MSI KT7-R and Athlon XP 1700 Clockspeed is 1466

[Guest]

Running the MSI KT7 Turbo-R Limited with PC133 and an Athlon XP 1700+. CPU clocking tools like the AMD CpuInfo tell me that the chip is running 1466MHZ. I did update to the latest bios from MSI. The chip is correctly ID as Athlon XP but the CPU speed on any tool says it's running at 1466. Is it my CPU, MB, or am I using the wrong tools to check it? Is there BIOS tweaking needed? My ICQ is : 72257065. Help!

 

[o1die]

That is apparantly the correct speed for the 1700 xp. The 1800 only runs at 1.53 ghtz.

 

[Guest]

You have fallen victim to the AMD PR system:

1800= 1.53Ghz
1700= 1.46Ghz
1600= 1.4Ghz
1500= 1.33Ghz/1.3Ghz(?)

But not to worry, the product you have paid for is well worth it: it does in fact perform as well as a 1.7 Tbird should. Check the CPU forums they'll tell ya all about it.

<font color=blue>I for one run Quake 3 on a P133(No MMX)</font color=blue>I have no affiliatioin w/ Intel

 

[Boondock_Saint]

AMD Athlon 1.4GHz = Intel Pentium IV 1.9GHz

Don't worry about it being slower than you expected. The Athlon, clock for clock, does a lot better and is able to beat a much more highly clocked PIV.

:tongue: Have you ever tried cooking an egg on your HSF? Tasty. :tongue: