Prescott/Northwood P4 chips and IC7-G MAXII ADVANCE

On Sun, 9 May 2004 00:21:25 -0400, "FireFox" <firefox11.DeleteThis@charter.net>
wrote:

 > Kinda along the same lines, I'm wondering if going Prescott is a good
 >idea (I have a 3.0c right now (running between 160 and 165f, with slightly
 >better than "stock" air cooling)) with Intel scrapping the Tejas and Jayhawk
 >in favor of a yet unnamed duel core chip. The "next generation" for me
 >would be Prescott, but I'm thinking I probably should hold out and hope my
 >P4c can keep me playing the latest games until Intel gets a plan together???
 >
 >(-: FireFox
 >


Well i already have an 845 chipset board with a 2.53 533mhz. The only
reason i am thinking about this is for the dual channel memory and a
little breathing room later if i want to put a 3.x processor in. I am
currently happy with my P4 but i would like to take advantage of the
performance increases dual ddr gives<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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current Prescott chips are running a tad warm and not real impressive in
terms of performance over a Northwood. I'd get a 2.6c or 2.8c myself... I
just finished buying a 2.8c for an upgrade over a 2.2/533 model and it made
a nice improvement in performance and the HT was recognized by XP without
problem.

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"NoneOfBusiness" <NoneOfBusiness.RemoveThis@nob.net> wrote in message
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 > Just a few simple questions
 >
 > According to the specs off abit i can tell that this board supports
 > the Northwood chips and i am assuming the EE chips. Can anyone tell me
 > if it supports the Prescott as well? I am thinking about purchasing
 > one and i need to know what sort of compatibility i can have with this
 > processor line before buying one of them also.
 >
 > TIA<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Sun, 9 May 2004 16:29:22 -0400, "TomG" <tgeery-NOSPAM-.RemoveThis@cox.net>
wrote:

 >current Prescott chips are running a tad warm and not real impressive in
 >terms of performance over a Northwood. I'd get a 2.6c or 2.8c myself... I
 >just finished buying a 2.8c for an upgrade over a 2.2/533 model and it made
 >a nice improvement in performance and the HT was recognized by XP without
 >problem.


Does anyone know if there are still issues with HT and SB
Audigy/Audigy 2 lines of cards or did creative finally address these
issues with driver upgrades?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"NoneOfBusiness" <NoneOfBusiness DeleteThis @nob.net> wrote in message
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 > Just a few simple questions
 >
 > According to the specs off abit i can tell that this board supports
 > the Northwood chips and i am assuming the EE chips. Can anyone
 > tell me if it supports the Prescott as well? I am thinking about
 > purchasing one

Don't bother. The current stepping Prescotts are shit; as things stand, the
Northwood C's are by far the better buy.

If you are thinking of buying an IC7-G with a view to future upgrades, this
board will run the 478 pin Prescott. However, if you're thinking about
future compatibility, you'd probably be better off waiting for the AA7-G or
something else using the LGA775 platform.
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On Mon, 10 May 2004 01:32:39 +0100, "Richard Hopkins"
<richh.TakeThisOut@dsl.nospam.co.uk> wrote:

 >"NoneOfBusiness" <NoneOfBusiness.TakeThisOut@nob.net> wrote in message
 >news:7h0r90h85qhahob8sklieqi3h5r5eil3mt@4ax.com...
  >> Just a few simple questions
  >>
  >> According to the specs off abit i can tell that this board supports
  >> the Northwood chips and i am assuming the EE chips. Can anyone
  >> tell me if it supports the Prescott as well? I am thinking about
  >> purchasing one
 >
 >Don't bother. The current stepping Prescotts are shit; as things stand, the
 >Northwood C's are by far the better buy.
 >
 >If you are thinking of buying an IC7-G with a view to future upgrades, this
 >board will run the 478 pin Prescott. However, if you're thinking about
 >future compatibility, you'd probably be better off waiting for the AA7-G or
 >something else using the LGA775 platform.


I am not as worried about future compatibility as i am an increase in
performance. The main reason i would consider this is for the dual
channel ddr support. I would probably upgrade to a faster chip with
the 800mhz FSB (Northwood or Prescott, if performance is better) in a
few months but just use my current p4 until then. Then i could wait
another year or two without upgrading processors again and by that
point who knows how things are going to be ya know?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"NoneOfBusiness" <NoneOfBusiness RemoveThis @nob.net> wrote in message..
 > Does anyone know if there are still issues with HT and SB
 > Audigy/Audigy 2 lines of cards or did creative finally address these
 > issues with driver upgrades?

