>"Besides, I though the first A64 was gonna be a 3400+? "
All rumours seem to point to a 2 GHZ 3200+ and a 2.2 GHz 3400+ release in a few weeks, and then off course the 2.2 GHz Athlon FX (=Opteron) chip, without PR rating.
>"How could they release a chip with the same rating as an >existing one, but which is faster? "
'64' will make the difference. also, don't expect all applicatons to run faster on a athlon 64 3200+ than a Barton 3200+. It has a lower clock, and this will impact some apps.
>"That would not be good for the ol' PR (if they can do any >worse already).."
Yeah, whats gonna be worse, is the the super expensive Athlon FX with its dual channel MC, may well be outperformed by the cheaper Athlon64 in quite a few tests. The reason ? Unbuffered memory. To give just one example, I will eat my hat if the FX 2.2 GHz outperforms the A64 2.2 GHz in Quake3. you may quote me to this in a few weeks.
So what exactly is this chip, as it's not an A643200+?
Its an overclocked 3200+ 2 GHz Athlon 64
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