Talk:Stepping (version numbers)

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This article seems to deal exclusively with Intel, excluding the quick early mention. I was wondering if anyone could expand upon it to include both AMD and Intel? Blitz Tiger

"Improved ..."

So, is it correct to say that a higher stepping means a better processor? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.209.164.9 (talk) 21:58, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Usually people do not care which stepping they have; the flaws fixed between steppings are usually minor. In cases where stepping is important, it is more likely that a specific stepping or range of steppings will be sought or avoided because of a specific problem. Sw2k7 (talk) 19:55, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Stepping is mostly relevant for overclocking and undervolting. Newer steppings are not alway better (i.E. older Thoroughbred and Barton CPUs were unlocked, newer ones were locked). --MrBurns (talk) 00:14, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

So are different stepping levels compatible with each other? Or would there be any performance issues?? 71.149.149.41 (talk) 00:01, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

But what does it mean?

So, in my (Northwood) Intel P4 2.4GHz with CPUID of 9f27, what does the Stepping 7 mean?

'Cos I can't see anything about A0 or B6 or whatever.

Somebody needs to explain this in a wee bit more detail. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.200.166.175 (talk) 02:47, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Merge

Since this article is now flagged as copyright infringement and since it has already been proposed to merge into Stepping level . I suggest we just go ahead with the merge (The merge proposal is from 2009). This should deal with the infringement and also the duplicate issue. If no objections are made I will perform the merge this week. --Xitur (talk) 17:29, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed

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