Amd Athlon 64 is out

[CyanEyed]

anyone care? i kinda do.

 

[The Mullinator]

Ya I care, I hope it does really well, its being marketed towards gamers, scientists and engineers. IMO it will probably beat Intel's new gaming CPU as well.

 

[oldi1knoby]

No idea what this is? Link?

Is it as cheap as AMD's other processors? Or is it overpriced? Going to upgrade soon...so...

 

[The Mullinator]

It will most likely be pricy compared to other AMD products since it is a 64 bit CPU (All other Intel and AMD processors until now have been 32 bit)

Here are some links:

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~74465,00.html

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1466

 

[theneb]

Good old overclockers.co.uk have had them in for a few weeks, would of got one if a) There was any point, b) I had the money.

Any point for my uses that is.

 

[Prince of China]

How much does it cost?
I might buy it, it better be faster than my P4 1.8

 

[TheOriginalEvil]

costs about 450$ Oh and you mean your parents will buy it right? =]

 

[Loshadka]

Don't rush, the first games to use 64-bit processors to its max will only come out at the end of 20004 or so.

 

[Prince of China]

Yes...parents...
j/k
I'm saving my allowance to buy this, 450 CDN right?

 

[nw909]

Originally posted by Tredoslop
Yes...parents...
j/k
I'm saving my allowance to buy this, 450 CDN right?

My god yes, all 13 year olds should have a 64 bit processor, omfg.

 

[TheOriginalEvil]

No, 450 USD.

 

[Prince of China]

Why can't I have a 64-bit procesor?

 

[nw909]

Haha, owned: $610.00

you don't need a 64 bit processor.

 

[Prince of China]

Owned?

 

[nw909]

610$ CAD, have fun saving.

 

[Prince of China]

I will...
btw, I heard of this P4 EE.whats that?
Not that I'm buying it or anything

 

[Tr0n]

P4 Extreme Edition.Only thing diffrent is it has 2mb L1 cache I think.Toms Hardware already have a Amd 64 FX vs P4EE review out.

 

[TheOriginalEvil]

Originally posted by nw909
Haha, owned: $610.00

you don't need a 64 bit processor.

AhHAh!

 

[nw909]

!haHhA

 

[The Mullinator]

By the sounds of it the P4 EE runs hotter than the Athlon 64.

Thats a change...

http://techreport.com/reviews/2003q3/athlon64/index.x?pg=1
Its somewhere on the last page of that review.

 

[Loshadka]

http://mcdonalds.nm***/raznoye/Darth/a64p4test1.jpg

http://mcdonalds.nm***/raznoye/Darth/a64p4test2.jpg

 

[nw909]

I don't even know what I have, but it runs nice.

 

[Prince of China]

IS THAT FOR REAL!?!?!?!?

 

[Tr0n]

On the Toms Hardware review thingy.Out of about 47 test the P4 EE won 32 and the Athlon 64 FX won 15.But!.....The Athlon 64 FX won most of the game benchmarks.Now the only reason why it lost to the P4 in all those tests is because it only has 1MB L1 cache compared to the P4 EE's 2mb L1 cache.So if the AMD went up to 2mb cache then it would have smoked the P4 EE.

 

[Prince of China]

So, the P4 EE is better for more things than the AMD Athlon 64 FX, but the AMD Athlon 64 FX is better for gaming?

 

[Tr0n]

Originally posted by Tredoslop
So, the P4 EE is better for more things than the AMD Athlon 64 FX, but the AMD Athlon 64 FX is better for gaming?

Correct'o mund'o.But because it only had 1mb lower in cache.If had as much as the P4 it would have won all those test.