How to tell

[nick adams]

How do you tell the differanc between an ATHOLON and a T-BIRD???

[yog]

I don't have a chip right in front of me but doesn't it say on the chip itself? I would assume you already looked there and it didn't so the only other way to tell (that I know of) is to go into one of the many CPU programs (CPUID, WCPU, etc.) and it should say in there what the chip is.


Hope this helps.

[Murphy]

nick oc beginner (Feb 12, 2001 12:37 p.m.):
How do you tell the differanc between an ATHOLON and a T-BIRD???

Before I answer, remember one thing: There are no such things as 'atholons' 'athalon' and stuff. There only is a 'athlon'. Athlons have slot-A feet, T-birds have socket-A feet, so you will NEVER be able to have both able to run on your mobo. There are some very rare Tbirds with slot-A, but they aren't available (anymore), they were made for a very short time. So yes, they look (very) different. Slot A has black case surrounding it, socket A is a chip-like desingn with a lot of pins on the bottom.

[diehrd]

There is an athlon slot processor thay called Tbird

It was equiped with an onboard 256 L2 cache !!
Usually was a 900 or 1000mhz processor and were made at the end of production on the slot platform.

To tell the difference ,for me is to open Sisoft
sandra,And open system summary.Also if you dont have this program it is a must for benchmark tests and system info !!!SO get the Sisoft Sandra software
I am sure someone here knows were to get it !

[TechnoFile]

The distinction is an odd one, since it has changed as the AMD chips have progressed. Before the Socket A days, the Athlon referred to the Slot configuratioin K7. Then they came out with a slot Thunderbird, right before they introduced the Socket Duron and Socket Thunderbird. Usually today, T-bird and Athlon are used interchangeably in the consumer world. On these boards, you're more likely to find Athlon referring to the older, slot-based, chips and Thunderbird referring to the newer, socket-based, chips

[nick adams]

nick oc beginner (Feb 12, 2001 12:37 p.m.):
How do you tell the differanc between an ATHOLON and a T-BIRD???
i have a socket a sorry for the confussion

[TechnoFile]

No problem, the athlon/slot/socket thing actually got me for a little while too.