Either way it will be close enough. Why do 80% - 85% people still buy Intel?Originally posted by: shady06 : ahh, but the real question is can it live up to it's PR rating and run with a P4 3.4 when its released?
Originally posted by: Mikewarrior2
Originally posted by: manly
Can anyone comment on the warranty issue w.r.t. to thermal compound? AMD was reported to revoke the warranty if we use thermal compound. I have a new Thermalright HS and Arctic Silver 3 waiting, and would be very interested in picking up this CPU. But not if I lose warranty coverage (not that I ever expect a CPU to fail).
Well...........
if you really want to get technical, if you read the documents that come with an AMD retail processor, using any heatsink other than the supplied stock heatsink/thermal pad combination will void the warranty.
So the grease issue, like this heatsink issue, is one where AMD is covering their own rear ends. So if you use a third party heatsink, you're voiding the retail warranty, thermal pad or not.
Mike
I'm sorry but I had to reply to this. What does cpu throttling have to do with performance? My AthlonXP runs at 100% all day everyday with no problems. It's performance doesn't suffer because of this. All the P4 throttling does is scale back the speed of the processor if it starts to overheat. Like if your fan dies and you don't notice. If anything it hinders the P4's performance if it has to kick in the throttling.
People pay extra and throw away the heatsink just to get retail warranty.
Originally posted by: JCE86
There's a rumor saying that OEM versions are overclocking better. Is this just a rumor?
Originally posted by: c627627
Although there are some sites that list codes for 1700+, there hasn't been any that we know of that list codes for 2500+.
Not enough 2500+ have been sold and tested to say which week of production performs better.
Originally posted by: zodder
I know it will work on a RDA+. Should be a plug and play no-brainer.
Originally posted by: c627627
Windows will be fine and so will all your programs which will execute faster.
The only thing here is if your mobo is compatible with it and if so do you need a mobo BIOS upgrade to correctly recognize it.
Windows may need to be reinsatlled if you buy a new mobo, not CPU.