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AMD Releases Barton: Athlon 3000+

Posted by Hemos on from the roll-out-the-barrels dept.

Harle writes "Today AMD has introduced a new version of the Athlon, codenamed "Barton," that features twice as much L2 cache as previous chips. Along with the increase in L2 cache comes an increase in the Athlon's performance rating -- specifically the new 2.17 GHz chip is rated at 3000+. The clockrate is actually slighly lower than the Athlon XP 2800+'s 2.25 GHz speed, so the question becomes "Does the cache improve performance enough to counter the loss in clockspeed?" For the most part, the answer seems to be "yes," however, it doesn't unilaterally stand up to the 3.06 GHz Pentium 4. With the recent delay of the Athlon 64 to September, this is AMD's top desktop chip for some time to come. The reviews are starting to pop up at Ace's Hardware and Extremetech." There's also reviews on The Tech Report, SimHQ, HotHardware, EarthV, in Norwegian on Hardware.no, and last but not least AMD's press release. I'm sure there's many many more links, but I'm tired of pasting them all in here, so post 'em below. *grin*

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  1. 640 kb on die cache by fobef · · Score: 5, Funny

    "This exclusive 512 KB L2-cache works together with the 128 KB L1-cache (64 KB data, 64 KB instruction) to form one impressive 640 KB on-die cache."

    Am I the only one who can see Bill Gates drooling over this?

  2. Aussie Athlon? by CountZero007 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yay, a processor code-named after our first Prime Minister :)

    I'm never buying a 'Keating' or 'Howard' though...

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  3. Comparing to the P4 3.06... by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 5, Funny

    however, it doesn't unilaterally stand up to the 3.06 GHz Pentium 4.

    Well, of course not... if it did, they'd be calling it the Athlon XP 3060, wouldn't they? ;)

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  4. Re:Mixing the cards... no wait: dough by TheOrquithVagrant · · Score: 3, Funny

    > mmm, freshly baked Athlon

    I baked an Athlon MP last spring. I can assure you the reaction to the smell is not "mmmm...."

    Oh wait. Actually, I guess that was because I _fried_ it. Oh yea. Thats it.

    In any case, it was the most _expensive_ bad smell I've ever smelled. :)

  5. Re:Anandtech link by zerocool^ · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't wait until

    Tom's hardware comes out with

    A review so that I can swing

    By that website and check out all

    the new ads they have and see

    How many pages they've broken the

    review up into. I bet it's like

    12.

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