~2 hours to A64 launch!

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Anyone going to read articles at night? The NDA is over at 12 AM eastern...

 

[Corporate Thug]

no

 

[Pariah]

Isn't that 40 minutes from now?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: Pariah
Isn't that 40 minutes from now?

Its eastern standard time I believe.

 

[orion7144]

Originally posted by: shady06
no

 

[mikecel79]

Looks like mwave.com has the Athlon 64 3200+ for sale already.

Linky

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

1 hour to go! I hope some of the hardware sites can get it up tonight...

 

[BaboonGuy]

post some links of the reviews you find aga

 

[jm0ris0n]

Well by my clock its now 12.05 Eastern... :-/

 

[BaboonGuy]

same, you sure the nda expires at 12 AM eastern?

 

[InlineFive]

Ah well, Im going to wait for later revision before purchase anyways. And if the P4-EE really wops the A64 then the price will probably go down further.

-Por

 

[Joony]

NDA = Non-Disclosure agreement?

 

[Adul]

Originally posted by: Joony
NDA = Non-Disclosure agreement?

correct

I dont think the NDA will end until 10 PM PST when AMD officially launches the Athlon 64. Off course I could be wrong.

 

[nowayout99]

A lot of times the NDA expires at something like 3 AM ET, so don't hold your breath quite yet.

 

[josedawg]

according to the news on the front page, its 10 am PDT, which is 1pm EST. that's 13 more hours.

::twiddles his thumbs::

 

[thatsright]

Uhh guys, in terms of the A64 NDA, I wouldn't be surprised if the NDA's don't expire until after the Live A64 Launch Event Webcast today in San Fran. Now this is from 10am-on PDT so maybe around this time or afterwords the NDA's Will lift and only then will we actually see the USA A64 site reviews.

BTW, I read a great Russian Review comparing the P4 EE and A64 and the A64 didn't do too well. You will need a translator. I think Intel did a great and Stealthy job of stealing a lot of AMD's thunder for their A64 launch day with their P4 EE. It's absolutely AMAZING that Intel was able to keep this chip so secret for over a year and then announce it a week before the A64 launch and no one had any idea, nor did it ever show up on any Intel road maps or anything.

And thats just my $0.02

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: thatsright
Uhh guys, in terms of the A64 NDA, I wouldn't be surprised if the NDA's don't expire until after the Live A64 Launch Event Webcast today in San Fran. Now this is from 10am-on PDT so maybe around this time or afterwords the NDA's Will lift and only then will we actually see the USA A64 site reviews.

BTW, I read a great Russian Review comparing the P4 EE and A64 and the A64 didn't do too well. You will need a translator. I think Intel did a great and Stealthy job of stealing a lot of AMD's thunder for their A64 launch day with their P4 EE.

And thats just my $0.02

Thats actually French... and there was a thread about that review. Lots of skeptics. I'll wait for the review tomorrow. Now thats my $0.02.

 

[thatsright]

Originally posted by: boyRacer

Originally posted by: [

Thats actually French... and there was a thread about that review. Lots of skeptics. I'll wait for the review tomorrow. Now thats my $0.02.

Really, It looked like Russian to me, well what do I know about French then? Nothing obviously...........

 

[John]

My co-worker won an all expense trip to the Athlon 64 launch in San Francisco. Supposedly Alienware has 60+ PC's on disply and much more. I look forward to the articles.

 

[thatsright]

Originally posted by: John
My co-worker won an all expense trip to the Athlon 64 launch in San Francisco. Supposedly Alienware has 60+ PC's on disply and much more. I look forward to the articles.

WOW!! NICE!! Now when you say, 'All Expense Paid' does this mean he'll get to bring home some 'New' Hardware, if ya know what I mean

 

[BaboonGuy]

Marty Rice of Cleveland, Ohio, won the grand prize of an AMD Athlon 64 processor-based desktop system and $6,400 cash.

now wouldn't that be sweet? anyways, i'm thinking the NDA expires at 12AM PST. that or after the launch, which would suck.

 

[paperfist]

My friend is at that AMD launch party as a AMD64 winner and he said they won't tell any of them squat till the launch party at 1EST so I'd say that's when the NDA is up.

 

[SilentZero]

I plan on watching it for sure!

 

[thatsright]

I plan on watching if for sure in about an hour or so. But for you AMD Fanboys, yes today is when its 'launched' but how long until YOU get your hands on one is the real question?

I'm really rooting for AMD on this one, as Competition is good for all of us. But the biggest hurt, won't be the benchmarks if the A64 doesn't do that great (hey, remember when the original P4 came out and everyone said it sucked!); the biggest failing to todays launch is a lack of Windows XP 64-Bit. I mean thats the main selling point of the CPU. It will be very hard to justify buying the A64 CPU unless it beats the P4 EE in most benchmarks until a few months after the XP 64-Bit O/S comes out AND a few 64-Bit apps.

Just my $0.03

 

[thatsright]

SCHWEET!!!

UT2004 will be also sold in 64-Bit format for the A64. Available by X-Mas. Now I kinda wish I had a A64 CPU, well almost............