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Subdude
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 Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject: Athlon XP 3000 upgrade |
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| I have an Athlon XP 3000 which does not support sse2. Any suggestions as what I can upgrade to that will support sse2? |
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frag_
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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SSE2 in AMD chips was implemented first in Athlon 64,
for Intel chips in Pentium 4,
so you need to change a platform for it. |
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Subdude
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| My board takes a socket A and I think that Athlon 64 is a socket AM2 - not compatible??? |
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Neon
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Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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Not compatible.
Change platform means change motherboard. |
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