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AthlonXP Unveiled
by Steve Gibson, Oct 09, 2001 6:43am PDTAMD has unveiled the new AthlonXP CPU this morning with reviews galore showing up at all the regular hardware websites you'd expect. The AthlonXP 1800 is actually a 1.53GHz chip but AMD is calling it the 1800 since that's the equivalent speed they claim it would be if the chip was based off the old T-Bird core. (According to the HOCP article) Wacky marketing aside the chip is fast. Beating the Intel 2Ghz chips by a fair amount in most all benchmarks except Quake3. Here's some quick benchmark comparisons courtesy of that same HOCP article:
It's also interesting to note that in the AnandTech article the AthlonXP performed better than the P4 in the Return To Wolfenstein benchmark which Anand claims is more CPU bound then the typical Quake3 demos. (RTCW uses the Q3 engine) Well here's the rest of the articles: HardOCP , Tech-Report , AnandTech , OCPrices , Sourcemagazine , AMDMB
CPU 3DMark 3DWinbench Athlon 1.4 7679 3.14 Pentium 2GHz 7701 3.14 AthlonXP 1800 8024 3.45
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(at LEAST the 1.53 1800xp as cool as the original t-bird 1.4.... right right?
plz?? :) )
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That's all you need to know, boys. Naming conventions aside; I buy for performance (which is why I switched to Athlon around the 1ghz mark anyway).
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http://www.xppcentral.com/xpp/promotion.asp?p=0
Just the facts ma'am.
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<clears throat>
"I love AMD processors, they make the Intel processors I buy cheaper."
Thank you, that is all.
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>:(
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"1. Motherboards will not pass AMD validation or be posted on the AMD recommended motherboard Web site, if the frequency is displayed by the BIOS during bootup for AMD Athlon Model 6 decktop and multiproccesng processors."
What the...? Show clockspeed and die?
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-The SAMe
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btw i went to another comp store asking for that svideo to composite cable that usually came with vid cards, and the guy told me to buy a new video card with RCA outputs, and he happened to have a m64 with rca outputs...hahahahahhahahahahaahhahahahahahahahha
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http://athlonxp.amd.com/includes/content/whitePape rs/quantiSpeed.pdf (a whitepaper about the "technical details of QuantiSpeed")
AMD Athlon" XP processor with QuantiSpeed" Architecture Analogies
1. Adult and Child Walking
If a child and an adult are walking together, the child needs to take more steps to keep up with the adult. Since the adult has a longer stride than the child and travels further with each step. The child has to work harder by moving faster to try and keep up.
2. Automobile Engines
Two cars are in a race. The Blue Car has a 6-cylinder engine while the Green Car has a 9-cylinder engine. While the Blue Car s engine works hard in terms of high RPMs, it doesn't actually go all that fast down the road. In contrast, the Green Car s more powerful engine doesn't have to run at high RPMs. Yet on the road, the Green Car blows the doors off the Blue Car. The more powerful Green Car engine is designed to run efficiently and to deliver a faster, more powerful driving experience.
3. Bucket and Cup
You and a friend are out on the lake in a rowboat. At some point, you both notice that the boat is taking on water. Your friend starts bailing water with a cup while you start bailing water with a bucket. In a panic, your friend bails faster than you, but since your container is larger, you end up bailing more water in the same amount of time.
4. Cycling
Two cyclists ride together on 10-speed bikes. One cyclist uses the 10th gear, pedaling slower but moving faster down the road and covering more distance with each stroke. The other cyclist uses 1st gear and has to pedal like a lunatic to achieve even close to the same speed on the road and cover the same ground.
This is what one finds by going to athlonxp.amd.com and clicking on any links that say "technical"
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I swear I'll never buy another one...
Intel clearly makes the most stable chip
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It isn't all Via's fault that using their motherboards requires you to load drivers on your own. No the mobo makers COULD put a concise list of how to set up the system for different OSes in with the mobo, but I guess they do already discuss this in the manual.
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No really, our processor runs faster so thats why we gave it a bigger number than it's actual speed. OK...
The new numbering system is probably based on the heat those suckers put out. Like the 1800 equals 1800watts of heat output. Ha Ha! *Nelson voice*
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ok but when q3 runs better on a p4, it's -not- cpu bound?
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i think ill stick with intel for now.
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The microarchitecture of the current AMD Athlon processor family is well designed for frequency scalability, and is not manipulated on the new AMD Athlon processor simply to generate further scalability at the expense of IPC and performance.
My T-Bird 1.1GHz & GF2 GTS will have to last till then.
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