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Athlon Naming

by Maarten Goldstein, Sep 19, 2001 6:30am PDT

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So supposedly AMD is going to be naming their CPUs Athlon XP now. The Register has a list of what each XP number will represent in actual Ghz.

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That's right, it's all about the marketing. Why would a gamer/power user/whatever CARE what they call the CPU ? This is *needed* to get AMD to the masses. People want to see a number, be it MHz, or a PR style rating. 2000 sells better than 1500.
CPU clock rate is by no means an accurate measurement of speed anymore, the CPU architectures are too different (Athlon - P4). An accurate benchmark number is the way to go. Is PR accurate ? One can argue, I'll say it is. Read the reviews, the AMD 1.4 beats the P4 1.8 silly... yet it'll probably only be a XP 1600.

It's not so bad, it's good for AMD, and I am very sure you can easily read up what the true clockspeeds are, if you care to know.

booyaka

Sep 19, 2001 8:44pm PDT

That's right, it's all about the marketing. Why would a gamer/power user/whatever CARE what they call the... : booyaka

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* C Y R I X ' D *

Sep 19, 2001 9:01am PDT

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* C Y R I X ' D * : snackula
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- No shit. They died. I hope AMD lives through this bullshit. : DEINONYCHUS

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so my athlon 4 is an Athlon XP 1400+?

Sep 19, 2001 9:51am PDT

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so my athlon 4 is an Athlon XP 1400+? : Adrenaline
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- Not it's Athlon XP 6642 YOUSUCKINTELBECAUSEWEWILLPUTTHESMACKDOWNONYOURASSLOLOLOLOLWEMAKETHEINTERNET3XFAS... : MarksmanX
- No, if you had a palomino it would be an XP. As far as I know the Athlon MP is the Athlon MP, the nex... : abrasion

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Aren't they the underdog/good guys? Why are they aligning themselves with a product that already has a bad rap even before it's been released?

Sep 19, 2001 7:34am PDT

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Aren't they the underdog/good guys? Why are they aligning themselves with a product that already has a b... : zipr
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- Windowsxp does not have a bad rap, most of the over exaggerated rumours that are going around are known ... : tension

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XP? Are you freakin kidding me? The world HAS gone mad...

Sep 19, 2001 6:32am PDT

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XP? Are you freakin kidding me? The world HAS gone mad... : baron calamity
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  For real. WTF does XP stand for, anyway? : Ardvaark
  - Experience : Adrenaline

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i think it's clever. when mr. newbie wants to buy a new pc for winxp, he'll notice the althon xp and think it they must work better together! "steal" microsoft's ad blowout!

this is a good way for AMD to compete with intel for the newbies.

Sep 19, 2001 8:55am PDT

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i think it's clever. when mr. newbie wants to buy a new pc for winxp, he'll notice the althon xp and thi... : frostythehitman
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- I think people have seen many blue men getting splattered around the wallls. Everybody knows about grea... : MarksmanX

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AthlonXPOMGINTEL=0WNEDROFLLOLOLOLOLASL?!!!1

what do you mean that won't fit on the chip?

Sep 19, 2001 9:42am PDT

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AthlonXPOMGINTEL=0WNEDROFLLOLOLOLOLASL?!!!1 what do you mean that won't fit on the chip? : Carnivac
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- excuse to build the chip with 1MM method, OMGLOL : rookieone

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i think this is the gayest thing amd has done so far.

Sep 19, 2001 7:10am PDT

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  No the K6 line was a pretty lame processor. I chalk this up to right behind that. Good job AMD!!! ... : SERIOUSly the SAMe
  - That's not strictly true, the K6 was an AWESOME chip for integer calcs.. It's FPU was lame tho' Fo... : Toraz Chryx
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    im just talking marketing wise, this is the lamest of amd. : Turd Ferguson
    - the K5 line was PR rated : Toraz Chryx

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Here's an idea: scratch the whole marketing BS and release faster processors!

how long have we been waiting for the desktop MP now? Cmon AMD, get moving.

Sep 19, 2001 8:05am PDT

Here's an idea: scratch the whole marketing BS and release faster processors! how long have we been wa... : Sniper21

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I think they should have called them the AMD 'Entellsukze' chips

Sep 19, 2001 7:57am PDT

I think they should have called them the AMD 'Entellsukze' chips : firebone

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Marketing. If they aren't careful this could bite them in the ass. Expect Intel to have a counter marketing campaign that points out that AMD CPU's are intentionally mislabled to appear faster.

I guess they want to ride Microsofts marketing dollar as well.

Sep 19, 2001 7:55am PDT

Marketing. If they aren't careful this could bite them in the ass. Expect Intel to have a counter marketi... : jidar

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So, these guys are stoopid, right?

And, as long as we're quoting SNL:

"Who is the advertising wizard that came up with this one?"

Sep 19, 2001 7:35am PDT

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So, these guys are stoopid, right? And, as long as we're quoting SNL: "Who is the advertising wi : Dechter
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- ad wizard, dumbass : iceNine

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They could name it whatever they want, it's still fast as fuck and I'll be buying one.

Sep 19, 2001 7:25am PDT

They could name it whatever they want, it's still fast as fuck and I'll be buying one. : Carnivac