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Athlon 64 Pushed Back to September

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hold-your-breath dept.

Orion writes "AMD confirmed today that their new Athlon 64 will indeed be pushed back to September. Originally planned to be released in April or May, AMD has decided to put all of its brainpower into the launch of the 64-bit Opteron, which is still scheduled to be released on April 22. This article explains that AMD is still going to try to get a few more Athlon XP processors out before the Athlon 64 hits stores. The 3000+ has a planned February 10 release date, and the 3200+ should be out by the middle of the year according to the article."

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  1. Wankers ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I need a new machine and wanted to buy an Athlon 64.

    Now I'll stick to Intel you greedy fuckers !

    Jerk away !

  2. Model Numbers by cheezedawg · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The article implies that the Athlon 3000 will not have a faster clock, but they are increasing the model number from 2800 to 3000 because of the increased cache of the Barton core. Whats up with that? When Intel added Hyperthreading with the 3.06 GHz (HT can increase performance a lot more than more cache), they didn't jack up the "model number" for that.

    I think this shows how desperate AMD really is.

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  3. Re:Oh who fucking cares. by dentar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hey.. I like the AMD processors. They're cheap and fast. Why would I want to spend $100 more for an intel and $500 more for a Mac when Linux is going to either work around or ignore the palladium and drm? Do you think AMD and Intel are going to be stupid enough to put out processors that refuse to boot if windows is not the OS? There'll be a bigger backlash than the F00F or FDIV bugs.

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  4. Re:Simple reason that the chip is pushed back by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    you're relating a war that we aren't even in yet to AMD pushing back the release of a computer chip?

    For having the posting bonus you're a fucking moron.