What's up with the new Althon's??

[meson2000]

I picked up a copy of the most recent addition of computer shopper and almost every
AMD reseller and their mother was offering systems with the 1.3 and 1.4 ghz AlthonMP
and the 1.5 Althon. I thought these guys wouldn't be out until next month. Maybe
it was just for preorder?? I didn't bother to call any of them. Has anyone heard anything??
Is the 1.5 an Althon 4 or just a regular Thunderbird??? It seems like with the AYHJAR stepping,
AMD could just release a regular Thunderbird at 1.5ghz easily.

 

[NelsonMuntz]

Everythink I have read has shown that the Athlon 4 will be the only thing available over 1.4 GHz and that it will debut at 1.533 GHz. That is supposed to happen next month, so I imagine those were just for preorder.
</edit> or they were overclocking<edit>

 

[heffe734]

ya, one thing for sure is that they are not out...and AYHJAR's i think were pretty much a OCz scam.

 

[LanEvoVI]

This happens quite often. Things are advertised in magazines well before they come out to the public. I'm guessin its because a magazine for the month of say september will come out on the 20th of August. And that maybe, just mabye by the september they'll actually have the chip.

Just a guess.