X-Bit hands on w/ AMD Athlon 64! (benchmarks and all!)

[vexingv]

linky

sites a bit slow, but has lots of info and benchmarks. interesting to see how the athlon 64 stacks up at this stage

 

[Yeti101]

More like stackes down.
I was expecting much better. :\

 

[dannybin1742]

this site is getting pounded, it won't load most pictures, and i can't seem to look at anything after page 4

this chip doesn't come out til august anyways, they have plenty of time to improve it

i want to see and opteron review

 

[touchmyichi]

The PR rating is off once again. Considering the chip will debut faster than that, it should be pretty good. Also, this stuff isn't final. I don't think the Mobo has dual channel memory, which would give a preformance boost. Its a shame the guy didn't try to overclock it, thats what I'm interested in hearing.

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

Originally posted by: touchmyichi
The PR rating is off once again. Considering the chip will debut faster than that, it should be pretty good. Also, this stuff isn't final. I don't think the Mobo has dual channel memory, which would give a preformance boost. Its a shame the guy didn't try to overclock it, thats what I'm interested in hearing.

i thought the memory controller on"board" (more like ondie i suppose) the athlon64 was only single channel, which is wht they used i think

 

[gplracer]

It is hard to compare because the althlon 64 in this article runs at 1.6ghz compared to the pentium 4 running at 2.8ghz. I guess the success of the chip will depend on how fast AMD can clock these boys up at a higher more competitive speed.

 

[Polar2002]

Still expected it to run much faster.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: Polar2002
Still expected it to run much faster.

why

 

[orion7144]

Originally posted by: Polar2002
Still expected it to run much faster.

Maybe if they had better yielding wafers.

 

[Duvie]

I think someone mentioned in another thread the opteron or server athlon64 chip will feature DCDDR controller...

 

[BEIF]

Man ............... if I was Intel, I would be "pissing my pants with glee" .........

why ?

Well:-

a) the 2.8 / 800 beats it in all but 3/4 tests

b) by the time it is released it will be an expensive "flagship" CPU for AMD, whereas the 2.8 / 800 will be "price-normalised" as it will not be the flagship CPU in the Intel line

c) what are the odds that you will be able to cook a 3 course dinner with the heat that these CPU's emit ?

but most importantly / seriously

d) Prescott, which *IS* currently in sampling, will quite simply "out-mhz" it.

I mean does anybody here *seriously* believe that a 1.6gig AMD chip [ forget the bull#@## PR rating ] will be able to compete either in the market place, or in the benchmark world with > 3.6gig Prescotts that have H/T and are built in a 0.09 "cool" shrunk core ?

Even allowing for the AMD argument that this chip will be "improved" even more before it is released - so what ?!?! Do you think Intel is simply going to stand still whilst AMD do their homework.

No .......... I'm sorry .......... but there is enough real info in this XBit Labs peice to show that all the "Hammer-this" and "Hammer-that" crap that has been floating around for *OVER* 18 months now, is just going to be that ........

Do people here remember all the hype:-

- " this chip will be a quantum leap in computing performce"
- " this is the chip Intel hoped would never be made"
- " this chip is Intel's worst nightmare"
- " this chip will revolutionize the computer industry"
- " this chip could well bring Intel to it's knees "

I mean for goodness sake, checkout the results - the current lowly 2.53C1 / 533 actually keeps up with it in many bench's !!!!!!

If this is the best AMD can do, with a product that was, remeber now, initially due for release *already*, but is now still another 2 - 4 months away, then I reckon Intel would be sleeping very easily tonight.

BEIF

 

[JeremiahTheGreat]

Originally posted by: BEIF

- " this chip will be a quantum leap in computing performce"
- " this is the chip Intel hoped would never be made"
- " this chip is Intel's worst nightmare"
- " this chip will revolutionize the computer industry"
- " this chip could well bring Intel to it's knees "

In the server market perhaps!