Author Topic: 1800+ palomino or 1700+ TBredA? (Read 338 times)

Kubwak · « **on:** September 17, 2003, 03:55:44 AM »

im presently using an 1800+ palomino but have access to a 1700+ TBredA

in terms of overall performance, OCing and all, will i get better performance if i get the Tbred?

your input would be greatly appreciated

boxboy28 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 17, 2003, 08:09:28 AM »

only if the 1700 is a Tbred not "tbird"

JB66 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 17, 2003, 11:26:04 AM »

I managed to buy a throughbred 1800+ off ebay for 40.00. It was factory unlocked and from everything I've read, it will run up to 2600+ on a 333 fsb. Currently I am getting 2100+ with it on an older 266fsb motherboard...for once I've got some upgrade room.
Get the manufactor numbers off of the cpu and search google concerning overclocking. Alot of the slower throughbreds are actually underclocked, and the multiplier is unlocked also.

Just my opinion.

bloom25 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 17, 2003, 11:38:31 PM »

Throughbred 'A's are not good overclockers. On the other hand, Throughbred 'B's are excellent overclockers.

I'd be sure which you have. The Thoroughbred 'A' core was used on up to the 2200+ CPUs, the Palomino core was available up to the 2100+ level. Basically these two cores have essentially the same overclocking ability. The only real difference between them is that the Throughbred 'A' core will dissipate slightly less heat than the Palomino at the same clockspeed.

Personally, I'd stick with what you've got and if you really want to overclock, find a new Throughbred 'B' 1700+. These often overclock to over 2 GHz (sometimes as high as 2.4 GHz) true clockspeeds. Online, these are around $50.

Pfunk · « **Reply #4 on:** September 18, 2003, 12:53:14 AM »

If your gonna get a XP1700+ Tbred '"b" core try and find one that has a JIUHB DL3TC, I have one of these and have it clocked at 2.2Ghz with 1.65 volts of 11X200FSB it runs at 45C underload. best $50 I ever spent

Kubwak · « **Reply #5 on:** September 18, 2003, 03:47:41 AM »

thank you for your response guys, one last thing, i ran wcpuid on both chips and here is what i got and which cpu is better you think? maybe ill start a new thread for a poll

my palomino:

Processor #1 : AMD Athlon XP (Model 6) / 22BE6A9C
Platform : Socket A (Socket 462)
Vendor String : AuthenticAMD
CPU Type : Original OEM Processor (0)
Family : 6 (7)
Model : 6 (6)
Stepping ID : 2 (2)
Brand : ----
APIC : ----
HT Log.CPU Cnt : ----
Name String : AMD Athlon(TM) XP 1800+

Internal Clock : 1533.38 MHz
System Bus : 266.67 MHz DDR
System Clock : 133.34 MHz
Multiplier : 11.5

L1 I-Cache : 64K Byte
L1 D-Cache : 64K Byte
L1 T-Cache : ----
L1 Cache : ----
L2 Cache : 256K Byte
L2 Speed : 1533.38 MHz (Full)

the thoroughbred:

Processor #1 : AMD Athlon XP (Model 8) / F31A7A3A
Platform : Socket A (Socket 462)
Vendor String : AuthenticAMD
CPU Type : Original OEM Processor (0)
Family : 6 (7)
Model : 8 (8)
Stepping ID : 0 (0)
Brand : ----
APIC : ----
HT Log.CPU Cnt : ----
Name String : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+

Internal Clock : 1469.99 MHz
System Bus : 267.27 MHz DDR
System Clock : 133.64 MHz
Multiplier : 11.0

L1 I-Cache : 64K Byte
L1 D-Cache : 64K Byte
L1 T-Cache : ----
L1 Cache : ----
L2 Cache : 256K Byte
L2 Speed : 1469.99 MHz (Full)