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diference between Athlon MP & XP
Name: Kosat Date: December 7, 2003 at 16:46:53 Pacific OS: XP PRO CPU/Ram: 2600BARTON/512
Comment:
whats the difference between the athlon Xp processor and the Athlon MP processor??
Name: Jake Date: December 7, 2003 at 17:03:49 Pacific
Reply:
The XP is an MP with multiple CPU support disabled. There's a way to re-enable it, but I don't remember exactly how it's done.
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Response Number 2
Name: Kosat Date: December 7, 2003 at 17:39:31 Pacific
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is that the only difference?
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Response Number 3
Name: sonnysandiego Date: December 7, 2003 at 18:37:51 Pacific
Reply:
you could check the AMD site
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Response Number 4
Name: Jake Date: December 7, 2003 at 19:53:15 Pacific
Reply:
You might be able to get MPs with more cache since they're intended to be used in servers, but XPs and MPs use the same cores, so they're essentially the same with the exception of SMP capabilities.
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Response Number 5
Name: someone Date: December 7, 2003 at 21:46:20 Pacific
Reply:
These processors are identical in architecture. Neither performs better than the other. Athlon MP processors, however, are guaranteed to work in a dual-processor configuration and in Athlon MP specific motherboards. Athlon XP CPUs do not carry this guarantee.
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