CPU axis perpendicular to the MB vs CPU axis parallel to the MB.

stf92 · 06-22-2011, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by TobiSGD

To see the complete info of your CPU just type this into a terminal:

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cat /proc/cpuinfo

Wonderful! It even gives the cpuid level!

@Cascade9: I'm a programmer and for me numbers speak for themselves. E.g., I'll know stepping 6 is newer than stepping 1 because 1 < 6.

TobiSGD · 06-22-2011, 09:56 AM

But do you know the differences between 1 and 6? If not, those numbers are rather useless.

stf92 · 06-22-2011, 10:01 AM

Well, I knew the CPUID instruction for the 1st time when reading the Intel manual, three volumes. I justed coded into a program and, voila!, a wealth of informatation was available with just one instruction. Names are a matter of using memory to memorize them and Im not good at that. Above all, there now been hundreds of them.

cascade9 · 06-22-2011, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by stf92

@Cascade9: I'm a programmer and for me numbers speak for themselves. E.g., I'll know stepping 6 is newer than stepping 1 because 1 < 6.

Stepping wasnt what you were asking about-

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Originally Posted by stf92

OK. But can Linux or can he not give me the CPU model? For it seems it cannot. Why does he not display it at boot time?

Model, and stepping are not linear. Just have a look at some of the Core2duo steppings- A1, B2, B3, E1, G0, G2, L2, M0. That looks like the right order? But its not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_%2...g_65nm_process

The main group of people who care much about stepping revisions are overclockers. Most other people dont care.

stf92 · 06-22-2011, 10:23 AM

Well, in the transition from 486 to 586 (Pentium) to 686, these numbers did mean something for a programmer.

cascade9 · 06-22-2011, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by stf92

Well, in the transition from 486 to 586 (Pentium) to 686, these numbers did mean something for a programmer.

The family number would have meant something, but model and stepping? What difference did they make to a programmer?

stf92 · 06-22-2011, 11:39 AM

You're right.