P4 3.4ghz not showing stock speed

[eggyoke]

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You will find only PCB2.01 version P4S800 support P4 3.4E GHZ CPU,
if your board is PCB 1.0x series, CPU will run at 2.8GHZ only.

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Noooooooooo!!! It says on the box that it supports processors of 3.2ghz + (plus!) isn't that false advertising?

*Sigh* well... what do you think I should do? Keep it and overclock it, or sell it and keep my 2.4ghz?

I'll be getting a whole new system at the end of the year. I just wanted to inject a bit of life into my current system to tide me over (to help make Oblivion run smoother.)

Oh while I have this thread, would it be worth replacing my 6800 ultra with a X1950 Pro? Would a P4 2.8ghz bottleneck it too much to see a difference? Its mostly to run Oblivion at mid-high settings with smooth fps.

 

[IAmATeaf]

So I assume your mobo is a v1.xx then?

 

[gurusan]

honestly I would try just selling it while it has value and overclocking your old CPU. it should hit 3+ghz.

 

[eggyoke]

My motherboard says "Rev. 2.00" and going by that Asus reply only Rev. 2.01 takes 3.4ghz..

But anyway... anyone in the market for a 3.4ghz P4?

 

[Mitch007]

Would you really see that much more performance going from 2.8ghz to 3.4ghz ?

I saw big gains with a jump of this nature (all be it from 2.8 to 3.2) on my rig.... so YES and more gain with some OC

 

[gurusan]

My motherboard says "Rev. 2.00" and going by that Asus reply only Rev. 2.01 takes 3.4ghz..

But anyway... anyone in the market for a 3.4ghz P4?

but you can still overclock