AMD K6 3D processor

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don ward

Working on a idle computer (no name) and has AMD K6 3D processor... the
selftest is covered by a funky logo so i cant see it count down...

what is the basic speed of the K6 3D or how do i see the processor speed
after it boots ???

don ward
 
don ward said:
Working on a idle computer (no name) and has AMD K6 3D processor... the
selftest is covered by a funky logo so i cant see it count down...

what is the basic speed of the K6 3D or how do i see the processor speed
after it boots ???
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Assuming the hardware has been installed/setup correctly, go to
http://testcpu.webz.cz/ and d/l "testCPU". Other than that you
need to remove the heatsink & fan to read the specs directly off
the processor. AMD-K6-2/xxx would typically be what you see,
where the xxx will denote the speed.
 
don ward said:
Working on a idle computer (no name) and has AMD K6 3D processor... the
selftest is covered by a funky logo so i cant see it count down...

what is the basic speed of the K6 3D or how do i see the processor speed
after it boots ???
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If DX7 or later is installed then just run dxdiag. Alternatively CPUZ, CPUID
or AIDA32 are free utilities.
 
Working on a idle computer (no name) and has AMD K6 3D processor... the
selftest is covered by a funky logo so i cant see it count down...

what is the basic speed of the K6 3D or how do i see the processor speed
after it boots ???

don ward
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The best way, Don, is to take off the hsf and look at the chip. Any
other method will probably show you how the machine is set up...not
always the true speed of the chip.


Have a nice week...

Trent

What do you call a smart blonde?
A golden retriever.
 
Trent© said:
The best way, Don, is to take off the hsf and look at the chip. Any
other method will probably show you how the machine is set up...not
always the true speed of the chip.
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Or, if you don't want to go pulling a working machine apart, download and
run CPU-Z or Aida32 Enterprise system. They will tell you exactly what your
CPU is.
 
Or, if you don't want to go pulling a working machine apart, download and
run CPU-Z or Aida32 Enterprise system. They will tell you exactly what your
CPU is.
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How would you know this? Have you tested each program?...with every
machine in the world?

This only one true way to tell. Anything else...yer guessin'.


Have a nice week...

Trent

What do you call a smart blonde?
A golden retriever.
 
Trent© said:
How would you know this? Have you tested each program?...with every
machine in the world?

This only one true way to tell. Anything else...yer guessin'.
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In case of K6/2 you're absolutely correct. Their processor ID string does
not reveal the manufactured speed of it. I ran all the available utilities
on my old K6/2-350 overclocked to 366MHz and not one utility indicated the
label speed only the actual running speed.
In case of later processors the processor ID string does indicate the
manufactured speed.
 
Alien said:
In case of K6/2 you're absolutely correct. Their processor ID string
does not reveal the manufactured speed of it. I ran all the available
utilities on my old K6/2-350 overclocked to 366MHz and not one
utility indicated the label speed only the actual running speed.
In case of later processors the processor ID string does indicate the
manufactured speed.
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I stand corrected. Thanks for checking that out AZ.
 
~misfit~ said:
I stand corrected. Thanks for checking that out AZ.
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Don't worry, I also thought that Trent was wrong so dug out the old machine
to prove it only to find that he was right.

PS: K6/2-366, 64MB SDRAM, 2 x 4.3GB SCSI HDDs, 4MB Matrox Rainbow Runner
Studio graphics card with video processing capability - top notch PC in
1998, practically useless today. Hmm.
 
Don't worry, I also thought that Trent was wrong so dug out the old machine
to prove it only to find that he was right.

PS: K6/2-366, 64MB SDRAM, 2 x 4.3GB SCSI HDDs, 4MB Matrox Rainbow Runner
Studio graphics card with video processing capability - top notch PC in
1998, practically useless today. Hmm.
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You should upgrade! lol

I'm runnin' a K6-2 433, 192 meg RAM, 4MB Matrox Mystique, on one of
the very first soft-BIOS boards available...a QDI...circa 1998 430TX.

No case...just parts layin' around.

For AIDA...or any program like it...to work properly, its gotta be
able to read the ID on the device. Not much was standardized back
then.


Have a nice week...

Trent

What do you call a smart blonde?
A golden retriever.
 
Trent© said:
You should upgrade! lol

I'm runnin' a K6-2 433, 192 meg RAM, 4MB Matrox Mystique, on one of
the very first soft-BIOS boards available...a QDI...circa 1998 430TX.
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My one's based on Gigabyte GA-586ATX2 motherboard, its FSB cannot go above
66MHz so its limited to 433MHz processor speed. On top of it TX chipset
cannot cache memory above 64MB so increasing the RAM above this actually
slows the machine down.
Basically I can't find a useful role for this oldie, even kid's PCs require
GHz processors to run many games and its physically too big for a
router/firewall or similar app (I use EPIAs for that).
 
My one's based on Gigabyte GA-586ATX2 motherboard, its FSB cannot go above
66MHz so its limited to 433MHz processor speed. On top of it TX chipset
cannot cache memory above 64MB so increasing the RAM above this actually
slows the machine down.
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Not THAT discussion again!!! lol


Have a nice week...

Trent

What do you call a smart blonde?
A golden retriever.
 
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