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Ulfar
06-23-2003, 08:53 PM
anybody kno when the amd 32/64 bit chip may be out ??:stick:
danbfree
06-23-2003, 09:40 PM
They just said it would actually be out a month earlier than their last "delay", so this means August/September... Should be interesting! :)
antipop
06-24-2003, 06:43 AM
Originally posted by Ulfar
anybody kno when the amd 32/64 bit chip may be out ??:stick: Soon, i hope :)
The opteron is already out and it's performing very well. I've that it's selling very well in the same areas where the athlon mp was used. Now we'll have to see if it'll go up and take more shares.
The athlon64 is due for september, AMD can't afford to retard the release of the chip too long
LBJGH
06-24-2003, 07:13 AM
Introduction for Sept. 30/03
saaya
06-24-2003, 08:42 AM
well from what ive heard there might be first samples in 9.2003 and the real athlon64 that anybody can afford will come in Q1 2004 :/ oh man... i just hope amd will survive this :(
They are already sampling 3400+ chips from what I hear. I believe they will be ready to go in September. Btw, 3400+ should be at 2GHz clock.
sooner the better, 800mhz fsb intel chips are crushing AMD
Ulfar
06-24-2003, 05:16 PM
ohh... verry nice cant wait for snag 1
saaya
06-24-2003, 09:29 PM
you can already buy a 3100+ opteron with an nforce3 mainboard for about 1500$ bundled on xicomputer.com
Dagalidis
06-24-2003, 11:09 PM
We must save some money for our next upgrade :D
HOLLYW00D
06-25-2003, 06:33 PM
man i'm gonna get shot for this one, but it's been a long day and i really don't feel like searchin before i post so: does the athlon64 have anything like Hyper-Threading goin on or is it just a 64 bit proc?
saaya
06-25-2003, 08:34 PM
just a 64bit cpu ?
its a cpu that can run both, 32bit and 64bit at full speed natively.
it has 1mb of L2 cache.
it has a built in memory controller with very low latencies.
it has a ihs like the P4 so no more cracked cores.
it has an overheating protection so no more smoked cores.
it has full sse2 support.
it has a 800mhz fsb (real 800mhz! not 200 quadpumped like the P4...)
no hyperthreading.... yet! amd is already working on dual core hammer cpus ;)
HOLLYW00D
06-25-2003, 09:13 PM
nice. soooo you think i can still keep my fps high as a mofo while encoding a nudie flick on this new athlon64? cos i'm an amd guy, but i can't resist the HT nevermind the insane clocks... i guess i'll see when the time comes. for now, it's HT for me! ...well, in a month or so... *sigh*
saaya
06-26-2003, 02:17 AM
athlon64 is bad in mathematical operations afaik, but its a great if not the best gaming cpu...
go to xbitlabs.com and search for "athlon64" he tested the sample pretty much with every important bench.
I tohught A64 had FSB same speed as processor? not 800mhz
saaya
06-26-2003, 03:36 AM
where did you hear that? :confused:
it has a hypertransport link to the memory (or 2 not sure there) running @ 800mhz