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Gaming’s Extreme System Builders Floored By AMD Athlon 64 FX Processor
White Papers The AMD Athlon 64 FX processor has made that dream a reality delivering the kind of performance these “extreme” system builders want and gamers crave. With the AMD Athlon 64 FX processor, gamers are not just seeing the action, they’re right in the...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
With The Sizzling Speed Of The AMD Opteron And AMD Athlon 64 FX Processors, Super Computer, Inc. Opens A World Of Possibilities For Gamers
White Papers As leader of Atlanta-based Super Computer, Inc. SCI), Jensen has a vested interest in the equipment his customers are using now to slay forces of evil, climb Mt. Everest or make it through basic training.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
AMD Turbocharges Athlon 64
News Advanced Micro Devices has opened the gate on its highest-speed Athlon FX processor, targeting games players and other extreme desktop fans. The Athlon 64 FX-53, a premium version of its Athlon 64 performance chip was unveiled on Thursday at a...
[March 19, 2004, 10:40]
AMD To Unleash New Desktop Beast
News The chipmaker will unveil its Athlon 64 FX-55 chip next week, in an effort to bump up the performance of game desktops and other high-end PCs in time for Christmas. Chips such as the Athlon 64 FX and Intel's Pentium 4 Extreme Edition populate the...
[October 18, 2004, 9:20]
AMD Updates Desktop Chip Designs
News The new chips are the Athlon 64 FX-62, which becomes AMD's highest-performance desktop chip, and the Athlon 64 X2 5000+, the new leader of AMD's mainstream desktop segment. The FX-62 processor costs $1,031 (£549), while the X2 5000+ processor costs...
[May 24, 2006, 10:00]
AMD Mines Newcastle Core
News AMD also plans to soon release another Athlon 64 FX chip for desktop PC enthusiasts. Athlon 64 FX chips will retain 1MB of cache. At AMD, higher clock speeds will arrive first for Athlon 64, allowing the company to launch the Athlon 64 FX-53 as...
[March 16, 2004, 7:30]
A First Look At AMD's Athlon 64
Talkback The recent launch of the Athlon 64 FX-51 excites the cult following of AMD (especially the die-hard overclocker fans), but with its steep price-tag, it could only cater to a selected few. So, I think that unless AMD tries to bring down that steep...
[September 26, 2003, 1:25]
Launch Date Leaks For 939-pin Athlon
News AMD's high-end Athlon FX chips, with their 940 pins, already have dual memory controllers, but the 939-pin version of the Athlon will have one advantage over these too, says AMD: they will enable significantly cheaper motherboards.
[March 25, 2004, 16:45]
Intel Pits Its Own Beast Against AMD
News AMD's new Athlon 64 FX-55 chip hit the market on 19 October, meaning that a number of new high-performance PCs are now available for gamers. Whether its [Intel's] Extreme Edition or the Athlon FX, they serve to establish the leadership association...
[November 2, 2004, 10:39]
Dell Takes Extreme Approach To Gaming Market
News The company repackaged the Xeon for desktops, according to analysts, to better compete against the Athlon FX-51 that Advanced Micro Devices released in September. Similarly, the Athlon FX-51, currently available in PCs from Alienware, is itself a...
[November 3, 2003, 15:20]
Intel's Core 2 Duo Delivers On Promises
News Even Intel's mainstream E6700 and E6600 processors beat AMD's highest-performing chip, the Athlon FX-62, in several benchmarks. PC gamers, who have been solidly behind AMD's Athlon 64 processors almost since the day they were released, will have to...
[July 17, 2006, 8:45]
AMD's Dual-core Chips Debut
News Unlike Intel, AMD will not bring the dual-core concept to its Athlon 64 FX line of gamer chips yet because most games aren't threaded for dual-core operations. The chips will be priced between the FX chips (which sell for $837) and standard Athlon...
[April 21, 2005, 10:55]
HP Hopes New Blue PCs Will Tempt Consumers
News Its $679 Pavilion a220n incorporates an AMD Athlon XP 2600+ processor, a 120GB hard drive, 512MB of RAM and the DVD-ROM drive. The $829 Pavilion a230n features an Athlon XP 2800+, an HP DVD burner and an extra CD-ROM drive.
[June 19, 2003, 15:51]
Intel Prescott: The Benchmarks
Talkback The Athlon FX offers a Dual-Channel-Interface. Athlon 64 features only a single channel memory interface. re.the previous comment: Therefore it is irrelevant to have two DIMMs installed. With this processor it is important to have two DIMMs...
[February 18, 2004, 12:04]
AMD Launches New Desktop Athlon 64s
News AMD has introduced three new Socket 939 Athlon 64s, including the company's highest performance desktop processor yet, the Athlon 64 FX-53. The new chips are designed to work with more inexpensive components and motherboards than earlier high...
[June 1, 2004, 14:40]
AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide
White Papers This white paper is intended for use by those, particularly in the hardware review community, who are interested in evaluating AMD64 performance, as demonstrated by the AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Athlon 64 FX processors.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
AMD Athlon 64: The Benchmarks
Talkback Intel, thinking they would have the advantage by quoting their clock speeds extremely high, has just had their head handed to them with the new 64 bit athlon fx processor. Rather than concentrating on clock speed, athlon has paid attention to what...
[November 4, 2003, 23:33]
AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Revision 3.32
White Papers This document is intended for use by those, particularly in the hardware review community, who are interested in evaluating AMD64 performance, as demonstrated by the AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Athlon 64 FX processors.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
AMD Readies Dual-core Athlon 64
News A dual-core version of the Athlon FX, AMD's gamer chip, will appear in the future as well. The 4800+ is about 22 percent faster, according to the Jonathan Seckler, Athlon 64 product marketing manager for AMD.
[May 31, 2005, 9:15]
AMD Answers 64-bit Question
News As expected, the chipmaker launched several varieties of the new chip, including an Athlon 64 FX processor for desktops and three Athlon 64 models for desktops and notebooks. AMD's top-of-the-line Athlon 64 FX-51 model for desktops, which runs at...
[September 24, 2003, 11:15]
