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AthlonXP Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the released dept.

ldopa1 writes "True to form, AMD has released the new Athlon XP today. This article on Tom's Hardware has the full technical specs for the chip as well as a look at the new packaging. Tom's also has a full set of benchmarks for the chip." michael : See also reviews on LinuxHardware.org, Newsforge, AnandTech and AMDMB. Update: 10/09 20:29 GMT by T : gregfortune points out that AMD is giving away quite a few of these in a six-city promotion as well, so if you live in one of the six, perhaps you can snag one.

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  1. Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do we have to call into AMD to get a number to have the chip activated?

  2. XP hype by nizo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since X-( is listed in the smiley guide as: User just died I nominate the new XP smiley to be listed as User just died of confusion (with tongue sticking out) after trying to figure out if Windows XP would run better on a machine with an Athlon XP CPU or a faster(?) Intel cpu (NOTE: Trademarks above are owned by respective companies blahblahblah)

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  3. Re:Model Numbers by ldopa1 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Is this a fair thing to do? It seems to me that it is trying to trick customers into evaluating the processors more fairly.

    Sure it's fair, I just think it's a bad idea. This ties AMD's entire branding effort to whatever Intel does. In other words, if Intel were to take the same tack, in five years we could end up with the "Intel Plentidum XXP++ 1800+++ Equiv4" and all of a sudden, the Cyrus Logic 2.5 GHz chip will look great despite the fact that the latest P7 (or whatever) is running in the 15 GHz range.

    If we were to do this with political candidates, our ballot would look like:

    George W. Bush (Equivalent to A. Gore)

    Al Gore (Equivalent to G. W. Bush)

    John McCain (G.W. Bush+)

    Ralph Nader (iMac)

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  4. Re:AMD's heatsink problem? by FFFish · · Score: 5, Funny

    I worry about my heatsink falling off about as much as I worry about my dink falling off, i.e.: not at all.

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  5. Re:AMD's heatsink problem? by kreyg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, if my heatsink fell off, it would fall directly on, and likely short out, my video card - which costs as much or more than my processor.

    Welcome to FUD.

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