Processor Speed

> >From the newbie zone: =20
> I built my Linux box, with this CPU from Fry's:  Athlon XP 2200+.
> But when I boot, the BIOS reports "AMD 1500+"
> Hey pal, that's 700 MHz short of what I paid for!  :-(
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> So I searched around and learned how to do this: "cat /proc/cpuinfo"
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> This is what it says:
>         processor       : 0
>         vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
>         cpu family      : 6
>         model           : 8
>         model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1500+
>         stepping        : 1
>         cpu MHz         : 1344.297
>         cache size      : 256 KB
>         fdiv_bug        : no
>         hlt_bug         : no
>         f00f_bug        : no
>         coma_bug        : no
>         fpu             : yes
>         fpu_exception   : yes
>         cpuid level     : 1
>         wp              : yes
>         flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr
>         pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext
>         3dnow
>         bogomips        : 2680.42
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> In other words, the missing 700 MHz is really "Marketing MHz" meant to
> say it runs as fast as an Intel processor at 2200 MHz?  Can anybody read
> these tea leaves and help me understand whether I am getting everything
> out of my processor?  Thanks --  Craig
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