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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. Duke Nukem! by Deflagro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man i can't wait to play Duke Nukem Forever on my new Opteron system. I'm saving a penny a day and by the time i have enough money, i should be able to buy all i need.

    WOOT!@#

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    1. Re:Duke Nukem! by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      "i.e. 1112 years from now you have saved enough money."

      Good job deciphering his joke. Now I know why engineering joke books always come with scratch paper.

  2. What's in a name? by Some+Bitch · · Score: 3, Funny

    The current MS desktop is XP, the current AMD desktop ship series is the XP. The next big MS release keeps getting put back. The next big AMD release just got put back. There is, however, no link between these facts and you'd be a fool and a communist to think so ;)

  3. Cool by mao+che+minh · · Score: 3, Funny

    Should be out just in time for World Of Warcraft. This must be why Blizzard is dragging their feet, they're gonna wow us with a 64 bit MMORPG!

  4. Dude it goes to 64! by Atomizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    When we need that extra little processing kick, we just turn it up to 64.

    Why don't you just get a faster 32 bit processor?

    Uhh...but ours goes to 64.

  5. Re:AMD by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "At least now Apple has a better chance of releasing the first 64 consumer desktops."

    Really? What color? I just got a new pair of shoes.