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First Round of AMD Athlon 64 Reviews In

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the comparing-notes dept.

wrinkledshirt writes "Here's a bunch of AMD Athlon 64 reviews, courtesy of 8Dimensional." AcesHardware and HardOCP match the Athlon 64 line against the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition. amdmb, FiringSquad, and SharkyExtreme take a closer look at the FX-51. AthlonXP and PCStats have glowing reviews of the chips. Digit-Life compares the new Athlon 64 with Opteron and a Pentium 4. LegitReviews and Overclockers.com.au also both have succinct reviews of the FX-51. Overall the reviews speak very highly of the Athlon 64 and the FX version of the chip, with the only downside being the cost, especially of the FX chip.

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  1. Hmm.. by darkov · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is it possible to have a first round of reviews after an earlier story about Athlon 64 reviews?

    fp

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  2. Wooah! by Sir+Haxalot · · Score: 1, Funny

    Remember bigger numbers =! better.
    Think N64 and Playstation.

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    1. Re:Wooah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Correction =! != !=

  3. 64bit.. Schmobit... by deunan_k · · Score: 2, Funny

    Enough! Leave me alone with my abacus...

    Um, anyone knows how many bits can an abacus counts to?

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  4. Pentium 4 Emergency Edition by Master+Bait · · Score: 1, Funny
    It was either the Inquirer or The Register that had an interesting article saying that these CPUs (which are MP Xeons) still have their multi-cpu support enabled, thus saving astute customers thousands of dollars over their full-priced, $3,900 Xeon counterparts.

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  5. Re:64bit.. Schmobit... by notanatheist · · Score: 2, Funny

    this is not a problem with an abacus as you can own an original 8 bit abacus and just add 8, 16, 32, or even 64bit upgrade kits. You may need a larger frame to accomadate the beads but you'll have years of growth from your very own abacus.

  6. Re:"organic" ICs by cosmo7 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Organic integrated circuits are produced without using fertilizer or pesticide.

  7. Re:Try reading the links? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If it's a beta it's already up to their normal stability standards.

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