AMD Athlon XP 1700+ or sempron 2200+

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I have the Athlon XP 1700+ and recently i upgraded to Athlon XP 2200+ but it doe3n not show much boost in the performance. Can someone tell me what difference am i expected to get buy this upgrade? Moreover my prosessor speed shows 1.5 Ghz is this correct?

The 2200+ operates at 1800MHz, and the 1700+ operates at 1467 MHz. Look it up here:
*139.95.253.214/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=13,E=0000000000141540400,K=4622,Sxi=9,Case=obj(1224)

The performance increase would not be that evident unless you kick in CPU intensive tasks like video encoding or gaming at higher resolutions, etc. You can run the benchmarks on it from either SiSoft Sandra or the conventional Winstone/Content Creation tests. CPU testing in PCMark03 should also show you the difference in performance. Dont expect a massive performance boost across all applications. Its not dependent ONLY on CPU frequency.

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Hi valtea,

Moreover my prosessor speed shows 1.5 Ghz is this correct?

Is the above for for the old 1700+ or the new 2200+? If you are refering to your newly-upgraded 2200+, you need to set your multiplier correctly in the BIOS to 13.5x (in comparion to the 1700+ where you were using a multipler of 11x). Please refer to the link by enoonmai as a guide.

Also, you might want to use utlilities availble on these links to identify your processor.

*www.cpuid.com/index.php
*cbid.amdclub.ru/

DH

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In the heading you mention a Sempron 2200+ and in the question itself an Athlon XP 2200+?

Some confused mate

Instead of a Better CPU, more RAM gives a better performance increase

i guess for normal surfing, e-mail, chatting and movies/songs, a 1 ghz processor is sufficient. Frankly, for these purposes u won't notice much of difference in performance. i would discourage upgrading if you do only the normal tasks.

Of course, its a different matter for the gamers and professionals doing heavy graphical-intensive work.

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Doc Holliday said:
In the heading you mention a Sempron 2200+ and in the question itself an Athlon XP 2200+?

Some confused mate

Sorry dude. Its sempron 2200+

Thanks all for your reply. enoonmai the link was great thanks alot

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Doc Holliday said:
If you are refering to your newly-upgraded 2200+, you need to set your multiplier correctly in the BIOS to 13.5x (in comparion to the 1700+ where you were using a multipler of 11x). Please refer to the link by enoonmai as a guide.

i checked at *139.95.253.214/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=94,E=0000000000197505445,K=4622,Sxi=4,Case=obj(5080)
it reads SDC2200DUT3D 2200+ 1500MHz 9x 1.60V 90Âº C so is the clock multiplier to be set at 13.5 as u said or 9x

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Hi Valtea,

9x as the table says. The table up there is for Semprons and not for Athlon XPs. I was under the impression you had upgraded to an Athlon XP 2200+.

The confunding factor for me was up there where you wrote...

I have the Athlon XP 1700+ and recently i upgraded to Athlon XP 2200+

Yes, for the Sempron 2200+ 1500MHz is absolutely okay, with the multiplier set at 9.

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will setting it to 13.5 increase the performance.. ?? if so is there any drawbacks??

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Hi,

That Sempron you are using is multipler locked, so you won't be able to do that.

For that matter, even for processors that are not multipler locked (like some of the Althon XPs etc.,), I would not recommend exceeding the recommended mutiplier unless you are deliberately trying to overclock (and are aware of the risks involved) -- or in other words if you had a processor that is recommended at 9x and you stepped it up to x13.5

:shock:

-- the computer would not pass the P.O.S.T (power on self-test).
-- If it did, some crashes sooner that you would expect.
-- Your processor would fry up -- motherboard would be damaged as well.
-- et cetera et cetera

Cheers,

DH

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That Sempron you are using is multipler locked

Does this mean that we cannot overclock it?

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Hi Valtea,

Yes, unfortunately you can't overclock it by increasing the clock multiplier.

However, if you want to overclock, you should be able to increase the FSB via your BIOS. Having said that you need good quality RAM/motherboard that matches up to overclocking using this method. Also, you need to keep a close eye on the temperatures using software like MBM, etc. You will also have to install additional cooling (fans/better ventilation etc).

In a low-end board, you will probably end by with system reboots, hangs, overheating. Actually, the Sempron is not the best processor for overclocking (as compared to many of the Athlons XPs), so personally I don't recommend trying this out.

Lastly, overclocking is almost, I dare say a "cult thing," and I am sure there will be many here to guide you through it.

DH

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Thanks I'll settle for the default.
And try to buy the 64bit ones later