AMD TBred Question

[KLowD9x]

This has prolly already been asked...and I cant seem to find much information anywhere on this question that has been plauging my mind for the past 30 seconds. What the heck is the difference between the standard Athlon XP cores and the Athlon XP TBred cores?

[Namagomi]

just a die shrink. same chip, but just a 30%(?) smaller package

[LinkStatic]

and runs much more cooler than the Tbred... supports SSE too....

[Pinky]

Originally posted by LinkStatic
and runs much more cooler than the Tbred... supports SSE too....

???

[KLowD9x]

Originally posted by LinkStatic
and runs much more cooler than the Tbred... supports SSE too....

SSE?? really? I though that was a strictly Intel thing...

[Shade00]

Yep, SSE has been implemented in AMD processors since Morgan/Palomino cores with the Durons and Athlons, respectively.

However, SSE2 is not in AMD's processors, so this is probably what you're thinking of.

I don't have my Tbred yet, but it seems that they would run cooler at stock speeds and voltages. .13 micron die and 1.5v should provide much lower temps. And don't go flaming me and saying 'But mine isn't running cool' if you're cranking 1.7v+ through it... that's comparable to putting 1.9+ into the Palomino.

[inspectorhammer]

Originally posted by Namagomi
a 30%(?) smaller package


lol

thats all ive got to say.

[Lithan]

Hmm Im kind of assuming my Tbred runs hotter. I got 45-46load on die with my Agoia, Im getting 36-37 load In socket with my Auiga. And my case temp is read at 32, so I'm guessing that my insocket is not terribly accurate. (4 degrees off of case temp?)