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Athlon XP/2200+: encoding performance review
Reviews The MP3 encoder MusicMatch Jukebox has been optimised in version 7.0 for Intel’s Pentium 4, allowing the 2.53GHz Pentium 4 with Rambus to keep its nose in front of the new Athlon XP/2200+. The Pentium 4/2200 with DDR memory is slower than the...
[June 18, 2002, 16:15]
Athlon dual-processing could be nigh
News The first dual-processor motherboards for the AMD Athlon processor have begun to appear on the market, though they have yet to be formally announced. Beta testing has begun on a motherboard from Tyan Computer, the S2462UNGM, or Thunder K7...
[May 11, 2001, 16:11]
Athlon 4 and MP to get XP speed features
News The features that collectively make up what AMD calls its Quantispeed technology, launched on Tuesday in the Athlon XP processor, will migrate to the mobile Athlon 4 and to the Athlon MP multiprocessor chips early next year.
[October 10, 2001, 11:30]
Athlon XP/2600+: workstation performance review
Reviews The Data Explorer test in the brand-new Viewperf 7 Open GL benchmark places both Athlon XP processors well ahead of the 2.53GHz Pentium 4. In the Design Review (DRV) test, the Pentium 4 with PC1066 memory just holds its ground ahead of the Athlon XP.
[September 3, 2002, 15:30]
Athlon XP/2600+: conclusion review
Reviews AMD released the Athlon XP/2600+ to market earlier than expected. The Athlon design is already seen as cost-driven by critics: AMD continued to manufacture the CPU on a 0.18-micron process for a long time, only introducing the 0.13-micron Athlon XP...
[September 3, 2002, 15:21]
Athlon XP/2600+: Internet performance review
Reviews Thanks to new chipset updates and BIOS optimisations, the Pentium 4 is now faster at rendering HTML pages than the Athlon XP processors. The 2.53GHz Pentium 4 and 2.13GHz Athlon XP/2600+ are almost equally fast when rendering PDF documents.
[September 3, 2002, 15:28]
Athlon 4 and Duron ship in laptops
News AMD announced late on Tuesday that its Athlon 4 and Duron mobile processor will be used in new laptops from Fujitsu, NEC and Sony, bolstering its plans to do battle with Intel in the mobile PC market.
[May 23, 2001, 16:49]
Athlon gets a new motherboard
News One of Taiwan's largest motherboard manufacturers Soyo Computer, on Monday gave Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) yet another boost with a new product designed for the chip designer's recently-introduced 800MHz Athlon processor.
[January 18, 2000, 16:15]
Athlon XP/2600+: application performance review
Reviews With business applications such as Word, Excel, Notes and WinZip, which are all components of Business Winstone 2001, AMD’s Athlon XP processors are faster than Intel’s Pentium 4 chips. Even an Athlon XP/2200+ with a clock speed of 1.8GHz is ahead...
[September 3, 2002, 15:34]
Athlon XP/2200+: application performance review
Reviews With business applications such as Word, Excel, Notes and WinZip, which are all components of Business Winstone 2001, the new Athlon XP/2200+ further extends its lead over the Intel competition. AMD’s new Athlon XP/2200+ narrows the gap between it...
[June 18, 2002, 16:09]
Athlon XP/2600+: rendering and decoding performance review
Reviews Despite the fact that 3D Studio Max 4.26 includes Pentium 4 optimisation, rendering of simple 3D objects (Kinetix Logo) with the 2.53GHz Pentium is no faster than it is with an Athlon XP/2200+. Rendering the architecture scene, which is recommended...
[September 3, 2002, 15:23]
Athlon XP/2200+: rendering performance review
Reviews Despite a new version 2.46 of 3D Studio Max that contains optimisations for the Pentium 4, the 2.53GHz Pentium 4 does not render simple 3D objects (Kinetix-logo) faster than an Athlon XP/2200+. However, the Pentium 4/2200 with DDR memory is 15...
[June 18, 2002, 16:19]
Athlon beats PIII 600MHz by nearly 30 percent
News And if you're going to be running Windows 98 in a home or small-office environment right now that processor will be either an AMD Athlon or an Intel Pentium III. Both CPUs are available at speeds up to 600 MHz and in the case of the Athlon up to...
[August 9, 1999, 12:16]
Athlon XP/2200+: Internet performance review
Reviews AMD’s Athlon XP has its nose in front when rendering HTML pages. The Athlon XP/2100+ is already slightly faster than the 2.53GHz Pentium 4, and the 2200+ extends that lead. The fastest AMD processor (Athlon XP/2200+) lags behind a Pentium 4 with...
[June 18, 2002, 16:21]
News Burst: Athlon price cuts on the way
News The California-based chip manufacturer plans to reduce prices on three of its highest speed-grade Athlon processors -- 950MHz, 900MHz and 850MHz -- by about 10 percent, according to a report citing the company.
[March 24, 2000, 10:25]
Athlon 64 delayed until September
News AMD is to delay the launch of its next-generation desktop processor, the Athlon 64, until September, the company said on Friday. It also announced the official launch date of the server version of the Athlon 64 -- called Opteron -- which will debut...
[January 31, 2003, 13:07]
Athlon XP/2600+: encoding performance review
Reviews Even so, the 2.53GHz Pentium 4 only just beats the 1.8GHz Athlon XP/2200+, and comes second to the new 2.13GHz Athlon XP/2600+ in this test. Intel’s 2.53GHz Pentium 4 is faster than the Athlon XP/2200+ at video encoding with LSX’s popular MPEG...
[September 3, 2002, 15:35]
Athlon XP/2200+: gaming performance review
Reviews The fastest Athlon processor (Athlon XP/2200+) is beaten by the 2.53GHz Pentium 4 with PC1066 Rambus memory in MadOnion's 3DMark 2001 test. If PC800 Rambus or DDR266 memory is used, the Athlon XP/2200+ is faster.
[June 18, 2002, 16:25]
Athlon XP/2200+: conclusion review
Reviews AMD’s new 0.13-micron Athlon XP/2200+ delivers very good performance results. Only when faced with SSE2-optimised software and multimedia applications such as video and audio encoding programs does the Athlon XP give way to Intel’s Pentium 4.
[June 18, 2002, 16:31]
Athlon XP/2600+: gaming performance review
Reviews In tests with MadOnion’s 3DMark 2001 SE, the new Athlon XP/2600+ just about matches the 2.53GHz Pentium 4. The Vulpine test also reveals no significant differences in performance between the Athlon XP and Pentium 4 processors.
[September 3, 2002, 15:33]
