Athlon XP/2200+: Internet Performance review
Reviews Page building 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 benefit of Pentium 4 optimisation is shown by the Acrobat...
[June 18, 2002, 16:21]
Samsung Bets On Controversial Memory Standard
News Samsung has begun shipping engineering samples of 200MHz double-data-rate (DDR) SDRAM memory, or DDR400, in spite of doubts over whether the PC infrastructure industry will ever widely adopt the standard.
[March 19, 2002, 17:22]
Via Pushes Performance On Cheaper PCs
News Via Technologies has responded to Intel's rollout of cheaper chipsets this week with its own low-end solution, the P4X266E, which supports the latest Pentium 4 chips with faster bus speeds. The P4X266E follows Intel's introduction of several new...
[May 22, 2002, 16:27]
Abit NV7-133R BIOS
Downloads Available in this download is the latest BIOS update for Abit NV7-133R motherboard. In this update, the performance of DDR266 and above memory modules improves after clearing CMOS data. AMD Athlon XP 2400+ and 2600+ CPUs are supported.
[July 13, 2006, 13:09]
Athlon XP/2200+: Gaming Performance review
Reviews DirectX 8.x 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]
Apple Cuts UK Hardware Prices
News Apple on Tuesday simplified its consumer Macintosh line and slashed prices as it seeks to gain market share from Windows XP-based PCs. The company cut the price of the high-end model to £1,449 (inc. VAT) from £1,514 and the new entry-level model to...
[February 5, 2003, 14:47]
Athlon XP/2200+: How We Tested review
Reviews The performance of the new processors was evaluated using the following benchmarks: Benchmark tests used Benchmark type Benchmark name Application-based tests ZD Business Winstone 2001, ZD Content Creation Winstone 2002
[June 18, 2002, 16:04]
Athlon XP/2200+: Encoding Performance review
Reviews MP3 encoding Intel’s intensive efforts to get software producers to optimise their program code for modern processors -- Intel CPUs, naturally - continue to bear fruit. The MP3 encoder MusicMatch Jukebox has been optimised in version 7.0 for Intel...
[June 18, 2002, 16:15]
Athlon Gets Souped-up Chipsets
News Via Technologies and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) are to step up their offerings for AMD-based PC processors next month with the release of their next-generation chipsets; Via's KT333, using faster memory than is available now, and the SiS745.
[January 22, 2002, 17:13]
Athlon XP/2200+: Application Performance review
Reviews ZD Business Winstone 2001 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.
[June 18, 2002, 16:09]
Via Launches Faster Pentium 4 Chipset
News Via Technologies announced a faster version of its chipset for Intel Pentium 4 processors on Tuesday, in the face of a continuing dispute with Intel over the product's legality. The chipset is an upgrade to Via's Apollo P4X266, called the P4X266A.
[November 20, 2001, 16:43]
Micron Shows First DDR-II Memory Demo
News Memory manufacturer Micron this week demonstrated the first system running DDR-II SDRAM to press and analysts. DDR-II, which represents the next generation of memory, is seen as a necessary redesign to increase speeds as DDR-I runs out of steam.
[July 11, 2002, 15:44]
Via Motherboard Keeps A Low Profile
News Via Technologies has introduced a new motherboard built for a new type of PC that combines features normally associated with consumer electronics into a PC platform. The Epia M10000 motherboard, launched on Tuesday, is designed for a low-profile...
[April 15, 2003, 13:57]
Athlon XP/2200+: Workstation Performance review
Reviews The brand-new OpenGL benchmark Viewperf 7 puts the AMD processors ahead of Intel’s chips. The difference in performance is particularly marked in the Data Explorer (DX) test. Here the Athlon XP/2200+ is nearly twice as fast as the Pentium 4/2200...
[June 18, 2002, 16:30]
Via Brings Hi-fi To The Low End
News Via Technologies has unveiled a new motherboard aimed at computer makers who want to offer hi-fi media capabilities in PCs costing less than about £250. The C3M266 mainboard is based on Via's Apollo CLE266 North Bridge, a chipset that includes an...
[January 6, 2003, 13:35]
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]
