Barton?

[Avid6eek]

Looks like an Athlon XP, but with a bigger CPU die. What makes a CPU die bigger? an extra 256kb L2 Cache. Could it be a Barton?<BR><BR><img src="http://picture.imagestation.jp/raw/006/48/2c/482c0481cbdb-0.jpg">

[Polykranopalous]

ahhhh its...its cpuzilla

[Colin]

Hey Shiznit... Yes that's how the Barton will look like and yes the die is bigger because of the extra L2 cache... With more surface area to make contact with the core I would expect better temperatures as well for AMD users! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">

[Avid6eek]

I wasn't really asking questions...I know it's a Barton <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">

[Colin]

LOL! Well I'm telling you anyway! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">

[Avid6eek]

the AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (Barton) is going to debut with a price tag of $571. I seriously hope it performs on par, or better than the P4 3.06Ghz CPU.

[Colin]

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif" border="0"> Damn, that is pretty steep! Ya, I hope it performs that well too!

[Avid6eek]

I know it is. If I was looking for a 3Ghz PC and the Intel performed a little bit better, I wouldn't know what to do <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[Colin]

Well since I'm suppose to be <i>bias towards Intel</i>, I wonder if they're going to release the 800 MHz based 3.2 GHz P4 and the Springdale to try and steal some of AMD's thunder... It's suppose to be coming out in early Feb too!

[Joe]

MUST HAVE BARTON! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> ... i am saving my pennies for it <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">

[Colin]

Bah, gimme a 800 MHz FSB based P4! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">

[Avid6eek]

<br><br><< <i>Well since I'm suppose to be <i>bias towards Intel</i>, I wonder if they're going to release the 800 MHz based 3.2 GHz P4 and the Springdale to try and steal some of AMD's thunder... It's suppose to be coming out in early Feb too!</i> >><br><br><BR><BR>The Barton is no AMD's thunder, the Hammer is, and I don't think there is going to be anything Intel can do to take attention away from the Hammer. The first couple months after it is released, that is all the hardware sites are going to talk about, except this one, because there never seems to be any "new technology" news here <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[Colin]

LOL! Ooooo, that hurt! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0"><BR><BR>Haha, well I'm fairly close to AMD so I'm hoping to be one of the first to get the Hammer... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> that's assuming they're giving review samples to more then just the biggest sites. We've gotten quite a few chips from them before NDA broke! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[Avid6eek]

I have yet to see the "connections" of yours in action <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[Colin]

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0"> Of 2002, we were only passed on two chip releases (XP 2200+ and XP 2400/2600+) from AMD and we got the CPU's like a few weeks later! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">

[Avid6eek]

A few weeks later? A real hardware site would have them a few weeks before <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">

[Colin]

For all the other chips we got it before NDA expired! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">