I've got a CPU problem and I also need some advice...
Firstly, I had been noticing poor performance from my PC recently and then I suddenly realised while booting that the clock speed was displayed at 1150MHz. This a bit odd considering it has been running comfortable at 1533MHz for about the last three years...
Current spec:
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
MSI KT3-Ultra mobo
900Mb DDR 333
GeForce 4 MX420
40Gb IDE HD
(Windows XP pro + Debian GNU/Linux Sarge)
Since building this PC I havn't really paid much attention to the hardware and the CPU multiplier in the BIOS is set on Auto.
Any ideas why the clock speed has become incorrect?
Secondly, I know my PC is getting a little rusty and am planning a new one currently. I'm thinking AMD Athlon 64 3000 (SKT 939 so it'll be upgradable in the future) I know the Venice core is praised on overclockability but it seems few motherboards have a BIOS installed with "out of the box" support for Venice. Am I better going for Winchester core? ..and can anyone suggest a decent (cheapish) mobo with AGP for these processors?
Firstly, I had been noticing poor performance from my PC recently and then I suddenly realised while booting that the clock speed was displayed at 1150MHz. This a bit odd considering it has been running comfortable at 1533MHz for about the last three years...
Current spec:
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
MSI KT3-Ultra mobo
900Mb DDR 333
GeForce 4 MX420
40Gb IDE HD
(Windows XP pro + Debian GNU/Linux Sarge)
Since building this PC I havn't really paid much attention to the hardware and the CPU multiplier in the BIOS is set on Auto.
Any ideas why the clock speed has become incorrect?
Secondly, I know my PC is getting a little rusty and am planning a new one currently. I'm thinking AMD Athlon 64 3000 (SKT 939 so it'll be upgradable in the future) I know the Venice core is praised on overclockability but it seems few motherboards have a BIOS installed with "out of the box" support for Venice. Am I better going for Winchester core? ..and can anyone suggest a decent (cheapish) mobo with AGP for these processors?