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TechSpot: AMD CPU Refresh - 5 New Phenom II & Athlon II Models

Julio Franco — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:41:54 +0100

AMD is replenishing its ranks with five “new” processors which include an ultra affordable dual-core model and a modestly priced hexa-core processor. While the Phenom II X6 1055T operates at 2.80GHz and the 1090T Black Edition... Read more...

AMD Phenom II X2 550 BE and Athlon II X2 250 review

Julio Franco — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:11:23 +0100

AMD has made a successful transition to the 45nm fabrication process, giving the Phenom II series the necessary breathing room to prove it has what it takes to go head to head with the Intel... Read more...

AMD reveals new Turion, Athlon, Sempron mobile CPUs

Steven Parker — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:15:44 +0000

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An apparently official roadmap turned up by ComputerBase recently revealed that the company is, in fact, doing its job and churning out CPUs at a steady pace. This latest batch consists of four Griffin-based chips,... Read more...

AMD Quietly Returns Athlon 64 Chips to Mobile Lineup

Slimy — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:11:57 +0100

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In a bid to boost sales of its mobile CPUs, Advanced Micro Devices has quietly returned Athlon 64-branded chips into its mobile family. AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK processors are specifically designed for notebooks, as... Read more...

AMD Launches 'Black Edition' Athlon 64 X2 5000+

Slimy — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:07:48 +0100

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To complement the Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Black Edition, AMD has silently launched its Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition. All technical aspects of the processor are identical to its non-Black Edition counterpart; the only... Read more...

More AMD price cuts announced, Athlon 64 X2 targeted

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:35:19 +0000

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AMD has publish yet another set of price cuts this time for its mid- to high-end dual-core desktop CPUs, the Athlon 64 X2. A recently as January 22, AMD announced similar cuts for its lower-end... Read more...

Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Hits Store Shelves Way Early

Slimy — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:51:48 +0000

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The AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+, expected February 20th, 2007 – available now. Newegg began selling the 90nm dual-core 3.0GHz chip for $599 in-stock (just under the volume distributor pricing of $607) while Buy.com also... Read more...

I'm Dreaming of a 3.0GHz Athlon 64 X2

Slimy — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:48:33 +0000

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The Athlon 64 X2 6000+ processor was originally supposed to be unveiled in late 2006. Earlier this week, AMD added the Athlon 64 6000+ SKU to its distributor roadmap. The 6000+ chips are scheduled for... Read more...

AMD to ship Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 'next quarter'

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:39:59 +0000

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AMD will ship the Athlon 64 X2 6000+ and release the single-core Athlon 64 4000+ next quarter, it has been claimed. Both with be the last current-generation chips, allowing AMD to focus on its next-generation... Read more...

AMD Rolls Outs New Athlon Processors

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:15:24 +0000

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Advanced Micro Devices is rolling out two additional dual-core processors as part of its Athlon 64 X2 family of chips. The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker announced Dec. 12 that it would begin shipping the Athlon... Read more...

ATI targets next-gen Athlon 64 FX with four-GPU chipset?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:16:29 +0100

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ATI will target AMD's Socket AM2+ interconnect with its RD790 chipset - a part with the abiility to host four graphics cards, allegedly leaked company roadmap slides reveal. Socket AM2+ is expected to debut in... Read more...

AMD schedules December for 65nm Athlon debut?

Steven Parker — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:23:54 +0100

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What has AMD got coming up during the last three months of the year? A host of 65nm and 90nm Athlons, apparently, according to roadmap slides posted on the internet last week which would seem... Read more...

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (AM2) Overclocking Performance

Julio Franco — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:02:46 +0100

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AMD recently announced a new revision of the Athlon 64 processor core. This new revision codenamed 'Orleans' brings a number of new features to the Athlon 64 line-up including SSE3 support, an updated memory controller... Read more...

AMD Quad-Core Opteron, Athlon 64 Processors Details Leak

malebolgia — Wed, 03 May 2006 23:21:56 +0100

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Advanced Micro Devices has been relatively open in terms of its technology and platform roadmap, however, the firm is extremely tight-lipped about specifications or features of concrete products. Nevertheless, as web-site has published details concerning... Read more...

AMD Releases Athlon 64 FX-60

stncttr908 — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:57:00 +0000

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AMD has released the first dual core processor in its Athlon 64 FX line, the FX-60. Clocked at 2.6GHz, the new flagship desktop processor uses the Toledo core, which features 1MB L2 cache on... Read more...

New Nvidia Chipsets Tweak Athlon 64 Motherboards

malebolgia — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 20:10:00 +0100

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nForce chipsets slated to feature integrated GeForce DirectX 9 and Shader Model 3.0 graphics technology for AMD Athlon 64 platforms. Santa Clara-based graphics manufacturer Nvidia today announced new integrated graphics chipset offerings... Read more...

AMD to launch a cheaper Athlon 64 X2

Steven Parker — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 12:02:28 +0100

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Bit-tech are reporting that they have learned that AMD are close to shipping a more affordable addition to its superb Athlon 64 X2 architecture. After the initial launch, which was out of... Read more...

AMD Athlon FX-57 Overclocking – 3.54GHz with Phase Change

Steven Parker — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:42:27 +0100

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Got this in the mail last night from TweakTowns mailing list, enjoy. "Byron Johnstone, our new writer from South Africa, is a complete overclocking nut and he loves taking all manors of computer... Read more...

AMD Releases Athlon 64 X2 Driver for XP SP2 & Server 2003

Steven Parker — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:32:34 +0100

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WindowsXP Central is reporting that AMD have released a driver for the Athlon 64 X2 CPU, that enables Windows XP SP2 and 2003 SP1 and Windows 32 & 64 bit systems to adjust core speed... Read more...

AMD to launch dual-core Athlon 64 on May 31

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 20 May 2005 16:06:25 +0100

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Advanced Micro Devices will launch the first dual-core version of its Athlon 64 desktop processor at Taiwan's Computex trade show on May 31. The AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor will be launched on the first... Read more...