AMD Athlon (Thunderbird)

AMD are in a position similar to Nvidia were about 4 years ago. The then dominating force and seemingly invincible 3dfx were producing graphics cards that Nvidia were unable to compete with, everything changed with the release of the Nvidia Geforce series of cards, a surprise 3dfx never really recovered from, who continued to produce overpriced and lacklustre cards, until eventually they folded, and Nvidia had taken over the market. AMD had also been struggling to keep up with Intel. Until Athlon. Since then it has been Intel chasing AMD's lead. Is it possible that Athlon 4 will be the final nail in the coffin for Intel? Premature perhaps, but ...

Background Nowadays there are a lot of various processors from various producers available in the market. Then why am I writing about AMD Athlon 1.33 Ghz? Why am I not writing about the others? Here is the story. Formerly I had an Intel Pentium 233 MMX Processor in my personal computer (PC) at home. For the unstable and high electricity voltage occurred, finally my TX-Pro II mainboard (Socket 7) was damaged by the ?unforgivable? electrical shock. It was my nightmare. Facing the situation, I had no better choice in stead of building a new PC. How much money was needed to build my ?dream PC?? By the time there was a big question mark ...

For a while now AMD processors have began to threaten Intel's dominence of the processor market. Until last year their offerings have mainly been directed at the lower end of the processor market. Enter the Athlon Thunderbird. The latest offering from AMD catches the eye immediately with its comparatively lower price. This however is not reflected in performance with a 1.GHz thunderbird clocking in as fast if not faster than the 1.2 Intel offering. All is not smiles and roses however as the Athlon does have some minor draw backs. Firstly it's hot - All processors are hot but this ones red hot, and needs to be kept cool with plenty of ...