Is the K7 dead?

[Le Québécois]

I mean, since they are now producing amd 64bits, are they going to get more Barton out after the 3200+ like intel did with the P3 after the P4 got out if I remember correctly? Or is it the end?:evil:

 

[Sunner]

I doubt they're gonna release faster speed grades.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

As if my durons weren't seemingly obsolete already, the switch in sockets puts the nail in the coffin.

 

[Mingon]

I think their is room for a 2.3 or 2.4 ghz barton if AMD realy wanted - but I doubt they are that bothered. Its a shame as a 0.09 athlon xp with say 1mb of cache would be excellent in my dual setup

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Mingon
I think their is room for a 2.3 or 2.4 ghz barton if AMD realy wanted - but I doubt they are that bothered. Its a shame as a 0.09 athlon xp with say 1mb of cache would be excellent in my dual setup

And in my NF7-S. Too bad those chips will never be produced.

 

[0roo0roo]

not until they produce cheap ones. needs die shrink and heavy production increase. not for a while.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
As if my durons weren't seemingly obsolete already, the switch in sockets puts the nail in the coffin.

Yeah, but the MPs ought to be dropping in price.

Mmmmm 2800+....

 

[DaveSimmons]

> are they going to get more Barton out after the 3200+ like intel did with the P3

One problem is the naming convention, since a "3200+" Barton is so much slower than a A64 3200+, it will be even more absurd to have "3400+" and "3600+" Bartons that are both still slower than the A64 3200+.

 

[Mingon]

Yeah, but the MPs ought to be dropping in price.

I have 2 x 2 x 2800+ in the middle of being built, albeit using 2500+'s with l5 mod. Depending on how much heat the pair put out I would guess 3200+ is easily possible as I have one currently running single at 2.45ghz I intend to keep them at 2.2 ish.

 

[InlineFive]

They are not dead by any means and they will be AMD's "budget" line for a while into 2004 according to their roadmap. Models and speeds might not improve (unless AMD makes an Athlon XP EE also ) but otherwise there's still space to upgrade for people like me with XP 1700s.

-Por