Review Roundup of AMD's & Intel's Latest & Greatest
By Mario
Date: January 8, 2002
The NDA's for AMD's and Intel's latest and greatest
have now expired. Reviews of AMD's XP2000+
and Intel's Northwood at 2 and 2.2 GHz are now all over the web.
SimHQ were
impressed by AMD's performance: "To get a long time Intel devotee to admit that
they are taken with an AMD processor is one of those nearly impossible feats.
AMD has demonstrated consistency and growth with a determination to give the CPU
king a serious run for their money. Dollar for dollar, the AMD processor is a
better performer. AMD has broken out of the mold and proven that MHz/GHz is not
all that one need consider when looking for serious performance."
Ace's Hardware
just loved AMD's value: "Knowing that a 2.2 GHz Pentium 4 costs $562 and that an
Athlon XP 2000+ (on average slightly faster) comes with a $339 price tag, it is
crystal clear that the Athlon is still the king in the price/performance
department."
Lost Circuits
had no problem in picking a winner: "In the current roundup, the Northwood
showed a healthy boost over the Willamette
but, in most applications, did not quite beat the AMD Athlon XP 2000+. "
Hexus also loved AMD's
performance: "It's fairly obvious we have here the quickest x86 processor that
money can buy."
PC stats
appreciated AMD's bang for the buck: "In the mean time, the numbers are
definitely pointing to the Athlon XP 2000+ for value in price, and performance."
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