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Socket A Cooler Roundup

By Maarten Goldstein, Sep 07, 2001 7:11am PDT

If you finally decided on what motherboard to get for your new CPU, but have no idea what cooler to get, there's AnandTech to the rescue. They have...

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"yo radula, get a look at these. then ask urself why u keep burnin ur fan. yours have a pipe?"

- redian see all 3 comments

VIA KT266A Reviews

By Maarten Goldstein, Sep 03, 2001 6:56am PDT

VIA has a new motherboard coming out, the KT266A. You can check out reviews on HardOCP and AnandTech. It's ..fast and stuff.

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" So SO what I was thinking, DDR = 5->10% max (previously) now it could amount up to 30% speed ..."

- abrasion see all 19 comments

AMD's Name Game

By Maarten Goldstein, Aug 31, 2001 7:40am PDT

Infoworld has an article on AMD's new processor naming plans. They have some examples of what AMD might be coming out with, such as the AMD XP 1500...

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"AMD sucks poop, it's the CPU for kids who can't afford a real one.."

- dn__ see all 40 comments

You Should Be A Model

By Steve Gibson, Aug 29, 2001 1:22pm PDT

As most people around here are aware, the latest Intel and AMD CPUs dont really match up "clock for clock" with the lower mhz AMD chips...

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" ahahahahahah dude that is fucked up. Overall, though, I guess AMD has made a pretty good ..."

- klerck see all 91 comments

1Ghz Duron Review

By Maarten Goldstein, Aug 23, 2001 6:09am PDT

The new 1Ghz Duron processor has been reviewed by AnandTech. The new Duron is based on the latest core called Morgan and should be a little faster...

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" in 3d rendering though in Maya and Max, that's where it gets 30% faster or when there's heavy ..."

- Adrenaline see all 13 comments

IBM & AMD & NA

By Steve Gibson, Aug 14, 2001 8:57am PDT

IBM has recently stopped helping out AMD in the North American market by discontinuing sales of Athlon based systems. A symbolic victory for Intel...

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" there still seems to be a pretty big dumbass market--just look at all the people buying ..."

- klerck see all 6 comments

Athlon4 @ Realworldtech

By Steve Gibson, Aug 14, 2001 7:09am PDT

Realworldtech has an article looking at the new AMD desktop palomino core.. affectionately being called the Athlon4 chip.

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Intel Price Changes

By Maarten Goldstein, Jul 16, 2001 10:28am PDT

The Inquirer has confirmed some Intel price drops for Celeron and Pentium 3 processors today. Apparently AMD will soon follow with price cuts, in a...

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" Intel is overpriced and under performed for it's price. Oh yeah, you got that right, Intel (so ..."

- Cheesedog_3:16 see all 15 comments

Palomino Performance

By Maarten Goldstein, Jul 12, 2001 11:10am PDT

Saw on Stomped that the FiringSquad has a performance preview of the new AMD Palomino core. It will be all better and stuff!

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"1.53 ghz athlon in the next 4-8 weeks. 1.73ghz athlon before the new year."

- johnny rotten see all 20 comments

AMD News

By Maarten Goldstein, Jul 11, 2001 10:52am PDT

The Inquirer managed to obtain some information about AMD releases. A 1Ghz Duron is due to be released Monday, and Athlon prices will be axed at...

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"AMD stock rocked my world! ... And then it tanked. ... And then it rocked my world again! ..."

- Saeger see all 15 comments

AMD Misses Targets

By Maarten Goldstein, Jul 05, 2001 2:04pm PDT

According to this news article, AMD is seeing the results of a slowing economy. Sales fell 17% compared to the first quarter of this year, where...

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" Sales did not fall. Sales were up. ASP's (average selling prices) were down and flash demand ..."

- johnny rotten see all 18 comments

AMD Roadmap Update

By Maarten Goldstein, Jul 05, 2001 7:31am PDT

According to The Register, AMD has updated its roadmap and delayed the Athlon 4. The Athlon 4 has a new core, the Palomino, and was supposed to...

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" did you look at the roadmap boy-genuis? athlonMP is under "servers & workstations" athlon4 is ..."

- Turd Ferguson see all 14 comments

1.4Ghz Athlon MP Soon

By Maarten Goldstein, Jun 29, 2001 11:27am PDT

For the fastest in Athlon SMP computing you have to wait for a little bit, as The Register is reporting that a 1.4Ghz version of the MP Athlon...

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"Is there any benefit in getting the Athlon MP for a single CPU system, I know it has some extra ..."

- belzebutt see all 17 comments

Dell AMD Survey

By Maarten Goldstein, Jun 28, 2001 10:41am PDT

Dell considering add AMD powered PCs? You might think so after seeing this survey. Dell is asking which processors you would consider when buying...

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" you couldn't say it any better. I like AMD processors more than Intel's processors. The p4's ..."

- Cheesedog_3:16 see all 36 comments

VIA on SBLive Problems

By Maarten Goldstein, Jun 18, 2001 10:58am PDT

HardOCP has a statement from VIA (scroll down to the 4th Monday update) about the problems SB Live! owners have with the 686B southbridge found on...

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" I have an Intel chipset with Intel CPU, and the SB Live issues also affect it. Via has a ..."

- LOD-Glock see all 37 comments