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Subject: Re: The AMD Athlon 2.0 gig 2400+ is out on the Market (Should I wait?)

Author: Brian Katz

Date: 08:09:07 10/18/02

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On October 18, 2002 at 08:36:42, Ed Panek wrote:

>On October 18, 2002 at 00:57:39, Brian Katz wrote:
>
>>AMD has released the 2.0 Gig 2400+.
>>Hewlett Packard now has it on the market.
>>Would it be wise to wait for the Sledgehammer to come out?
>>Would waiting for the 64 bit technology be the better move to make?
>>Also, are the Athlons still out-performing the Pentiums in Chess program use?
>>Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
>>Thanks
>>Brian Katz
>
>Are you into Overclocking your processor? If so, then the 2400 might be a good
>buy. Initial testing on this tells us that as opposed to the 2200+ which had
>almost no headroom, these newer .13 athlon revs are much easier to OC. On the
>other hand, the 333 FSB Barton Core is jsut around the corner I think this
>spring maybe at 2700+ I think.
>
Thank you for the reply.
Although I have taken some computer courses (PC configuration)I don't think I am
knowledgeable enough to be doing that as yet. So for now I will buy a PC rather
than build my own.
I I were to overclock a 2400+ Athlon, what would it overclock to?
Thanks again
Brian
>
>Ed



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