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Date |
: Feb 12th, 2002 |
| Category |
: Processors |
| Manufacturer |
: AMD |
| Author |
: Tom Smith |
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3DNow! Professional is also a new feature, or rather a updated feature.
3DNow! Professional Technology
21 original 3DNow!™ instructions
19 Additional Instructions to Enable Improved Integer Calculations
5 DSP Instructions
52 SSE Instructions
Also the XP includes an internal thermal diode, but I have yet to see a motherboard that takes advantage of it. Most motherboards still use a probe that resides in the middle of the socket. The XP is also supposed to reduce power consumption and heat out put. The voltage is still 1.75 but there is a significant reduction in processor core temperature. This reduction in temperature will also allow for better scalability and overclocking.
Speaking of overclocking. You will notice that the gaps in the L1 bridges are laser cut. The ol' pencil to connect the bridges will no longer work. In order to connect the bridges you will need to fill the gaps with a non conductive filler, like High Speed PC's XP unlocking Kit (A review of it is in the works as I am writing this).
OK enough of this technical mumbo jumbo lets get on to the benchmarks.
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