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Company(s): Advanced Micro Devices
Product: Athlon XP 2200+
Availability: Late July
Author: Michael (Oreo) Falcon
Price: $239.00
Supplier: AMD
Date: 6-10-02
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Lagniappe
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Looking at the bridges of our evaluation sample it sure looks as if this Thoroughbred has come to us UNLOCKED.
With a quick trip into the Bios we tested this theory to see if it is true. Hmm, the XP2200+ seems to be locked. After several attempts we are unable to adjust the CPU multiplier. This is most disappointing to say the least. Our adventure in overclocking will be a limited one.
After playing around with FSB we have found that we can get our system stable at 143MHz FSB, which gives us a CPU speed of 1.93GHz. We were actually able to get the system to post at a blazing 2.0GHz but post and running stability are two different things. Running completely stable at 1.93 GHz its time to make a run at the benchmarks to see how our pumped up horse handles the challenges.
Again the numbers say it all so for your convenience we have grouped all the overclocking results into a graph gallery. I think you will like what you see.
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