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New AMD Athlon 2600 Processor Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-emmanuel-goldstein-processor dept.

Ertai writes "Looks like the latest AMD processor is out today, and is taking it right to Intel! Running at 2.13 GHz, the Athlon XP 2600+ is reviewed at Amdmb.com. The benchmarks show that the new Athlon on a 'revision B' Thoroughbred core with the frequency increase is able to beat out the Pentium 4 2.53 GHz processor on almost every test. Not only that, but it is a good overclocker as well! Check it out." AMD's press release on the topic also notes a Athlon 2400 was released as well.

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  1. 2600? by Your_Mom · · Score: 5, Funny

    Old school hackers everywhere rejoice.

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    1. Re:2600? by Hard_Code · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, you don't need a modem, just leave the phone nearby...

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    2. Re:2600? by JTFritz · · Score: 4, Funny

      FREE KEVIN!

  2. Yay.. more hardware upgrades :) by nemui-chan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I just need to buy one of these badboys along with a new motherboard that will support it...

    Then switch to scsi so my hd can keep up. Change from PC133 to PC150 ram, might as well get a raid system, a new video card, and toss on a gigabit network while I'm at it ;)

  3. Tom's hardware review by qurob · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mr. Pabst has a review too.

    Wait about 6 more days until the Pentium IV 2.8Ghz comes out....

    2.8Ghz...my first computer didn't have that many MHz

  4. Toms by ethelred · · Score: 4, Funny

    Saw the same thing over at Toms Hardware Guide. And it was overclocked to 3100+

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  5. Re:Someone remind me why we really care anymore.. by jonbrewer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Try OpenOffice.org as a replacement for MS Office. You'll find you need the 2+ GHz processor to get anything done.

  6. sooo by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    2600, is that the temperature in Celsius, or Farenheit?

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