AMD 1.5ghz, thought it was 2.2???

[raymac45d]

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)

[vikeor]

a 2200+ Sempron runs at 1,5ghz...
obviously the guy that told u that it was 2,2ghz was a schmuck and ought to be fired! The AMD rating system isnt the speed of the CPU...

[-FMA]

2200+ = pentium 2.2
they should run about the same

[Gait_Keeper]

yeah that guy was full of it

my 1800+ runs at 1530MHz

AMD's rating system is based on equevilent Intel speeds

2200+ AMD can equal or out preform an Intel 2.2 GHz chip

there are many threads about the two rating systems. I'll try to find some links
or go to AMD's site

you didn't get a bad deal, just bad info

AMD rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gait_Keeper]

http://www.techimo.com/forum/t106312.html


http://www.doublehammer.com/winxp/amd_xp_speeds.htm

http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/cont..._Rev04_ENG.pdf

[Shabow]

more hertz doesnt always mean better performance

[GameManK]

Originally Posted by -FMA

2200+ = pentium 2.2
they should run about the same

i believe it's
athlon xp 2200+ (1.8GHz) = pentium 4 2.2GHz
Sempron 2200+ (1.5GHz) = celeron 2.2GHz

though i have a hard time believing the sempron would perform as bad as a celeron, especially overclocked

[-FMA]

Originally Posted by GameManK

i believe it's
athlon xp 2200+ (1.8GHz) = pentium 4 2.2GHz
Sempron 2200+ (1.5GHz) = celeron 2.2GHz

though i have a hard time believing the sempron would perform as bad as a celeron, especially overclocked

ah forgot it was a sempron, thinking he has athlon xp

[HeadBand]

its not based on the northwood celeron, the sempron is based on the celly D,
the pr for the lower end XPs is pretty close but when you get higher up it becomes a bit misleading because of all the different p4s with the same clockspeed...AMD says it dosent rate them based on the p4s, but the speed the original tbird would need to pe clocked at to perform equally...I don't believe that because an a64 3200+ performs much better than an xp 3200+

[-FMA]

Their needs to be a graph or chart for all this, to compare the all