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Karsten75
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=88&cmp[]=367]http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=88&cmp[]=367

That is the raw increase in performance if everything else works well. That's the big *if*. your old processor is AM2 and the new one is AM2+. While they can interoperate, it depends on motherboard support and BIOS updates. Not all manufacturers chose to provide these updates or support..

Additionally, there are restrictions on the use of AM2+ processors on AM2 motherboards:

the operation of AM2+ processors on AM2 motherboards will be limited to the specifications of Socket AM2 (1 GHz HyperTransport 2.0, and one power plane for both cores and the IMC). AM2 processors do not benefit from the faster...
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Copy and paste this link - don't click it since it truncates if you do.

=88&cmp[]=367]http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=88&cmp[]=367

That is the raw increase in performance if everything else works well. That's the big *if*. your old processor is AM2 and the new one is AM2+. While they can interoperate, it depends on motherboard support and BIOS updates. Not all manufacturers chose to provide these updates or support..

Additionally, there are restrictions on the use of AM2+ processors on AM2 motherboards:

the operation of AM2+ processors on AM2 motherboards will be limited to the specifications of Socket AM2 (1 GHz HyperTransport 2.0, and one power plane for both cores and the IMC). AM2 processors do not benefit from the faster HyperTransport 3.0 and separate power planes on AM2+ motherboards. As with AM2 components, AM2+ CPUs and motherboards are designed to use DDR2 RAM exclusively.
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