stupid newb question on AMD

[PCFetish]

the numbers following the AMD XP, does not represent the cpu speed.
how do u figure the cpu speed?

 

[mechBgon]

One easy way is to refer to www.newegg.com or another online merchant. I sometimes get a little mixed up on them myself and need a reality check.

 

[BigJ]

1600+ 1.4ghz
1700+ 1.46ghz
1800+ 1.53ghz
1900+ 1.6ghz
2000+ 1.66ghz
2100+ 1.73ghz
2200+ 1.8ghz

Amd now has a new PR system for anything above an XP 2200+.

 

[shathal]

It'd be nice if at the very least they'd have some consistency in it ... *grmbl*.

I dislike PR-ratings. I disliked them when they came-round first time, and I had hoped that AMD/Cyrix had learnt their lesson. Well - Cyrix may not be much for PR-ratings at the moment, but AMD is, and I don't like them .

But that's just me .

Soz - needed to let that rant out

 

[PCFetish]

what is Palamino ?
under overclockers.com ther eis Palamino 1600 ~ 2000
they seem to o/c very well but I can't find them any where else , such as here or store.
does it go by different name?

 

[mamisano]

Originally posted by: shathal
It'd be nice if at the very least they'd have some consistency in it ... *grmbl*.

I dislike PR-ratings. I disliked them when they came-round first time, and I had hoped that AMD/Cyrix had learnt their lesson. Well - Cyrix may not be much for PR-ratings at the moment, but AMD is, and I don't like them .

But that's just me .

Soz - needed to let that rant out

Sooo, what do you think Intel is going to have to do with their new Mobile chip? Yes, thats right, Intel's new mobile chips run SLOWER clock speeds than Mobile P4s and have better performance. I wonder what PR "Scheme" Intel is going to use...if they don't no one will want to buy a 1.6Ghz Banias when 2+Ghz P4s are already out!

 

[treza]

What is needed is an industry wide performance rating system. Whether it will happen is doubtful.
The problem with AMD's performance rating is that it always is compared with some MHz standard (originally the first Tbirds) which had certain constituents of performance. These constiuents change when newer processors come out having different relative strengths in different areas of computing.
But when people say AMD's PR ratings are misleading I ask "compared to what"? They were generally conservative when compared to P4 performance. What I found misleading was listening to sales people pushing the original P4 as a great advance, pointing to MHz, when a 1 GHZ P3 generally outperformed a 1.3 GHz P4. I guess this is what the current class action lawsuit against Intel is about.

 

[mechBgon]

The Palomino is the name of the 0.18-micron AthlonXP/AthlonMP core. So look for an AthlonXP 1600+ through 2100+. Be aware that the CPUs in these speed slots, or from 1700+ to 2100+ at least, will eventually begin showing up with the newer 0.13-micron Thoroughbred core, which is physically smaller. AnandTech article on the Thoroughbred 2200+, with photos and specs