Just tried out a new CPU in my rig - it's an AMD 2500+ with the new 'Barton'
core - 0.13 micron.

The previous CPU was an AMD 2400+ regular.

Couple of odd results:  First, according to SiSoftSandra, the 2500+ has a
'true' speed of 1.84Mhz, which is slower than the 2400+ at 2.0Mhz.

So I ran the SiSoftSandra CPU test and got 5032 Dhrystones and 2525
Whetstones for the 2500+, while the 'slower' 2400+ clocked up 5540 and 2730.

By this time I was planning to return the 2500+ to the wholesaler.

So to cross-check, I ran 3DMark 2001.  Another oddity - my previous mark
with the old 2400+ had been 11223, but with the new 2500+ it shot up to
11,769.

Anyone able to comment on these apparent anomalies?

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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