Palomino confusion

Will someone please explain to me exactly what an "MP" is?
I am aware of the Athalon, Thunderbird, and the coming Palomino but what the heck is this MP? I have heard multi-processor? I have heard, mobile processor? What is it and what is different about it and the real deal Pal.that is supposed to be here in September? How is this MP different that a current T-bird and why would I buy a 1.2 gig MP over a 1.4 gig T-bird (as listed on price watch)? Mike

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by thehandler on 09/02/01 00:45 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

Athlon MP = Poly !!!

THG Rocks !

Well i got banned from anandtech for ever think. Really made them mad. Well dont diss peoples systems. He likes his system and you should respect it.

Nice Nvidia and ATi users get a Cookie.... Yummy

Thank you very much forthe info. Very nice of you to share your thoughts. I do have one question though and please forgive me as I am a bit of a newbie..........what does "SMP" stand for anyway? Also. I assume the new MP runs on a 266FSB? How soon do you think a faster MP will be out? I would hate to buy a 1.2 gig MP when T-Bird 1.4's are already out and then have them release a 1.4+ gig MP tommorow. thanks Mike

Athlon 4 = the mobile version of the Palomino core Athlon
Athlon MP = Multi processor version of the Palomino
Athlon XP = rumored name of the desktop Palomino

SMP = Symmetric Multiprocessing (several processors working in a balanced fashion to divide the computations between them.) SMP based systems do not however equate to a doubling of performance. In general a 2 processor system will offer performance improvements in the area of 30-40% with programs/OSes that support SMP.

Mark-

When all else fails, throw your computer out the window!!!

Thank you. Finally an answer. That is what I was looking for. Very good information. Sounds then to me like it makes no sense at all to buy an MP at this point. I do not plan on ever running a multi-processor system. I also don't plan on changing my OS from 98SE any time soon. The only benefit I can see is if the MP actualy has some performance benefits while being used in a single CPU system. Sounds like it doesn't. I assume from your post that it must obvioulsy run at 266 and at least do everything the T-Bird does at this point. thanks again. Mike

A man is judged by the computers he keeps. :-)

He is just a kid with attitude or autistic from what I have seen, can’t he understand emotions and logic. He learnt the word arrogant from someone and when he doesn’t get a favorable answer or people question his posts he calls them all arrogant.

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Go get him sk8er

Nice Nvidia and ATi users get a Cookie.... Yummy

Well he probably has a better system than you, and nothing wrong with saying it either with a at the end of it which means whatever man, was only joking with you. That’s not arrogant, my system is probably faster than yours too who cares" ".lol.

I defy logic all the time my friend!

And my point exactly there you go again wildly accusing someone who DARES questioning you, I normally sit back and read the posts, after a time I pick up on certain fixes and certain personalities, just because I don’t post very much at all don’t mean I haven’t listened to your rhetoric either.

I just think you need an attitude adjustment so others might just want to reply to you without this crap attitude being thrown back at them as you have just done once again.


The biggest mouths have the smallest knowledge!

I looked at skaters system specs and I can say for certain I have a faster system heh ;-)

~Matisaro~
"Friends don't let friends buy Pentiums"
~Tbird1.3@1.55~

My overclocked gf3 would eat his radeon alive.

~Matisaro~
"Friends don't let friends buy Pentiums"
~Tbird1.3@1.55~

No sir, just stating the facts sir. ;-)

~Matisaro~
"Friends don't let friends buy Pentiums"
~Tbird1.3@1.55~

maybe but not after the 5th month! I bought the slower processor to give me a reason to buy the 2ghz athlon xp! lol you don't have a reason and probably won't consider it because your chip is fast enough and no need to upgrade unlike me! thats my reasoning. i could have bought a 1.4ghz i have the cash flow... just decided not to and got something cheap just to get my computer running until the athlon 4 matures a little more (hence .13micron).

;p your computer maybe faster but i can a lot more with it then you can! And to be frank 750mhz is working just fine for me right now. You can only compile and open word s0 fast. I could use the faster processor for my music mixing and 3d modeling but this'll do. I think i need a faster video card not a faster processor.

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"that how you react..."

you people are silly! "that how you react..." lol for a moment there i thought you were being serious but you gotta be kidding. I don't get it though? Wanna fill me in? "soo ahhh, want any gum?"-snl. "you silly goose you!"-gayale



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Yeah where is juin from anyways???

What is the difference between <font color=red>pink</font color=red> and <font color=purple>purple</font color=purple>? The <b>GRIP</b>!

juin is Canadian. He just thinks and wishes he was French.



<font color=blue>Quarter pounder inside</font color=blue>
<font color=red>Change the Sig of the Week!!!</font color=red>

So does that mean he doesn't take showers?

What is the difference between <font color=red>pink</font color=red> and <font color=purple>purple</font color=purple>? The <b>GRIP</b>!

UMM, I had a wink after my sentence, it was a joke on how skater reacted when the OTHER guy posted his pc was better, I wasn't bragging at skater.

~Matisaro~
"Friends don't let friends buy Pentiums"
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