AMD Athlon (Slot A) Reviews

**technical Stuff dude!!!*** Introduction After for the monumental brawl between the Athlon XP 2000+ and Pentium 4-2.2 GHz processors, which incidentally were released the same day, we have been waiting to see which company would flinch first. Many expected Intel and their high-scaling Pentium 4 to make the first move, ...  Read the complete review

So there I was, considering an upgrade to my computer. Before started to purchase anything (as I was going to make it myself) I did a lot a research into what I wanted in my computer. There was one item for which I needed to do no research; this was the processor that I was going to put in this new computer. In my mind the only processor that was ...  Read the complete review

I have been running the AMD Athlon 800 MHz processor for nearly one year now and it has been smooth sailing. I built the computer myself and used the Biostar M7MKA Motherboard because I needed two ISA slots and most of the motherboards only have one. I installed one SDRAM PC100 128 MB memory chip. This is a powerhouse, of course 800 MHz ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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Married to mother is a 1GHz Athlon Socket A processor. For around £250, it will make your PC fly. I've been wedded blissfully to my Slot A Athlon 600 for the last year, but advances in manufacturing allow 1GHz (1000 MHz) performance at a bargain basement price. Athlon architecture includes plenty of on chip memory: Level 1 features ...  Read the complete review

I must admit to not being an Athlon user myself although I have plenty of mates who are and theres no doubting that the Athlon is the quickest chip around by a long way and is also very well priced against its main competitor, the Intel Pentium III. If you want to spend the money on getting a fast PC for gaming and everything else you can ...  Read the complete review

AMD have really gone to town with this proccesor! And in my opinion Intell have a lot of work to do to catch up with American Micro Devices great work! The specs of the Athlon Processor are as follows: The AMD Athlon is buily upon silicon using the 0.18micron sized transistors - which means you could put about 10 thousand of them on the ...  Read the complete review

This is the second AMD chip that I have ever purchased, and it is also by far the best one that I have ever purchased. After trying this chip I must say that there will be no turning back for me. There are some problems with it, like the fact that you need some special equiptment to use it, but the cost of this extra equiptment in relation to what ...  Read the complete review

Which is greater? AMD? Or Intel? Not that people would say Intel now, as the situation going on for these few months is not that good for them. The previous Single No.1 is getting down day and day. Why this happened is most becuz of AMD's Athlon! When Athlon appeared last year, it is really something increadeble. 200 Mhz ...  Read the complete review

The new AMD Athlon processor boasts extremely fast operation and extreme reliability. It can handle just about anything you are daring to challenge it to. The Intel Pentium III used to be top of the market, but research and customer opinions show that the new AMD Athlon Processor is substancially faster. AMD Athlon's go right up to 1.1GHz ...  Read the complete review

The Price and Performance will blow you away. AMD have really moved the goal posts with this new processor, Intel have a lot of work to do. The Athlon is available from speeds of 500Mhz to 800 and possibly above. The Athlon is the first time I have bought a non Intel chip and although you require a Slot A motherboard ...  Read the complete review

Well were now at 1.13GHz, I never imagined we'd reach this speed so quick although its a bit false as they announce the chip 6 months before you can expect to see any kind of amount in the shops. The new 1.13GHz machines are being released now from the big manufacturers, although Intel have had to withdraw there 1.13GHz chip due to major ...  Read the complete review

Yeah, I have just managed to upgrade to Athlon and boy do you feel the speed, some might need to wear safty gear when using this hardware. I have the 750 varient and compared to my old K6-2, well the speed has gone through the roof. My kids have a P3 system running at 700 (been clocked) but when running comparitive software the P3 seems like an ...  Read the complete review

I have had a couple of different processors in my time. A 486 to a pentium celeron 300 then onto a pentium II 450 processor and finally onto an Athlon 700. I use my machine for programming and playing games. I have found that the athlon runs circles, around the pentium. Games are more stable, and run smoother. All my programming languages ...  Read the complete review

This processor claimed that it can be clocked up to an amazing 1GHz compared to Pentium III. It features a 200MHZ frontside bus with a cache size of 512kb. Interestingly, it also costs less than the 256kb Pentium III. However, there is a catch. The bus between the cache and the CPU is only 64bit wide compared to 256bit on the Pentium III which ...  Read the complete review

I work for a PC maufacturer, as an engineer, and come into contact on a daily basis with all aspects of PC hardware, and in process of my normal day, I see an awful lot of CPUs. Bear in mind that I dont see the cost involved, just being a lowly engineer, this is what I have observed in diffference between the big two in terms of processors (AMD & ...  Read the complete review

I think that Amd will be the new Intel. They have tromedous great product and they surley have fix all the bad things about Athlon. Make no mistake that Intel Corporation will try to beat Amd Athlon with the new improved Intel Pentium 4 chip. I am very well just excited and I can't wait for it to come to stores in the USA. In order for AMD to ...  Read the complete review

Whhoooaaahh There Horsey... My 600Mhz AMD Athlon IS FAST!!! Quake 3 runs like a dream, Unreal Tournament, Oh my god does that look good. I could not live without this, and will never leave AMDs side again in the processor wars, Ive played around with my mates P3 and it comes no where near the speed of this blinding little beauty. ...  Read the complete review

Price and Performance that blows the mind ! This new processor from AMD has set a new bar on the Price vs Performance comparison for the home and office PC. The AMD chip has a very strong FPU (Floating Point Unit) which allows it to really shine in some demanding situations. The AMD chips are also highly overclockable. (you can crank the ...  Read the complete review