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AMD's great expectations about Barton revealed

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On March 19, 2003, 11:49 AM

According to internal documents seen by [URL=http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8402]the Inq[/URL], the combination of an AMD Barton and Nvidia's Nforce 2 could beat Intel 3GHz+ Pentium 4 processors by a considerable margin, with or without hyperthreading. In fact, AMD is expecting this margin to be as large as 25% using a selected set of benchmarks.

The same document revealed a considerable performance difference between nForce2 based boards and VIA KT400 series... in the meantine however, both VIA and SiS are said to be ready for delivering [URL=http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article3.asp?datePublish=2003/03/19&pages=04&seq=21]400MHz FSB chipsets[/URL] to the market when the Barton arrives.

[COLOR=royalblue]Following the recent launch of its K7-based KT400A chipset, VIA is planning to release one more product, the KT600, for the AMD platform in May. According to sources, the KT600 (codenamed KT400A-CE) is pin-to-pin compatible with the KT400A (codenamed KT400A-CD), but is designed to support a 400MHz FSB. The KT400A only supports a 333MHz FSB.[/COLOR]

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  1. March 19, 2003 4:46 PM
    poertner_1274 said:
    It just amazes me at how these two companies rival back and forth, each coming out with something newer and better. I can't wait to see the Barton hit the streets.
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  2. March 19, 2003 5:33 PM
    RustyZip said:
    Ye - But surely by the time Barton comes out, Intel will bring out a more powerful or better processor. Thats like comparing today's technology with tommorrows...Of course its going to be better...
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  3. March 20, 2003 12:08 AM
    TS | Julio said:
    Anyhow I assume the document was comparing an Intel 3GHz processor against a Barton 3000+.
    Reply

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