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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. Reminder by Jugalator · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Games? Video compression/editing? You say a Celeron doesn't affect your daily work, even if it could be nicer for gaming. What about the millions whose daily "work" is gaming?

    There are still customers who have reasons to continue upgrading their computers.

    Heck, if I had to, I'd upgrade my computer to play NWN on. I don't need to, but I *would* have to if I only had a Celeron 600.

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    Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
  2. AMD has integrity by Freedom+Bug · · Score: 4, Insightful
    And the biggest news: they're calling it the 2600 when it would have been called the 2700 under their old scheme. In the meantime Intel has increased their cache size and FSB speed, so calling it a 2700 would have been a disservice to the customer. They seem to be committed to integrity in the PR rating scheme. Imagine that, a marketing program with integrity. What's next, icicles in Hades?

    Hopefully they can undo the damage that Cyrix did, releasing a "PR400" part that was 400 only when compared to a theoretical Pentium with a FSB of 66MHz running Doom, but only had about the performance of a 266Mhz P2 running Quake, which would have made a much more reasonable comparison for the time period.

    For a much better discussion of the subject, check out JC's.

    Bryan