ATHLON=BRILLIANT! (AMD Athlon (Slot A))

Member Name: Peter J. Mawson

Product:	AMD Athlon (Slot A)
Date:	10/04/01 (57 review reads)
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Advantages: everything

Disadvantages: expensive componenets

The AMD Athlon processor is a great buy. It is far superior to Intel's and Cyrix's models, being the M2/3 and Pentiums respectively.It boasts AMD's '3D NOW' technology, which is not even offered on any pentium or Cyrix processor. This 3D NOW! technology enhances games with impressive results, and also the Athlon can reach great speeds effortlessly. Also the Athlon houses a 200mhz FSB, compared to Intel's 133mhz. It loads programs very quickly, providing you have a decent hard drive and runs them very quickly. The Athlon is similar to Intel's Pentium 3, although it is proven to be far superior in ALL resects, including cache memory and how many programs handled at any one time.
The Athlon is far cheaper than Intel's Pentium 3, as with Intel you are only really paying for the brand.
I recently upgraded my PC to an Athlon, and it proved to be a cinch for even an almost computer novice.
There are 2 major disadvantages to the Athlon, as you need a 300watt power supply and also Athlon components can prove to be costly, for example motherboards cost up to £50 more than for a Pentium 3 equivalent.
However, the Athlon is in my opinion the best processor on the market.

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