A neat little review of what looks like it will be a monster chip is set out here (http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD02MjU=).
Me thinks that we'll wait for the price to drop a bit first and then buy a cheapy and overclock it to faster than fast levels :D
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http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NTI0 (http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NTI0)
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Erk, pricetag :unsure:
The Athlon64FX is a wonder of engineering as its all still based on the shite old x86 architecture. From what I Read its kind of 2 * 32 bit as opposed to true 64 bit. Lets face it there was a design ceiling to the speed of the old die range so this is just a space filler while the software scene catches up.... some say this will be around 12-18 months. Then see what amd release and buy a REAL 64Bit chip.
Personally I'm waiting for the top barton price to hit the floor then am buying that.... .that should tide me over for the 12 month wait :D
I gather MS released a beta of their 64 bit OS. So we should see something soldi from Mr Gates in 'god knows when' :)
Epic are working on 64bit versions of UT2003 and 4, apparently..
QuoteOriginally posted by Stryker@Sep 24 2003, 01:17 PM
Personally I'm waiting for the top barton price to hit the floor then am buying that.... .that should tide me over for the 12 month wait :D
Buy a Barton 2500 from cpucity now for £72 and it will go as fast as the top of the range AMD.
Buy an XP1700 or XP1800 from them for £42 and it will go faster than AMD's flagship cpu.
Why wait?
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I know it *reads* faster but surley down to design its not as fast as it seems? does it have the same cache?
....... or shall I shut up now? :)
QuoteOriginally posted by smilodon@Sep 24 2003, 01:35 PM
I gather MS released a beta of their 64 bit OS. So we should see something soldi from Mr Gates in 'god knows when' :)
No change there then. All M$ software is in pemanent beta. <_<
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QuoteOriginally posted by Stryker@Sep 25 2003, 09:33 AM
I know it *reads* faster but surley down to design its not as fast as it seems? does it have the same cache?
....... or shall I shut up now? :)
If you went for the 2500 Barton then there is *no* difference. Buy it now and then overclock it - it will go as fast as the flagship you want.
If you bought a T-bred XP1700/1800 then yes the Barton's 512K level 2 cache is bigger than the Thoroughbred-B's 256K L2 cache, but I'd put my overclocked XP1700 T-bred-B up against either an overclocked Barton 2500 or an AMD XP3200 any day. I reckon I'd win in whichever kind of benchmark you'd throw at it.
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