Jeesh, have you been hiding under a stone or something? Creative sorted that
out probably over a year ago.
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On Mon, 10 May 2004 16:16:55 +0100, "Richard Hopkins"
<richh.RemoveThis@dsl.nospam.co.uk> wrote:

 >"NoneOfBusiness" <NoneOfBusiness.RemoveThis@nob.net> wrote in message..
  >> Does anyone know if there are still issues with HT and SB
  >> Audigy/Audigy 2 lines of cards or did creative finally address these
  >> issues with driver upgrades?
 >
 >Jeesh, have you been hiding under a stone or something? Creative sorted that
 >out probably over a year ago.

no i have not been hiding under a stone, but i also do not primarily
use pentium systems either. I am much more familiar with Athlon
systems. And with creative you never know.

Do me a favor, if i ask something in this newsgroup again, just STFU
and do not reply at all. Your responses are useless and uncalled for
and there are many others who would be willing to help without being a
dick about it.

Cheerio mate. *Plonk*<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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no issues here with HT and an Audigy installed...

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"NoneOfBusiness" <NoneOfBusiness.RemoveThis@nob.net> wrote in message
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 > On Sun, 9 May 2004 16:29:22 -0400, "TomG" <tgeery-NOSPAM-.RemoveThis@cox.net>
 > wrote:
 >
  > >current Prescott chips are running a tad warm and not real impressive in
  > >terms of performance over a Northwood. I'd get a 2.6c or 2.8c myself...
I
  > >just finished buying a 2.8c for an upgrade over a 2.2/533 model and it
made
  > >a nice improvement in performance and the HT was recognized by XP without
  > >problem.
 >
 >
 > Does anyone know if there are still issues with HT and SB
 > Audigy/Audigy 2 lines of cards or did creative finally address these
 > issues with driver upgrades?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Prescott/Northwood P4 chips and IC7-G MAXII ADVANCE 

On Tue, 11 May 2004 06:51:22 -0400, "TomG" <tgeery-NOSPAM-.DeleteThis@cox.net>
wrote:

 >no issues here with HT and an Audigy installed...


Thank you for a helpful answer without being a smartass like some
others.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Tue, 11 May 2004 06:51:22 -0400, "TomG" <tgeery-NOSPAM- RemoveThis @cox.net>
wrote:

 >no issues here with HT and an Audigy installed...

There are a few games that have isssues with HT. Some people disable
HT because it does little for them in real world useage.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"Slug" <no.TakeThisOut@email.here> wrote in message
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 > On Tue, 11 May 2004 06:51:22 -0400, "TomG" <tgeery-NOSPAM-.TakeThisOut@cox.net>
 > wrote:
 >
  > >no issues here with HT and an Audigy installed...
 >
 > There are a few games that have isssues with HT. Some people disable
 > HT because it does little for them in real world useage.

Which games? I'm getting some bad fps in Startrek elite force 2 , using a
3.2GHz HT P4 and 9600Radeon.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Tue, 11 May 2004 18:43:32 GMT, "Asestar" <a s e s t a r @ s t a r t
.. n o> wrote:


 >Which games? I'm getting some bad fps in Startrek elite force 2 , using a
 >3.2GHz HT P4 and 9600Radeon.
 >

I'm not sure which ones as I don't have an HT cpu myself. But I have
read of them on usenet. Do a google groups search.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Sun, 09 May 2004 21:39:06 -0400, NoneOfBusiness
<NoneOfBusiness.TakeThisOut@nob.net> wrote:


 >I am not as worried about future compatibility as i am an increase in
 >performance. The main reason i would consider this is for the dual
 >channel ddr support. I would probably upgrade to a faster chip with
 >the 800mhz FSB (Northwood or Prescott, if performance is better) in a
 >few months but just use my current p4 until then. Then i could wait
 >another year or two without upgrading processors again and by that
 >point who knows how things are going to be ya know?

Dual channel doesn't give you all that much of a performance increase.
Personally, if I was building a new system today I would go with
AMD64. More bang for the buck.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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