Can a Sempron work on 266 mobo's or from which chipset can I be certain that a Sempron will work.
Current chipset in my possession are Via 266A and Sis 746FX, 740.
My colleague uses KT333.

Maybe some reply about the Duron, because we had problems with the 1600 on different chipsets.

All the best,
Jay Speed.
Belgium.

I'm pretty sure the Socket A Semprons are all FSB333, so the only chipset (out of the ones you listed) that would support them would be SiS 746FX.

The Duron 1600 is an FSB266 processor, so it's odd that you'd encounter problems unless it was being put in really old boards... what chipsets did you have trouble with?

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The troubless with the Duron 1600 I had was with the SiS735 and SIS746.
My friend with the Via 266A
On these boards the cpu failed to start at all.
It currently lies dormant until we find a board that supports this Duron.
Because we don't do bios updates, we don't se the need for that, we wait.
Its not that it is eating bread is a frase we use around here in Antwerp Belgium.

All the best,
Jay Speed.

QUOTE I'm pretty sure the Socket A Semprons are all FSB333

Correct.

Semprons were designed for people who wanted to upgrade to a better CPU with a 333FSB Socket A motherboard.

Jay Speed, before installing any Sempron (Or buying one for that matter) in any of your motherboards, check that the motherboard supports 333MHz FSB (Front Side Bus).

It will say in the manual, or it will say it in the BIOS.

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if u want to make sure ur board really does support Sempron.. u can always check the manufacture site for the CPU supported.. i'm pretty sure if its support they should have updated their specs by now

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Also, keep in mind that The Sempron is NOTHING more then a re-named T-Bred B, so if the board supports a 166FSB and T-Breds (which it will if it supports the 166FSB) it will support Semprons.

-Adam

Is a Sempron basically a crippled Barton? (Like a Celeron is to a Pentium)
I've heard that it has some basic support for 64 Bit applications, is this true?

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the socket a sempron is a t'bred core configured for a 166fsb, rather then the normal 133 fsb. there will be a socket 754 sempron-the 3100. however, it will be strictly a 32bit cpu. although, it will have the onboard memory controller like the 64 bit cpus.

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Not really custom tailored. There are other 166FSB T-Breds out there, the 2600+, 2700+, and the hard to find T-Bred 2800+. Really the Semps are just re-named T-Breds.

-Adam

Thank you all for your replay's.
So you will be better of buying an Athlon.
I checked the site of Amd and it listed the specs for the Sempron.
Sempron 2400+ --> 1.667 ghz, L2 = 256 kb
Athlon 2000+ --> 1.667 ghz, L2 = 256 kb
Is only that the Sempron is cheaper that can explain any choice.
In fact its a false cheapness because if you compare against the real speed the are the same price.
Allright its 166 against the older Athlons 133 and probably better in the core.

Jay.

Yeah, I'd say you're right there... the Sempron PR ratings are meant to compare to the Celeron (D), but the Athlon XP's PR ratings generally compared to the Pentium 4-A and Pentium 4-B. (Okay, so they were SUPPOSED to compare to the Thunderbird, but really...)

With the Athlon XP's pricing right now, I'd say you'd definitely be better off with an XP. That probably won't last for long, though, as AMD are trying to phase out the XP.

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QUOTE (45 Auto @ Aug 22 2004, 08:07 AM) the socket a sempron is a t'bred core configured for a 166fsb, rather then the normal 133 fsb. there will be a socket 754 sempron-the 3100. however, it will be strictly a 32bit cpu. although, it will have the onboard memory controller like the 64 bit cpus.
Actually, I believe they are using applebred-like cores (barton w/ cache disabled, effectivly a Tbred.))

@dippy: the applebred durons were actually t'breds with reduced cache. The thortons are the bartons with the reduced cache.

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QUOTE Actually, I believe they are using applebred-like cores (barton w/ cache disabled, effectivly a Tbred.))

Socket A Semprons use either Thorougbred B(model 8, OPN starts with 'SDA...' or Thorton(model 10 with 256KB L2-cache, OPN starts with 'SDC...' cores.

