XP's...Green or brown??

YviE · Mar 15, 2003

What's the difference between the green and the brown ones??

Jeff7477 · Mar 15, 2003

the color

jonspd · Mar 15, 2003

Jeff7477 said:
the color

yes thats it I think some say that the grennys overclock better but I havn't heard of a green v brown shootout.

maxima88 · Mar 15, 2003

I don't really think there's a difference in o/c performance.
I know that the green pally chips are harder to unlock since the bridge contacts have some sort of coating on them and have to be scraped off to make a good connection.

RnPgrosz · Mar 15, 2003

jonspd said:
yes thats it I think some say that the grennys overclock better but I havn't heard of a green v brown shootout.

Nope, it's just the organic packaging. The stepping determines the overclock(and each chip has slightly different capabilities).

YviE · Mar 15, 2003

so they're both in 0.18µ?

what about T-breds, are there green ones?

setl4nothing · Mar 15, 2003

tbreds are all .13 [unless i missed something...]

and i think maxima was right about the unlocking the green ones, cause mine had a wierd looking bump or something. I didnt feel like f'in up my cpu, so I didnt unlock it, and i'm still at 2.1Gs.

Mekks · Mar 15, 2003

green pally chips are a biotch to unlock, i sold mine and wint for a tbred

snvpa · Mar 15, 2003

I have both a green and a brown xp 1700 tbred b juihb 0302 and both clock to 2150 stable the greenie does it at 1.8v and the brownie at 1.85v greenie won't go higher at 1.85v stable but i can get into windows up to 2250. I believe there is no ocing difference but the green chips look so cool.

Deathknight · Mar 15, 2003

snvpa said:
but the green chips look so cool.

Well they may look cool in the packaging but they don't run too cool until you put a waterblock or heatsink or something on them, and then of course you can't see it anymore

I agree the greens are a bit of a pain to unlock because of the coating.

snvpa · Mar 15, 2003

so true deathnight. well i guess i'll just have to develop a good submersible cooling system then you'll be able to see it. also after 3 hours of playing madden 2001 I do believe the green 1700 is stable at 2.205 ghz @1.85v. only time will tell I guess but madden is a great stress tester in my experience.

Mekks · Mar 15, 2003

madden 2001 works my pc very hard, like harder than prime95 does in my opinon

snvpa · Mar 15, 2003

I agree thats why i use it. also suprisingly sim city 4 exposes instability better than most burn in programs. I think the best test of stability is to do what you normally do with your comp.

JoJoMoJo · Mar 15, 2003

I have both I thought the browns were 266 C codes and the Greens were D code 333 fsb chips?

snvpa · Mar 15, 2003

possibly with a 2600+ that has both a 266fsb and a 333fsb model.

donny_paycheck · Mar 15, 2003

Other than color there is no difference, except that shiny coating others have mentioned. I'm not sure what determines the color. I have two 2100+ AIUHB T-Breds here. One is green, one is brown. Can't remember the week number offhand though.

zindane18 · Mar 15, 2003

Well I have a green one and like someone said...whos cares about the color....you wont see it when you put on the heatsink....and about the shiny coating..dunno..dont care....I have a KT400, so why mess with unlocking when everything can be unlocked already!

KeeperOfSecrets · Mar 16, 2003

one of the advantages of the asus a7v8x is that all multi's are available as standard (go the KT400

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Gnufsh · Mar 16, 2003

I believe the cores are made in the same fab, but they are assembeled in different places.

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