Athlon 64 Revision E: Unofficial DDR500 Support

Vikingod · Jul 11, 2005, 05:09 PM

AMD’s 90nm Athlon 64s have been almost everything that the enthusiast community has wanted them to be. Being little more than a die shrink, the 90nm chips are cooler, can run faster, and are cheaper to make than their 130nm counterparts. But the improvements didn’t stop with the move to 90nm. More recently, AMD has released their Revision E 90nm Athlon 64 cores, which featured a number of small improvements.

One of the biggest improvements to Rev E on paper was the added support for SSE3 instructions, originally introduced on Intel’s 90nm Prescott based Pentium 4. When the Rev E cores had first arrived on the scene, we took a look at the performance improvements offered by SSE3 support and came up empty handed .

There were a number of other improvements made to the Rev E core, including an updated memory controller - boasting support for mismatched DIMM sizes per channel, improved memory access performance for integrated graphics cores and a few other performance tweaks that AMD hasn’t gone into much detail about.

Read More: AnandTech

Driver 7 · Jul 11, 2005, 06:35 PM

I just picked up one of these on the weekend. It's a 4200 X2 and it does support DDR 500.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 11, 2005, 06:59 PM

Eh? Rev E = venis core correct?

"The above table is comprised of all of the Socket-939 Venice (90nm Rev E) cores currently on the market, as well as the Athlon 64 X2 processors, which also support the new dividers."

What about the 3000+ venis core ?? they missed that one LOL

Driver 7 · Jul 11, 2005, 07:44 PM

Sorry mine is not revision E I don't think. Sandra says 2B. But it does support SSE 3 and does support my corsair DDR 500.

This stuff is beyond my understanding lol.

Here's what Sandra says.

Jul 11, 2005, 05:09 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,187 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	Athlon 64 Revision E: Unofficial DDR500 Support AMD’s 90nm Athlon 64s have been almost everything that the enthusiast community has wanted them to be. Being little more than a die shrink, the 90nm chips are cooler, can run faster, and are cheaper to make than their 130nm counterparts. But the improvements didn’t stop with the move to 90nm. More recently, AMD has released their Revision E 90nm Athlon 64 cores, which featured a number of small improvements. One of the biggest improvements to Rev E on paper was the added support for SSE3 instructions, originally introduced on Intel’s 90nm Prescott based Pentium 4. When the Rev E cores had first arrived on the scene, we took a look at the performance improvements offered by SSE3 support and came up empty handed . There were a number of other improvements made to the Rev E core, including an updated memory controller - boasting support for mismatched DIMM sizes per channel, improved memory access performance for integrated graphics cores and a few other performance tweaks that AMD hasn’t gone into much detail about. Read More: AnandTech __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*

Jul 11, 2005, 06:35 PM	#2
Driver 7 Discombobulated NVidiot Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC - CANADA Posts: 1,015 Rep Power: 0	I just picked up one of these on the weekend. It's a 4200 X2 and it does support DDR 500. __________________ [COLOR=Black]Asus A8N Deluxe SLI, AMD64 4200 X2 Dual Core, 2x 6800's, Corsair TwinX PC4000 DDR500, Yamaha F1 cdrw, Soundblaster Audigy 2, 2 SATA 120 gig Maxtor HD's, Raid 0 array, Altec Lancing 5.1 Surround Speakers, Thermaltake Xaser III Case, Stealth 470w Power supply, 21.3" Samsung widescreen, MX1000 Lazer mouse.[/COLOR]

Jul 11, 2005, 06:59 PM	#3
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Eh? Rev E = venis core correct? "The above table is comprised of all of the Socket-939 Venice (90nm Rev E) cores currently on the market, as well as the Athlon 64 X2 processors, which also support the new dividers." What about the 3000+ venis core ?? they missed that one LOL __________________

Jul 11, 2005, 07:44 PM	#4
Driver 7 Discombobulated NVidiot Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC - CANADA Posts: 1,015 Rep Power: 0	Sorry mine is not revision E I don't think. Sandra says 2B. But it does support SSE 3 and does support my corsair DDR 500. This stuff is beyond my understanding lol. Here's what Sandra says. __________________ [COLOR=Black]Asus A8N Deluxe SLI, AMD64 4200 X2 Dual Core, 2x 6800's, Corsair TwinX PC4000 DDR500, Yamaha F1 cdrw, Soundblaster Audigy 2, 2 SATA 120 gig Maxtor HD's, Raid 0 array, Altec Lancing 5.1 Surround Speakers, Thermaltake Xaser III Case, Stealth 470w Power supply, 21.3" Samsung widescreen, MX1000 Lazer mouse.[/COLOR]