Socket 754 Semprons use Dublin(model 8, mobiles ONLY) or partially disabled Newcastle(model C, only 256KB of functional L2-cache and AMD64 disabled - desktop ONLY) cores.

More info(documentation/datasheets) can be found here' ">http://www.amd.com/us-en/Proce..._182_739_11683,00.html

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Thanks for the clarification Grey.

I wonder, will the 3100+ use HT? If it does will it be the same speed as other socket 754 chips?

-Adam

QUOTE I wonder, will the 3100+ use HT? If it does will it be the same speed as other socket 754 chips?
Yes and yes - unless you were referring to 'Hyperthreading' instead of 'Hypertransport' by 'HT'

Socket 754 chipsets are designed to communicate with the processor via a Hypertransport-link, consequently ANY Socket 754 processor will support this Hypertransport-link - apart from the on-die memory-controller, this is also the main reason why you couldn't just slap an Athlon XP-core on a 754-pin package and expect it to run on Socket 754 motherboards...the AXP's Frontside Bus(Alpha EV6 Bus) is vastly different from the Socket 754-processors' HT-link and simply incompatible.

Making the HT-link run slower wouldn't result in any noticable difference in performance, so it's easier for everyone to just leave it at it's default speed.

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QUOTE (Jay Speed @ Aug 21 2004, 04:48 AM) Can a Sempron work on 266 mobo's or from which chipset can I be certain that a Sempron will work.
Current chipset in my possession are Via 266A and Sis 746FX, 740.
My colleague uses KT333.

Maybe some reply about the Duron, because we had problems with the 1600 on different chipsets.

All the best,
Jay Speed.
Belgium.
It's socket A right, so it should work, just at a lower speed with any of those chipsets that only support 266MHz bus speeds..

Just like all the other socket A cpu's...Semprons aren't special, they are just Thoroughbred B cpu's that can run at the higher 2x166 (333) bus speeds.

Later

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Hello, fitted a Sempron 2500+ on a ASRock K7S41 µATX (SIS741)
Works very well with 256 DDR 400 and XP
The lower spec Semprons are not available except the 2400+ some time's.
Performance wise we don't need much, because the pc's are only used the teach in our computerclass.
We operate the computerclass in the goverment school for kids from 7 year until 12.
We do that to keep the computerclass in use and because the school don't has the necessary funds to upgrade the hardware.
For us the benefit is that we can use the cantine, videoclass, computerclass and the sanitation block for our gatherings for free.
We are a computerclub.
www.monitorniel.be

Jay.

QUOTE (Jay Speed @ Aug 31 2004, 02:13 PM) Hello, fitted a Sempron 2500+ on a ASRock K7S41 µATX (SIS741)
Works very well with 256 DDR 400 and XP
The lower spec Semprons are not available except the 2400+ some time's.
Performance wise we don't need much, because the pc's are only used the teach in our computerclass.
We operate the computerclass in the goverment school for kids from 7 year until 12.
We do that to keep the computerclass in use and because the school don't has the necessary funds to upgrade the hardware.
For us the benefit is that we can use the cantine, videoclass, computerclass and the sanitation block for our gatherings for free.
We are a computerclub.
www.monitorniel.be

Jay.
Thats a good little motherboard you have there, and it "Officially" supports the Semprons...been looking at getting one of those asrock boards for a while now for a second computer.

If you want to find more info on that board, check these guys out:
http://www.rhcf.com/sis-bin/ul....cgi...?ubb=forum;f=36' ">http://www.rhcf.com/sis-bin/ul...ebb.cgi?ubb=forum;f=36

Guni & Honey X, know their Asrock boards...

Later

MD

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The Sempron isn't a crippled chip like the Celeron. Not only does the AMD Sempron outperform the Intel Celeron, but it outperforms the lower end Pentium 4 processors. Plus, benchmarks show that a Sempron can be overclocked almost 600-800 MHz on stock (I've seen a Sempron 3100+ at 1.8 GHz run at 2.497 GHz on stock and outperform the Pentium 4 3.2 GHz). The Sempron 3100+ might be able to run some 64-Bit applications since it is just 32-Bit version of the Athlon 64 with have the L2 cache and a slower version of the Hyper-Transport FSB.