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The New Athlons

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stuff-to-read dept.

An anonymous reader linked us to an article about the new batch of athlons. The story talks about the new 1.1 ghz mobile athlon 4, and also good price cuts for the older ones. I'm thinking its time to build my game machine.

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  1. Why is it... by kurowski · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...that we always see stuff like
    AMD is currently shipping the processors, and expects widespread availability in systems in conjunction with the launch of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, which is set for Oct. 25, AMD says.
    and not
    AMD is currently shipping the processors, and expects widespread availability in systems in conjunction with the launch of Linux kernel 2.4.12, which is set for Oct. 25, AMD says.
    I mean, come on, AMD, what has Microsoft done for you lately? Linux users are your true fans, your true friends. Tell us what we want to hear!
  2. Good To See by Flagbrew · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Unfortunately, the price of the cpu is not the issue in building a game box. Those geForce 3's are what squeezes your pocketbook dry.

  3. About the new Athlons... by cavemanf16 · · Score: 3, Insightful
    My roommate and I were just talking about this subject last night. While new chips are coming out every three months it seems, there is other hardware limiting the PC and the all powerful gaming rig. It would behoove you Taco, to get a really sweet mobo, monitor, and case, and then get the cheapest CPU chip you can find. After all, 1 year from now, the 'new' Athlon 4's will be standard fair in the chip market, and probably 1/2 the price too.

    Besides, given AMD's track record for good chips (lately), and cheaply priced, that outperform the P4's, and with P4's hitting 2GHz soon, I wouldn't be surprised if a year from now you would be able to find those Athlon 4's for under $100...

  4. A Gaming Machine? Which OS? by FortKnox · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm thinking its time to build my game machine.

    If you are talking the latest and greatest games for your "gaming machine", that more than likely means that its a Windows box. Now I admit that my gaming machine is a windows box, but can you, Taco???

    You always whine about quicktime movies that you can't play, yet you talk about playing "Black & White" (which I believe is only playable on a windows partition). Now, I know you have at least a small windows partition, but won't admit it. Will you admit taht you are going to have a windows gaming machine??

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  5. Sounds hot! by Neorej · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, my notebook has a 566 Mhz celeron, and that things gets so hot sometimes I fear great fears for the poor DVD's I insert into all that heat to be able to watch them whilst on the move.

    A 1.13 Ghz notebook will therefore probably become standard issue survival gear since you can work, e-mail, game and toast bread on it. I wouldn't put in a DVD though, it'll probably melt.

    Wicked.

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  6. Re:Intel ? by NetJunkie · · Score: 3, Insightful

    AMD does all that and does it faster while being cheaper, that's why.

    Why pay $300 for a chip when you can get a faster one for $200? Just as compatible. Has the same MMX. They do SMP.

  7. System Prices are so cheap right now by rosewood · · Score: 5, Informative

    Building a new box from scratch right now is stupid cheap...

    CPU Athlon 1.4 GHZ $120.00
    Motherboard Epox 8KHA $115.00
    Memory 256 Megs PC2100 Cas2 $37.79
    Hard Drive IBM 60GXP 40 GB 7200RPM $112.00
    CDRW 16x10x40x $87.00
    DVD 16x $49.00
    Video Kyro II $88.00
    NIC NetGear $10.00
    Sound SbLive Value $43.00
    Floppy Generic $10.00
    Case Fong Kai FK-603 $90.00
    Cooling Vanteck CKK $31
    Price* $792.79

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  8. Tomshardwarepage.COM Conclusion by sn0wdude · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is what Tom says about the new CPU's:

    "AMD's newly released Athlon 1400/266 is able to beat Intel's Pentium 4 1.7 GHz in a lot of benchmarks. The Intel processor performs better in Internet content creation software and some new 3D-games. Athlon can leave Pentium 4 far behind in 3D-rendering software, because of its superior FPU-performance.

    Except for 3D-rendering software, Athlon 1400 and Pentium 4 1.7 GHz are pretty much neck on neck. However, the lower price tag of Athlon 1400/266 is clearly making it the more attractive product. It is also more versatile, as you can find inexpensive (though lower performing) PC133 platforms as well as DDR-motherboards for it, while Pentium 4 is still only supported by Intel850 platforms that require the expensive RDRAM memory. "

    The whole article is here:

    http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q2/010608/athl on 1400-17.html

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  9. Re:economic slowdown by baptiste · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Oh please - so are you sayign AMD is going to be 'weeded out' as you say? Hardly. Not only are they grabbing market share from INtel with superior products, they are also on of the TOP producers of Flash memory - that's the cash cow that is helping keep Athlon development going. So I wouldn't count out AMD just yet. Its pretty impressive for a company like AMD to grab SIGNIFICANT market share from INtel during terrible economic times. Thats a big accomplishment and shows that the Athlon is a seriosu competitor and that it IS being purchased by people. Its not going to happen overnight, but AMD is here to stay and while they may never unseat Intel as CPU king, they are here for the long run to help keep Intel on their toes.

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