More to Thouroughbred than just a die shrink ?!

Take a look at this Inquirer artical. It presents some strong evidence that Thouroughbred has a few micro-core enhancements other than a .13 die shrink...believe what you want.

<A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.net/28040205.htm" target="_new">http://www.theinquirer.net/28040205.htm</A>

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I wasn't implying that the <i>alleged</i> core enhancements would provide extra performance, I was implying that AMD had to make some small adjustments to the core to enable it to clock it higher i.e >2.2Ghz.

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Last I checked they have been standing around doing nothing. It's almost May and the Tbred still isn't out. The first release better be able to compete with a 2.4-2.6GHz P4.

This crap of leaving everything a secret is really stupid. I'm sure that AMD knows everything about the CPU that will reach the market by now. They hopefully are just making sure there will be enough stock when it's released. They really should be showing it off. That is unless it sucks.

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I think the Thouroughbred will have a tough time competing with P4 (performance wise) especially with 533FSB right round the corner.

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I'm starting to think the same thing. Regardless of the 1.6A, since they're discontinuing the overclocking giant, the tbred has to be able to compete with the P4's top of the line processor. If the rumors are true, then the tbred won't be released (paper or to our door?) until mid-may or june. That's a 2200+ competing with a 2.4 Ghz P4. No big deal right? Well the 2.4 Ghz P4-B is coming out on May 6th supposedly.

It's gonna get ugly. The only thing that I think AMD will have in its favor is Intel's reflex to release their processors at astronomical prices.

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Why? All they need is to lower the multiplier. The KT400A is coming out with 333MHz and 400MHz FSB support and support for both DDR333 and DDR400. Also, DDR400 modules are starting to appear on the market.

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I wouldn't be surpised if AMD "unexpectedly" jumps to a 400MHz FSB. They need it if they want to jump ahead of Intel again.

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Actually, it was the Celeron and PII. When the Celeron 300A and 333MHz were released they matched or outperformed the equivalent P2s.

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hehe, I remember reading about it way back in PC World. My cousin rushed to get a 333MHz Celeron at the time.

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I hope not...I'm not expecting Clawhammer to hit mainstream until Q103. From the sound of things AMD seem to be doing OK so far.

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I've noticed that the dates these guys put out are relatively wrong. It isn't until the actual release time that they get it right. They just keep guessing based on the weather or something. Wasn't the tbred supposed to be out already?

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who is the most wrong, the guys or you ?


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Yeah, another good thinking.


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who the hell are you?! Are you dhlucke's arch-nemesis or something?

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good response. you win a pan cake.


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No, labdog never makes sense. Don't mind him.

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I think thier talking about what a moron someone is.

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Yeah, the guy is worse than ScamTron when he posts useless junk instead of compacting into one post. FatBurger is far from that anyway, any of his posts except one sentence posts, make sense.

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Don't forget 2 GHz either. And yes AMD is, Thoroughbreds will start at 1700+ and go all the way on up to 2200+ on initial release. And eventually higher (supposedly 2.2 GHz what ever PR rating that is)

If my response is brief and vague its because the info you provided is too!

I think hes Kenishin or whatever that guy from Korea was that seems to have disappeared.

Do I need another cup of coffee, or did that not make sense to anyone else?

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Actually, that's exactly what they said they plan to do, let Intel get some lead on them.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

Why would they want Intel to get ahead of them?? You think they want them to get that fuzzy feeling like ahh... now we're ahead and will stop making CPUs as fast because no one can tople us INTEL!!!! Then AMD rushes in with it's AMD Althon XP 1000000000+ =D hehe. Hopefully AMD will put something out soon where I'll have to build a whole new computer again! =D

I don't have to think about it, AMD anounced it. They have officially withdrawn from the speed war amongst accusations that the last price war lead to a glut in the marketplace and the current recession. They are pushing the current Athlon downscale and eliminating the Duron in order to be a producer of "mid priced" mid performance CPU's, because that's where the largest market is. I don't know how the Hammers fit into this logic, maybe this plan is only short term.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

LOL, Crashman, are you saying AMD single handedly started a recession in many of the western countries? I thought Sept. 11 did that?

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