Author: Rajen Gupta
Date: 09:13:06 08/01/02
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dont rely on amd: at present they are deeply mired in their own faeces: rajen On July 31, 2002 at 21:26:50, K. Burcham wrote: > >Below is some info on cpu, soon to be released from AMD. >(For Christmass I want 2200mhz amd with 333fsb, and 3500 DDR, > playing four game match against 2600+ GM at ICC with ED's >new program). Of course long game and open files, 120/15 or 90/30. >and I want my decibels to be half what they are now with 2xmp. >dont ask for much do I. could happen in the next few months. >kburcham > >http://www.amdmb.com/index.php#News-4792 > >"The 2400+ processor is set to run at 2.0 GHz and the 2600+ processor is looking >to be at 2.13 Ghz. As Intel has plans of releasing a 3.0 Ghz processor towards >the end of this year, this kind of speed boost from AMD is desperately needed -- >perhaps even more. > >As if things couldn't get better, along with this news comes an update on the >fabled 333 MHz FSB Athlons. I was told that the AMD labs are really looking into >this and testing it out with the newer "rev 2" cores of the Thoroughbred. While >AMD could take the current 266 MHz FSB up to the 2.13 GHz range, moving beyond >that would be very tricky and I have it on good authority that AMD has a lot >more life in the Thoroughbred than many are expecting. What does that mean? I >think we are going to see the 333 MHz FSB processors and fairly soon. The inside >tip also explained that a decision by the AMD authorities on whether or not to >use the 333 MHz FSB will be finalized within the next three weeks. > >While nothing was mentioned of the Barton core, we have two options as to its >whereabouts. Either this "rev 2" is the Barton and the info about the extra >cache was left out, or Barton will follow this "rev 2" Thoroughbred".
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