Bij Ace's Hardware hebben ze een review van de 1,1 GHz Athlon geschreven. Wat we natuurlijk allemaal graag willen weten is hoe de 1,1 GHz Athlon presteert ten opzichte van Intel's 1,13 GHz processor. Helaas zit er geen 1,13 GHz processor in de testsystemen dus dat blijft voor ons nog even onduidelijk. De 1,1 GHz Athlon is erg snel, maar ook erg duur. Alleen dus interessant als je het beste van het beste wilt hebben. Hier een hap uit de conclusie:
It would be a serious mistake to claim that we do not need more CPU processing power at home. Ok, a home user will not use his/her PC for constructing the next generation bomb simulator or gene splicing program, but there are gamers out there who want more than lighting fast monster shooters. PC game developers know that PC gamers upgrade frequently and want to distinguish there product from the pack by creating more realistic worlds. The revival of Role Playing and Adventure titles results in a demand for more CPU power, as these games want to immerse the player in a convincing world, stressing the CPU heavily.
Although the Thunderbird could have been designed for even more performance (wider bus between the core and L2-cache) AMD has made some well thought-out tradeoffs. The socketed Thunderbird provides more CPU power than its older brother, is only slightly karger, and thanks to the socket form, is much cheaper to produce. The launch of the higher clocked 1100 and soon 1200 MHz CPU's gives the gamer the opportunity to pick up a slightly slower clocked chip for a good price.
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