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raymac45d · January 31st, 2005, 05:38 PM

i have a question. i bought a new motherboard and a processor, and was told that the processor was a 2.2 ghz, from the store. i run a system analysis and it shows as 1.5. the processor was listed as 2200+.. what does that mean? can i increase the speed of it somehow?
specs (from sisoft sandra):

Processor
Model : AMD Sempron(tm) 2200+
Speed : 1.50GHz
Model Number : 2200 (estimated)
Performance Rating : PR2175 (estimated)
Type : Standard
L2 On-board Cache : 256kB ECC Synchronous, Write-Back, 16-way set, 64 byte line size

Mainboard
Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI IMB USB i2c/SMBus
MP Support : 1 CPU(s)
MP APIC : Yes
System BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG
System : VIA Technologies, Inc. KM266Pro-8235
Mainboard : KM266Pro-8235
Total Memory : 448MB DDR-SDRAM

Chipset 1
Model : VIA Technologies Inc KM400 CPU to PCI Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 167MHz (334MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM
Shared Memory : 64MB
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 167MHz (334MHz data rate)

January 31st, 2005, 05:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
raymac45d Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 105	AMD 1.5ghz, thought it was 2.2??? i have a question. i bought a new motherboard and a processor, and was told that the processor was a 2.2 ghz, from the store. i run a system analysis and it shows as 1.5. the processor was listed as 2200+.. what does that mean? can i increase the speed of it somehow? specs (from sisoft sandra): Processor Model : AMD Sempron(tm) 2200+ Speed : 1.50GHz Model Number : 2200 (estimated) Performance Rating : PR2175 (estimated) Type : Standard L2 On-board Cache : 256kB ECC Synchronous, Write-Back, 16-way set, 64 byte line size Mainboard Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI IMB USB i2c/SMBus MP Support : 1 CPU(s) MP APIC : Yes System BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG System : VIA Technologies, Inc. KM266Pro-8235 Mainboard : KM266Pro-8235 Total Memory : 448MB DDR-SDRAM Chipset 1 Model : VIA Technologies Inc KM400 CPU to PCI Bridge Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 167MHz (334MHz data rate) Total Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM Shared Memory : 64MB Memory Bus Speed : 2x 167MHz (334MHz data rate)