles at 1Ghz if you enabled cnq. The normal speed IS 2Ghz.

Maybe but the peak output is 3 GHz. AMD processors over clock themselfs as the load on them increases.

[orangat]

MD Athlon 64 3200+. It idles at 2 GHz. No idea what it peaks at. But it should be in the region of 3.2 GHz.

Maybe but the peak output is 3 GHz. AMD processors over clock themselfs as the load on them increases.

The 3200+ is a rating not the actual clock speed.
Depending upon the stepping, the minimum power state can be as low as 800Mhz and the highest 2.2Ghz but never higher.

[Mikeus Caesar]

the highest 2.2Ghz but never higher.

I can confirm that. Highest it's ever reached under high performance is 2.2Ghz. If i want any higher, i'm going to have to overclock, but i'm not doing that until my processor looks incredibly slow compared to most others.

AMD 64 4000+ all the way baby!

Fancy processor!

[Seagrave]

PC is AMD 1400xp
laptop is pentium 3.2Ghz