[Petrarch of the VBB]

I have a new PC, with an athlon XP 1600+, now I know they dont run at 1600Mhz, but what speed do they run at?
Mine is currently running at 1050, which seems a bit low, any suggestions?

BTW, I think that a new section of the Forum, devoted to hardware discussions would be a good idea.

[Thor]

I remember reading about a similar problem, I think in a maximum PC

[Petrarch of the VBB]

You cannot know how useful that was, Thor. Thank you so much.

[Redfang]

An athlon XP 1600+ should be running at 1,4GHz. It might be BIOS settings or your motherboard's reason that it's not running that fast.

[Ashrak]

right click on my computer and it shows u the RIGHT HZ in right down corner

[Redfang]

Originally posted by Ashrak
right click on my computer and it shows u the RIGHT HZ in right down corner

 
Not at my computer. I think that's true on newer motherboards, though. But best way is to check it when the computer starts.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Petrarch of th VBB
I have a new PC, with an athlon XP 1600+, now I know they dont run at 1600Mhz, but what speed do they run at?
Mine is currently running at 1050, which seems a bit low, any suggestions?

BTW, I think that a new section of the Forum, devoted to hardware discussions would be a good idea.

Seems low...my XP 1500+ runs at 1.3GHz I believe.

Just as a point of reference, the 'XP' number is a comparison of power to a P4 - i.e. an XP 1600 will at the very least match a 1.6GHz P4.

[Redfang]

Originally posted by aldo_14


Seems low...my XP 1500+ runs at 1.3GHz I believe.

 
1.33GHz.
 
*runs*

[Thor]

Your welcome.  It is probably a inccorectly set bios setting that is slowing you down.

[CP5670]

actually, it's 1.333ghz.

[Redfang]

Originally posted by CP5670
actually, it's 1.333ghz.

 
Yeah, it can be that.
 
But not always, your motherboard could have a FSB of 133.1MHz or something like that.
 
*runs far and fast*

[Razor]

I saw an Athlon 1800 in the computer magazine as a part of one high end PC. I also got an offer for P4 1,8 GHz. Which one should I take?

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Razor
I saw an Athlon 1800 in the computer magazine as a part of one high end PC. I also got an offer for P4 1,8 GHz. Which one should I take?

Depends on more than the CPU..... check the price, check the Motherboard performance, check the RAM (and speed), and check the Cache (L1 & L2).  also (but less important), if they are nigh identical, check out which has the fastest access hard drive, which may be a help (HD access is the BIG slowdown IMHO).

As a point of reference, the Athlon 1800+ should be the cheaper one.... the F.P benchmarks tend to be a bit weaker than the P4.

[Knight Templar]

An athlon XP 1600+ should be running at 1,4GHz.

 that's what i got here

[vadar_1]

My athlon 1500 used to run at 1020mhz, all I did was bump its speed in my bios console. Probably thats where you should start.

[CP5670]

So how would one go about getting the actual clock speed of an AthlonXP from the name? Do you just subtract 200?

[Knight Templar]

as it appears

[Admiral LSD]

Originally posted by aldo_14
Just as a point of reference, the 'XP' number is a comparison of power to a P4 - i.e. an XP 1600 will at the very least match a 1.6GHz P4.

Actually the performance ratings are referenced to the AMD Thunderbird core not the P4. Therefore, a 1600+ Athlon XP will perform just as well as a 1600Mhz Thunderbird. Of course, having people believe that they're referenced to the P4 doesn't exactly hurt AMD which is why they've never done anything.

Oh and Petrarch, sounds like your FSB speed is set to 100Mhz instead of 133Mhz. It's in your BIOS somewhere, check your motherboard manual.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

The problem I have with changing the clock speed is this;

surely it must be set that low for a reason. I mean, it might have an overheating or power consumption problem, can anyone help here?
My PSU is 230w, and the CPU fan avgs about 4500rpm.

EDIT, oh and i'm pretty sure my FSB is set to 133, but I'm not 100% certain, I'll have a look later.

[Admiral LSD]

The reason is that thats the BIOS default. The Athlon XPs all use a FSB speed of 133Mhz, you won't damage it by setting it at that speed.

edit: Lots of people have this problem and the solution is always the same: set the FSB to 133Mhz in the BIOS.

edit2: The Athlon XPs don't throttle their speed down like the Pentium 4s when they overheat. They can be made to but I don't think any boards implement it yet.