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Phoronix: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ & Sempron 3400+

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Michael Larabel
Jun 1, 2006

[ Thanks to Phoronix for this link.
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“Last week we had presented our technical preview of AMD’s
Socket AM2 Family. Of the topics discussed in our preview was the
new socket itself, AMD’s AM2 processor selection, supportive
Chipsets, and other tid-bits of information. We had also delivered
some news about the Linux compatibility/performance, and finally
after extensive testing we have our first set of processor tests
finished. Several articles designed at looking after the memory
performance, overclocking, and other AM2 oriented topics are also
underway and we should have these results available in the coming
days. The AM2 processors under our microscope today are the AMD
Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and AMD Sempron 3400+. Just how well do these
chips compare against the previous Socket 939, and that of Intel’s
LGA-775 Pentium D competition…?”


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Michael Larabel

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