A64 3500 Winnie --> X2 4200

[thriemus]

I just upgraded my CPU from a 3500 winnie to a 4200 X2 and I have to say its nice. The multitasking performance is second to none when running many apps. To anyone thinking about making the switch I would say its well worth it!

Somethings arent much faster but when you are running two processor intensive tasks at once the difference is outstanding. I am running my week 31 chip at stock for a week or two to let the artic silver 5 bed in and even at stock this chip surpasses my expectations. Rock solid stable and low running temperatures of 30 degrees C idle up to 44 degrees when encoding a xvid to dvd and playing dota on wc3 at the same time has made the transition well worth while.

As I mentioned before I havn't overclocked this baby yet but I am looking forward to a modest gain to perhaps 2.4GHz or 2.6GHz in the near future.

One question I have is has anyone tried running 1T on 2 GB of ram yet and if so did it pass more than 10 runs of memtestX86++? Have AMD beefed up the onchip memory controller much?

PS Now I have the raw processing power of A64 and MORE smoothness than that of my Hyperthreading prescott 3.0 @ 3.4, and its great

 

[Furen]

1T should work fine with two modules. The memory controller is a bit better than the one on a Winchester, yes. If 1t doesnt work for you, try raising your TRCD to 3, that might help.

 

[thriemus]

Thx I will give it a try.

 

[bjc112]

I just got my chip today, haven't messed with it much since im doing some stability testing.. However, I was @ a 3000+ @ 2.8ghz..

I know am @ 2.6ghz, but the 200mhz sacrifice is well worth the additional core!