Asus A7N8X Deluxe & Processors

[Deep Phee]

I currently have an A7N8X Deluxe MB with an AthlonXP 2600 processor. I'd
like to upgrade to an AthlonXP 3200 Barton core with the same MB. Obviously
it's a faster processor but I could also jump my FSB from 333mhz to 400mhz
with this upgrade.

Can anyone advise me if I'll see a noticeable increase in speed with this
upgrade?

Thanks
Phee

 

[Ed]

I currently have an A7N8X Deluxe MB with an AthlonXP 2600 processor. I'd
like to upgrade to an AthlonXP 3200 Barton core with the same MB. Obviously
it's a faster processor but I could also jump my FSB from 333mhz to 400mhz
with this upgrade.

Can anyone advise me if I'll see a noticeable increase in speed with this
upgrade?

Thanks
Phee

T-Bred 2600+ 256K L2 2083MHz (166x12.5)
Barton 3200+ 512K L2 2200MHz (200x11.0)

I'd only upgrade to a Barton 3200+ if you have PC3200 ram or can run
your ram @ the FSB speed, running CPU and ram out of sync isn't very
good for performance or stability.

If you have PC3200 (and don't mind overclocking a little) I'd just raise
the bus speed while keeping the ram in sync of FSB,(100% in bios) and
set CPU vcore a step or two over default if needed for stability. Most
T-bred/Barton cores do 2300-2400MHz no problem with just a little vcore
boost.

Noticeable increase in speed? Google for some benchmarks?

Ed

 

[peter]

If you cant get a 25-50% improvement its a waste of money.
I run a Barton 2500 overclocked to 3200 ..........your 2600 should be
overclockable and as such run very near 3200 speeds so why buy??
Details
Development name Thoroughbred Barton Newcastle Clawhammer Sledgehammer
Sledgehammer
Construction size (nm) 130 130 130 130 130 130
Transistor count (millions) 37.6 54 105.9 105.9 105.9 105.9
Minimum clock speed (MHz) 1467 1833 2000 1800 2200 1400
Maximum clock speed (MHz) 2250 2200 2400 2000 2400 1800
Registers - ALU (bits) 32 32 64 64 64 64
Registers - FPU (bits) 80 (128 Ext) 80 (128 Ext) 80 (128 Ext) 80 (128 Ext)
80 (128 Ext) 80 (128 Ext)
Extensions (a), (b), (c) + (d) (a), (b), (c) + (d) (a) - (e) (a) - (e)
(a) - (e) (a) - (e)
Connection type Socket A Socket A / 754 S754 / 939 S754 / 939 S939 / 940
S940

Cache Details
L1 Amount (kB) 128 128 128 128 128 128
L1 Location on-die on-die on-die on-die on-die on-die
L1 - Instruction cache (kB) 64 64 64 64 64 64
L1 - Data cache (kB) 64 64 64 64 64 64
L2 Amount (kB) 256 512 512 1024 1024 1024
L2 - Bus width (bits) 64 64 128 128 128 128
L2 Location on-die on-die on-die on-die on-die on-die

FSB Details
CLK speed (MHz) 133 ~ 166 166 ~ 200 up to 200 * up to 200 * up to 200 * up
to 200 *
Data transfer rate (MHz) 266 ~ 333 333 ~ 400 up to 400 * up to 400 * up to
400 * up to 400 *
Bus width (bits) 64 64 64 x 1 / 2 * 64 x 1 / 2 * 64 x 2 * 64 x 2 *
Maximum bandwidth (GB/sec) up to 2.67 up to 3.20 up to 3.2 / 6.4 * up to
3.2 / 6.4 * up to 6.4 * up to 6.4 *
HyperTransport Links - - 1 1 1 3
Bus speed (MHz) - - up to 1000 up to 1000 up to 1000 800
Max bandwidth per dir (GB/sec) - - up to 4.0 up to 4.0 up to 4.0 3.2







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