[KLUG Members] Difference Between Athlon and Athlon Thunderbird

[Bruce Smith]

Okay, now I'm confused.

I've been looking at a lot of Athlon mobo's, and almost all say
"Socket-A", and the CPU's say "Thunderbird", and they have the
option of 266 FSB, which doesn't fit according to your table.

Go to http://www.pcboost.com/ and look at their CPU's & mobo's.


> > I was just wondering what the difference between
> > Athlon and Athlon thunderbird is.
> 
>                        Interface     L1      L2       FSB
> Athlon                 Slot-A        128    512@1/2   200
> Athlon Duron           Socket-462    128     64@1     200
> Athlon Thunderbird     Socket-462    128    256@1     200
> Athlon 4               Socket-462    128    256@1     200-266
> Athlon MP              Socket-462    128    256@1     266
> 
> All Socket-462 Athlons _are_ dual-processor capable, the MP just
> seems to accel at such configurations (by upto 15%).  The new Athlon
> 4 is lower power (upto 25%), improved branch prediction unit **, and
> a few other details.  The "Duron" is usually a "rejected"
> Thunderbird that has some damaged L2 during fabrication (very
> common) where the L2 is split up into 4 "regions" and 3 are "cut
> away" before packaging.


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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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