identifyin the CPU...

recently i hired 3 PCs 4 work,the vendor was spposed 2 give me 1 P-IV and 2
P-IIIs,wen i chekd the P-IIIs had clok speeds 450 and 500 mhz,and he gave me an AMD 1.1Ghz instead of P-IV,he sayz its the same as p-IV.is he rite?
also one of the P-IIIs shows P-II 500Mhz,MMx processor in the bios,y is this?
is it possible to fudge the CPU IDs in the bios?how do i verify?

S

Run this utility on your systems
*www.cpuid.org/cpuz.php

This will give you detailed info about your CPUs. As for vendor saying that AMD is equal to PIV. He might be right or wrong but the fact remains that he charged you for something and didn't give you the same in return. Generally AMD processors are cheaper when compared to their equivalent Intel CPUs and you are being made a fool by your vendor. Demand wat you paid for.

M

Download Cpu-Z

Hi Gaurav,

I totally agree with "sba". You should get what you paid for.
It really seems that your computer vendor is trying to take you for a ride.

So, what I would suggest is that if you haven't paid him any money yet, don't rush in
and double check the prices, he quoted to you in the bill, with other vendors in your area.

To identify your processor, here's a freeware detection program known as CPU-Z.

*www.softpedia.com/screenshots//13-5-23_2.png

Download it here.

Ravi

R

U can download n install Dr.Hardware.It will give u evry possible information bout ur hardware includin CPU. U can also install Directx9 or higher n go to run write "dxdiag", there u will get the actual information of ur CPU.

thnx 4 all ur info ppl,and i wanted 2 also know if therez ne way u can find out if a CPU has bin overclokd????

gaurav said:
i wanted 2 also know if therez ne way u can find out if a CPU has bin overclokd????

yup.... see the colum in the CPUz utility named as Multiple & FSB... see whether it fits the exatc what it should b... find ur model details from the Intel web site... then match them 2 see whether they r over clocked or not...