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Ok please dont slate me for this, but:

-Im bored
-I love my PC
-Im not a Nerd

Using the Sandra 2004 utility, I ran the

"CPU Arithmetic Benchmark"

Results:

Dhrystone ALU: 10287 MIPS
Whetstone FPU/iSSE2: 4444/7762 MFLOPS

Performance Rating: 4732

There, I've showed you mine - you show me yours...

pleeeease..

Taken from Tom's Hardware:

'AMD is planning an onslaught of product launches this year. While it will not break the 3GHz envelope until the fourth quarter, there will be plenty of new processors to go around, not least of which will be the Socket 939. New versions of the AthlonXP will be launched this year, as well.'

(http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20040318/index.html)

From that (written on the 18th of March 2004) I would assume pritty soon. Thats what annoies me about the computer components industry, there never are definite release dates for products.

Allred wrote:
> cookie monster wrote:
>
> I reckon i could squeeze more out of it, i think the ram should take
> it and at least any breakages can be a backbone excuse for a socket
> 939 upgrade. :)
>
> Do you know when the new AMD socket platform is coming out, it looks
> very promising?

To be honest, i dont have a scooby.

cookie monster wrote:

> I reckon i could squeeze more out of it, i think the ram should take
> it and at least any breakages can be a backbone excuse for a socket
> 939 upgrade. :)

Do you know when the new AMD socket platform is coming out, it looks very promising?

AMD Athlon 2500+ @ 3200+

Dhrystone 8266 (8380)
Whetstone 3438 (3465)

Numbers in brackets are for a reference 3200+.

I reckon i could squeeze more out of it, i think the ram should take it and at least any breakages can be a backbone excuse for a socket 939 upgrade. :)

Microchips wrote:
> Dhrystone ALU: 8267MIPS
> Whetstone FPU: 3493MFLOPS
> Whetstone iSSE2: 6181MFLOPS


Ran it again and got that. Hmm. Performance 3715

Dhrystone ALU: 7788MIPS
Whetstone FPU: 3498MFLOPS
Whetstone iSSE2: 6169MFLOPS

P4 2.8 w/HT 800FSB left as normal. :)

SIS and VIA on the Pentium platform arent the best overclockers, but they beat the Intel chipsets hands down when it comes to memory bandwidth efficiency!!

tigamilla wrote:
> LOl!! My RAM often goes wonky when I mess around with the timings, I
> hate opening the damn thing up just to move a jumper.

Lucky you, I have to unplug the system, remove the battery for 30 secs (which if put back wrong can explode), and then plug it back in and power up.

I think its the RAM and the chipsets rather than the CPU, as the RAM is crappy Kingston Value stuff and it's an SIS chipset, which doesn't compare to the Intels.

LOl!! My RAM often goes wonky when I mess around with the timings, I hate opening the damn thing up just to move a jumper. Its good for blowing dust whilst at it though :-)

Shame, I bet if you had the 800FSB version you could get it up to 3.2 and possibly further