Venice vs Venice... Whats the Difference?

[Bennah]

Starting up a new rig soon and looking around at cpus. There are a load to choose from. Something A64 is going to be the route. Not sure what yet though. Anyways this thread aint aking about that

Ive seen 2 different types of Venice for sale, in 3200+ and 3500+ flavours. There is hardly no price difference between the 2 types.

3200+ Venice BP
3200+ Venice CG

3500+ Venice BP
3500+ Venice CG

There is hardly no price difference between the 2 types. Is the CG a newer revision than the BP? Cant think why there should be 2 types of 3200+ / 3500+ Venice's

 

[teggs]

here's a snippet from another forum:

sporadicDec 29 2005, 02:30 PM
I'm looking at the a64 3200+ on newegg.com and there are 2 different, seemingly identical Venice core processors but with different model numbers:
ADA3200CGBOX $177.00 and
ADA3200BPBOX $167.00
Both are 1ghz fsb.
So what's the difference, and which one should I get?
Will one overclock better than the other?


ljfDec 29 2005, 04:55 PM
The BP is a revision E3, the CG is an E4, and the BW would be an E6, according to a link given by AMD
I would go for the newer one as they do tend to fix some minor things but sometimes a BIOS update will be needed to recognize the newer processor.
As for overclocking, they should do about the same but each overclock is unique to the complete system not just the processor.


mburganDec 29 2005, 09:16 PM
Go for the E4 (CG) or higher.
These contain an updated memory controller, as well as being manufactured with newer silicon technologies that enable the CPU to run cooler.
Its not a hard and fast rule that a cooler running CPU will overclock better, but you're much more likely to get a better (and more stable) overclock from a cooler running CPU.


sporadicDec 30 2005, 07:47 AM
Thanks for the replies everyone.
Great group of people here!

 

[Bennah]

Ah, thanks. I had a feeling that it would be a newer revision, but I was unsure.

Thanks for the info.