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Tyan s2460 FULLY utilizes 2600+

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big_cochino

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If the bios (v1.03, v1.04, & v1.05) on the Tyan TigerMP s2460
recognizes all processors above 2000+ as an MP/XP2000+:

Can the s2460 FULLY utilize the clock speed increase of a
2400+ or 2600+ processor ?

Would a system with a core clock speed of 2 gHz (2400+)
REALLY process a big file ( .AVI -> mpeg2) 25% faster than
a system with a 1.6 gHz (1900+) core clock speed ?

Will the CPU recognition limit the effect of the clock speed
increase ?
 
welcome to the forums, big_cochino!

Mhz is Mhz, it doesn't matter if your motherboard calls your CPU a MP 2100, XP 1700, or whatever as long as it boots. The actual mhz is all that matters. As long as your board runs a chip at the correct mhz value, it can call it an C3 for all I care.

Now, if for some reason your board doesn't support higher multipliers, it could run high speed chips at the same speed as slower ones. If the chip is locked, it will just refuse to boot. Which would of course suck, and be a waste of cash. Best best is to go by the book- if the manual or BIOS update doesn't explicitly state that it supports X CPU, assume that it doesn't.

A 25% increase in clockspeed almost never equates directly into a 25% performance boost- there's just too many other factors to consider. It's 400 mhz; I'd assume more like 10-15% personally. But without doing it firsthand it's hard to say.
 
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