to XP or not to XP

[AgEnT0140]

i've been busy for the past month and was amazed to se an XP chip. I have no clue what it is other than it's the new amd chip. What does the "+" at the end of the speed mean. And at www.newegg.com it had 1.4/1600+. what does that mean? so in other words, is it worth the $$ to jump from what i was gonna get(1.4ghz t-bird) to a XP?

Thanks,
Kevin

[]-[itman]

The 1600+ is like AMD's attempt to tell ppl that this card is = to a pentium 4 1600 or more. The new XP's are a bit more complicated to unlock but run a little cooler and, from what i hear, runs a little faster. I personally am going to wait for the price to drop since this is a new chip. Or, if you want the t-bird's prices have dropped a lot. You also have to make sure that your motherboard will handle a XP chip.

[AgEnT0140]

Well, i think i can handle unlocking it(if i need to). As for the prices $152 is pretty high but i might be able to shell it out. Do you know if the Epox 8K7A can handle an XP?

[]-[itman]

Yes it can handle all current speeds of the XP chip. So if you can get a hold of one I think we'll all be interested in hearing about your overclock. Good luck ;)

[AgEnT0140]

well i'll be geting it in about 2 weeks. I'm gonna have to get the Refurb. epox board so i can afford the proc. only $70 no shipping on the epox refurb! that's $70+$152. Thats means i gotta shell out 222. :) I was planning on spending more for the mobo and proc about 2 weeks ago. I wont be getting the 1800+ but the 1600+.I hope i can actually get it up to 1600. Got any heatsink suggestions?

[]-[itman]

Nevermind, i checked it out. The 1800+ chip running at 1.53 ghz is supposed to perform equal to a 1.8ghz t-bird. As far as benchmarks go the t-bird seems to be performing mhz for mhz with the xp. You can find the benchmarks here
http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/cpus/amd/1533xp/index3.html
i'm not sure how to make a hyperlink(new to the board)tried html but didn't work. Also an interesting benchmark for the p4 2.0 ;)