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AMD Athlon XP 3200+ Released

Posted by Hemos on from the tide-goes-in-tide-goes-out dept.

SpinnerBait writes "AMD took the wraps off their next speed bump with the Barton core, the Athlon XP 3200+. This CPU runs with a 400MHz Front Side Bus at 2.2GHz and is targeted at competing toe to toe with Intel's latest P4. The benchmarks and review over at HotHardware, look pretty good but Intel's 3GHz/800MHz FSB P4 variant seems to squeak past it here and there. Regardless, more of that "yin" to compete with Intel's "yang" was released today by AMD and consumers will benefit again from the competition."

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  1. Oh man...winter just ended... by MeanE · · Score: 5, Funny

    and I already had bought a space heater.

    1. Re:Oh man...winter just ended... by Schezar · · Score: 4, Funny

      You know, AMD procs don't have the heat problems they used to have. If they overheat your case, it's usually due to a poorly made case or some other factor. Like, say, a modern video card... -_-

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  2. poor AMD by MacOS_Rules · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...compete with Intel's "yang"...

    Poor AMD, releasing a faster proc just because they feel...inadaquate...

    I bet they drive SUVs too. A shame, really.

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  3. Finally! by The-Bus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Excellent, now I will finally be able to upgrade the chip on my homemade iLoo.

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    1. Re:Finally! by Schezar · · Score: 2, Funny

      " Excellent, now I will finally be able to upgrade the chip on my homemade iLoo."

      I had a cow chip. I was happy with it before, but I don't think it will cut it anymore when Doom ]|[ hits the shelves.

      I was thinking of going with the new Intel "Dungbeetle" core, but I've heard it has heat issues.

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  4. Re:Athlon rating system over-rated? by ViGe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Completely useless marketing crap. Why not at least make it amusing, and set the base really really low. E.g. the Athlon 40,000,000+, where the baseline is an Intel 8086 running at 4Mhz.

    Have you ever really tried overclocking an Intel 8086 to 3Ghz? It actually is pretty fast, but as it does not have any protected modes as they arrived in the 386, the only OS it can run is DOS. The dir command however is pretty fast.

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  5. From the article... by fok · · Score: 5, Funny

    The AMD Athlon(TM) XP processor with performance-enhancing cache memory features 64K instruction and 64K data caches for a total of 128K L1 cache and 512K of integrated, on-chip L2 cache for a total of 640K of full-speed, on-chip cache.

    So... will I be able to run MS-DOS programs directly from the processor cache? ;D

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  6. Wow by Wordsmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    "This CPU runs with a 400MHz Front Side Bus at 2.2GHz ..."

    Now -that's- overclocking.

  7. gratis feature? by MoreDruid · · Score: 2, Funny

    will the seat be heated to the point that you can't sit down anymore? Or will you use "flush cooling"?
    Inquiring minds want to know :)

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  8. Re:System Recomendation by Hoser+McMoose · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you're reading Tom's Hardware once every few months (for a quick laugh), then you're reading it at least as much as you should! :>

    On the other hand, if you haven't already done so, you should read Tom'z Hardware Bible!