Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Athlon XP1900+ -- Faster Than A 2GHz P4?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the speed-rather-than-fastness dept.

doormat writes "AMD releases their AthlonXP 1900+ Processor today, thats 1.6GHz. And it seems like its enough to topple the P4-2.0GHz, even in Quake 3 Arena!! AMDMB has a review of it." Ian Bell points out an AMD press release on the new processor. I love watching my old Athlon get slower every day ...

2 of 299 comments (clear)

  1. That press release: by JohnHegarty · · Score: 0, Redundant

    AMD INTRODUCES THE AMD ATHLON(TM) XP PROCESSOR 1900+; EXTENDS AMD'S PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP IN DESKTOP PCS

    AMD's QuantiSpeed(TM) architecture delivers extreme performance for Microsoft Windows XP

    etc....etc.....

    Pricing
    The AMD Athlon XP processor 1900+ is priced at $269 in 1,000-unit quantities. For more information on pricing, please visit: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoo m/0,,51_104_609,00.html

    etc...etc...etc....

    --
    Cruise TT
  2. quake iii by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Redundant

    i just love how quake 3 has become the benchmarking programming for any video card that comes out now...
    maybe they should design the cards to work better in quake 3 and ignore the other...oh wait, i think someone may have already done that...