Athlon4/Palomino - is it out?

[busmaster11]

Can someone tell me if Palomino's out? I thought it wouldn't come out till mid-2H for the desktop, but on pricewatch they claim to have them in stock already... what's going on?

TIA

 

[Swanny]

The Athlon 4 isn't out, but the Athlon MP, which is based on the Palomino core is. The MP is mainly for dual CPU systems, but it will work with most single CPU boards on the market now.

 

[busmaster11]

I thought the Athlon MP was based on Thunderbird, no? If Athlon MP is Palomino, then whats the difference between the MP and the Athlon4, besides the MP part?

 

[Boonesmi]

athlon mp is palomino, and from what i understand there is no difference between the current MP version and the soon to be released desktop version except that the mp has official support for multi processor

 

[busmaster11]

Wow. that totally slipped by me. How long's it been out?

 

[salman327]

I thought the mp didn't have 3dnow instructions.

 

[SiLow]

BTW, the Moble Palomino was out a while ago as well.

 

[AvidOC]

salman!, why would AMD stop one of its chips best features??? where did you get that info?

i think that the athlon4 has those voltage enhancements and that power now! thing i might be completely wrong though

 

[TuffGuy]

i'm running a 1.0ghz athlon mp @ 1.45 right now. it runs cooler (25F) and does seti@home units 1hr faster than my 1.45ghz tbird.

EDIT: forgot to mention, the MP has 52 new SSE instructions.

 

[AlexC]

According to this the desktop release of the Palomino has been delayed to late-September/October.

 

[salman327]

Yeah I felt kind off like an idiot when I posted that. I was sure I had read it somewhere, and I was kind oc hesitant to post that, but I did anyways to make sure. Oh man, if they would just release the palamino a bit sooner. I know it's all market strategy, but I really hate the fact that I have to wait till Late September to build my new rig. I've been waiting since May, but I guess a little longer won't hurt. And by then maybe the nforce will have some bios fixes and what not

 

[parikh26]

Any word yet on the 1.4 MP? Shady pricwatch vendors are advertising, but I don't think it's out yet. Anyone with dates? I need to finish my rig soon due to time constraints...

I'm having trouble with NCIX.com with the GA-7DXR and want the 1.4 MP. Here's the rest of the specs-most found on Hot Deals.

**CPU 300 1.4 Ghz AMD Athlon MP 266
Motherboard 197 GA-7DXR; Raid
Video Card 152 MSI GF2 Pro 64MB
Hard Drive 140 2 X 30 GB WD 7200 RPM
Memory 122 2 X 256 = 512 MB pc2100 DDR Registered
CDRW 20 Philips 8x4x32 CDRW
**DVD-ROM 60 Pioneer 16/40 Slot Load
Sound Card 64 Turtle Beach Santa Cruz 6 Speaker Digital
Case 104 Antec sx1030b w/ 300W P/S; 4x5.25; 6x3.5
Speakers 40 Compaq PS330 160 W 3 Piece System
**Modem 20
**Disk Drive 10 Floppy
Mouse 15 Microsoft Mouse/Keyboard Bundle
Keyboard 15 Microsoft Mouse/Keyboard Bundle
**BNC Cable 15
**HSF 30
1304

** Items still need to be purchased. Suggestions appreciated. Thanks