It's been a while since I was here, but now I'm somewhat confused about AMD's latest CPU steppings.
I was under the impression that the E3 stepping was for the Venice core, E4 for San Diego and E6 for Toledo (X2), with the SSE3 instruction set included in the E4 stepping and forward. Now, I've seen enough contradictory stuff around the Web to confuse me. I can no longer figure out where SSE3 stands. I know SSE3 is not that big of an issue and that L2 and dual core are more important issues, but still I would like to clear things out for myself.
So, what really are the E3, E4 and E6 steppings and what differences do they bear?
Thanks guys!
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<font color=blue>"Old" DFI NF2 Ultra Infinity
"Old" XP3200+
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"Old" Sapphire 9600XT 256Mb</font color=blue>
I was under the impression that the E3 stepping was for the Venice core, E4 for San Diego and E6 for Toledo (X2), with the SSE3 instruction set included in the E4 stepping and forward. Now, I've seen enough contradictory stuff around the Web to confuse me. I can no longer figure out where SSE3 stands. I know SSE3 is not that big of an issue and that L2 and dual core are more important issues, but still I would like to clear things out for myself.
So, what really are the E3, E4 and E6 steppings and what differences do they bear?
Thanks guys!
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<font color=blue>"Old" DFI NF2 Ultra Infinity
"Old" XP3200+
HyperX PC3500 1Gb
"Old" Sapphire 9600XT 256Mb</font color=blue>
