Difference in Intel processors

[KevinCB]

Hi,

Is there much difference between different types of Intel processors?

The reason I ask is I bought a second hand processor on saturday to fit my socket 478 board. I originally had a P4 2.66GHz processor 533FSB, no HT or anything. But the chip I bought is a P4 3.2GHz processor 533FSB with HT, the only issue is that I didn't know until I put it in my board (It doesn't specify on the label) but it is a Mobile version of the P4 processor.

When I go into the system properties I see the following...clicky.

But when I had the 2.66GHz chip in it displayed 'Intel 2.66GHz' then underneath '2.66GHz' in the system properties.

So is the Mobile chip going to be slower than the 2.66GHz chip?

 

[Duke]

Hmmm. As far as I know all the HT processors had 800FSB?

Could you run and take a screencap of CPU-Z?

 

[KevinCB]

OK, here is a screendump of CPU-Z:

clicky

Here are some screendumps from the Intel Processor ID Utility:

Link 1
Link 2
Link 3

As you can see in link 2 it clearly says it has HT support.

 

[Pants]

Hmm it's running at 1.6 Ghz!!?

 

[stigggeh]

thats cos its a 3.2ghz MOBILE northwood.

notice the multiplyer is 12 they all default to this in desktop boards... i dont think there is much you can do about it except overclock the fsb, but you would need to hit 266fsb on the board

 

[KevinCB]

Thought there wasn't something quite right when I put it in.

Right I'll take it back then, they'd better give me a refund because it didn't specify it was a Mobile processor on the label. I probably wouldn't have bought it if it had.

 

[Justintime]

Yeah usually i'd say overclock the bus, but i think it might be too much of a demand on your motherboard and memory for even stock speed, take it back, if it was a Prescott mobile then you could use RMclock to up the multiplier in windows, but Northwoods don't have enhanced speedstep.