AMD's Athlon XP 2200+: Thoroughbred unbridled
How fast can this Thoroughbred run?
How fast can this Thoroughbred run?
THE GREAT GIVE-AND-TAKE battle between Intel and AMD for performance dominance in desktop processors took a decisive turn recently with the introduction of new chipsets for the Pentium 4 (and the corresponding P4 processors) that support a 533MHz front-side bus speed. Processor watchers have been waiting impatiently for AMD to counter with a 130nm CPU of its own, a version of Athlon XP code-named "Thoroughbred." T-bred is finally here, running at 1.8GHz and given an AMD model number of 2200+. Let's take a closer look.
