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Black Hawk
16 Dec 2003, 10:15am
German hardware website Hard Tecs 4U has published one of the first reviews of the AMD Athlon 64 3000+ processor.
This new model runs at the same 2 GHz frequency as the flagship product, but does so with 512 KB of level two cache, which is half of what the 3200+ model has. Cheapest Price Watch price has it for $214, which is $156 less than the $370 3.2 GHz P4.
Source: The Inq (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13187) - Hard Tecs 4U article (http://www.hardtecs4u.com/reviews/2003/amd_athlon64_3000/)
Enverex
16 Dec 2003, 10:44am
I wonder how well the Athlon 62 3000+ will overclock.... (Praying it overclocks more than the old 1700+s)
fudgam
16 Dec 2003, 10:16pm
I dont think its fair to compare the 64's to the P4 since the P4 is not the latest and greatest from Intel.
Thrax
16 Dec 2003, 10:19pm
It's perfectly fair.

Both products are the respective company's flagship design.
Omega65
16 Dec 2003, 11:00pm
fudgam had this to say
I dont think its fair to compare the 64's to the P4 since the P4 is not the latest and greatest from Intel.

What's unfair about comparing a 2.0ghz 512K CPU vs a 3.2ghz 512K CPU??? :)

The Athlon 64 3000+ isn't AMD latest and greatest either. That would be the 2.2ghz 1MB Athlon FX51.

Also the P4 EE isn't available unless you're Dell.