AMD Introduces the Athlon XP 2200+

NevDull writes "AMD introduces the Thoroughbred core in the Athlon XP 2200+. Tom's Hardware Guide has a review of the new CPU based on the 0.13 micron core, and subsequently declares the current CPU war to have been won by Intel." Update: 06/10 12:48 GMT by T : DavoHH writes "To add to the list of reviews and benchmarks around the net for the new Athlon XP 2200+, HotHardware.com has one and also and also Anand's and AMDMB." Update: 06/10 13:45 GMT by T : One more: Johan contributes a link to an Ace's Hardware review which tries to answer the question "Does the 0.13 Athlon XP run well an on older motherboard, and does it provide good value as an upgrade?"

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Idiotic numbering scheme

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What I'M waiting for is the Athlon XP 2800+, which will probably be the first AMD chip to run at 2200 MHz.

Re:Upgrade race

[fabiolrs]

and the interesting thing is that my linux box (lame pentium 800, 192 ram) runs faster than many brand new athlon/p4 boxes with XP... :/