my barton is a fre'kin T-bred
 

hi ya'll, I finally got my new rig. (like 15minutes ago)

I ordered a barton(2800+), I saw the core: it was a barton !

But my comp says it has only 256Kb cache

weird !! barton = 512 :grum:

cpu speed= 2.2 gig

weird !! barton = 2 gig

now, did the guy made a mistake or does my cpu has alzheimer ??


thx!

where does your "comp" say it is only 512kb ?

can you show us a WCPUID screenie?

I'm not a noob ! ;)

I ran WcpuID and it said: 256Kb cache and 2.2Ghz
I ran 3d-mark: it said 256 2.2Ghz

it says it has 256Kb while the barton has 512Kb

I said where not what :p

anywhoo what motherboard/bios version?

[ WCPUID Version 3.1a (c) 1996-2002 By H.Oda! ]
$$--- System Information

[BIOS Information]
Vendor String : Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Version String : 6.00 PG
Release Date : 12/16/2002
ROM Size : 512 KB

[Motherboard Information]
Manufacturer : MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
Product String : MS-6570
Version String : (non)
Serial Number : (non)

[CPU Microcode Information]
M.Patch ID : 0h (0) / 0681

D:2.3 S:2.3 V:T
##--- Date 04/04/2003, Time 07:37:28


mobo is an MSI K7N2G

and here's the rest of the info:
[ WCPUID Version 3.1a (c) 1996-2002 By H.Oda! ]

Processor #1 : AMD Athlon XP (Model 8) / 406D21D9
Platform : Socket A (Socket 462)
Vendor String : AuthenticAMD
CPU Type : Original OEM Processor (0)
Family : 6 (7)
Model : 8 (8)
Stepping ID : 1 (1)
Brand : ----
APIC : ----
HT Log.CPU Cnt : ----
Name String : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+

Internal Clock : 2255.12 MHz
System Bus : 334.09 MHz DDR
System Clock : 167.05 MHz
Multiplier : 13.5

L1 I-Cache : 64K Byte
L1 D-Cache : 64K Byte
L1 T-Cache : ----
L1 Cache : ----
L2 Cache : 256K Byte
L2 Speed : 2255.12 MHz (Full)

MMX Unit : Supported
SSE Unit : Supported
SSE2 Unit : Not Supported
MMX2 Unit : Supported
3DNow! Unit : Supported
3DNow!+ Unit : Supported

Host Bridge : 10DE:01E0.A2 [NVIDIA nForce2]
South Bridge : 10DE:01EB.A2 [NVIDIA nForce2 MCP]
VGA Device : 1002:4E44.00 [ATI RADEON 9700/9500 Series]
Memory Size : 512M Byte
Memory Clock : ----

##--- Date 04/04/2003, Time 07:37:28

I think there are 2 solutions: or, my barton is missing half of it's cache :puke:

or it isn't a barton and I payed to much.


And btw, what's better: barton 2Ghz or T-bred 2.2Ghz ?

:king:

Tbred will be faster

again: what motherboard/bios rev?

mobo is an MSI K7N2G

wcpuid is above.

maybe u should flash your bios , my asus A7N8X didnt support bartons too in the beginning, but with a simple bios flash it does

okay, flashed BIOS yesterday. still no 512Kb cache.

but the guy who helped me said there were bartons with only 256Kb cache. is he right or does he mean a T-bred B ???

uhm afaik Barton = 512kb cache.

maybe your version of wcpuid doesn't recognize the barton, and misreads the cache

no, it's the latest version I DL'ed from their site.

ya well, I'm just going to live with this cpu.

And I'm thinking of also looking for some H²O cooling. (I'm here at a lan-pary with like 30comps now.) And I guess 58° isn't that good.

thx again guys.

Just FYI , AMD has 2 AMD XP 2800+'s!
there is a 256k one (2.25GHz)
and there is the Barton one (2.0GHz) with 512k
you prolly paid alot for yer AMD XP 2800+ (FSB333, 256k, non barton)

yea, I know that.


I ordered a barton, but it's a T-bred.

ya well, got my money back. I'm pleased.

a free T-bred? :)

nah, just the difference.

don't know how much it was. (my paretns took the money since they payed half.)

and I hate the duwbass who builded my comp. (couldn't do it myself for personal reason reson)

I wanted AS3 and an alpha pal ot SLK-900

he: volcano + 2€ coolinbg paste is good enough. --> 60 ° !!!

replaced it with AS3 --> 55°

ya well, I'm pleased right now.

going for H²O when I have the money.:^D

:mad: