athlon xp on 2k

[parat8t9]

Hey all I was just wondering if running the athlon xp using a different operating system besides xp makes that much of a difference? Will it run as well on a 2k system? I know its called athlon xp because they developed the processor specificly for xp but does it really matter? My friend said a t-bird is the same as an xp except it runs better on xp. Any thoughts?


Thanks

[sptw]

Hi parat8t9.

Athlon XP run very well on Win 2K.Don't worry about it.The AMD Athlon XP processor is compatible with all Windows operating systems, all Windows-based applications, the Linux operating system, and Linux applications.What you have to check is if your motherboard is compatible with Athlon XP.Motherboards will need a BIOS update to properly identify the AMD Athlon XP processor and take advantage of the enhanced performance features.Some motherboards are not compatible with Athlon XP.The key features of the AMD Athlon XP processor are:
QuantiSpeed architecture,that specifically, incorporate:
Nine-issue, fully pipelined, superscalar micro-architecture
Superscalar, fully pipelined floating point unit (FPU)
Hardware data prefetch, that anticipates data the processor will need based on the instruction stream executed, and brings it into high-speed, on-die cache memory where it can be accessed faster to boost application performance. (“It gets data before the processor needs it.”)
Exclusive & speculative Translation Look-aside Buffers (TLB)

High-performance, full-speed on-chip cache (384K total)
266MHz advanced front-side bus
3DNow!™ Professional technology (with 52 new instructions, SSE included).
More transistors too, that enable it to run cool when compared with Athlon Thunderbird.

I hope this help you.
Regards.