AMD to Manufacture All Athon XP CPUs Using B0 Thoroughbred Revision

[goog40]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/story.html?id=1039198840

As you may remember from our Athlon XP 2600 Review, there are two versions of AMD Athlon XP processors manufactured using 0.13 micron technology: revision A0 and B0. The latter can work at higher core-clock speeds as well as FSB frequencies, while the former is not so great in terms of speed. Originally AMD wanted all its microprocessors with 2000+ and higher performance ratings to be based on the B0 stepping, while the lower-speed CPUs would have gone from the market. But after all the company revised its strategy and decided that they still need to sell the CPUs below 2000+ mark. In order to improve manufacturability and increase the speed bin distribution, AMD decided to start manufacturing Athlon XP 1800+ and 1700+ CPUs using B0 stepping cores.

Wonder how these will OC🙂

Considering how low prices are on the 1700+'s are, I'm gonna have to find a reason not to get one of these to play with.

 

[eplebnista]

😎

 

[Adul]

sweet

 

[odog]

great news... on par with the P4 2.0 ghz C1 steppings!

 

[pillage2001]

THe problem is when?? 🙂

 

[The Sauce]

If true, then this is very phat news indeed.

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: pillage2001
THe problem is when?? 🙂

The first samples of the newcomers appeared yesterday and the production shipment date is currently set at 11th of December. Here is the table that will help you to distinguish between the Athlon XP 1700+ and 1800+ with older core and with newer one.

🙂

 

[formulav8]

I knew I shouldn't have bought this 1800+ Thoroughbred cpu 😛. Its a revision A. Oh well. I should still get close to 2ghz when I get my ram.



Jason

 

[MadRat]

My 1700+ is sweet - a mere 35-36ºC at idel and never more than 41ºC at heavy load. It barely raised two degrees overclocking it to 1700MHz.

 

[Tab]

Sweet. 500Mhz overclock!

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: MadRat
My 1700+ is sweet - a mere 35-36ºC at idel and never more than 41ºC at heavy load. It barely raised two degrees overclocking it to 1700MHz.

Is this a TBred-B or A? If it's a B, where did you get it from?

 

[MadRat]

It says AXDA1700DLT3C. I think its an "A" model. Pretty sure the "B" model ends with DLT3D.