AMD Athlon

discussed in 215 posts, 1999-2006 · overall tone positive

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Key threads

• Budget upgrade and overclocking advice for a Sempron PC 2005-09-30 · 41 posts
  A user with a Sempron 2800+ and Radeon 9800 Pro asked how to cheaply improve performance ahead of GT Legends. Most advised against piecemeal upgrades and suggested saving for a full PCI-E system, or overclocking instead. He then overclocked the CPU with Prime95 testing but found the 9800 Pro barely overclocked, and his motherboard turned out not to support an Athlon XP 3200+, so he considered moving to an Athlon 64 system.
• Are Athlon processors good for gaming? 2002-06-29 · 29 posts
  A poster asked whether AMD Athlons were good for gaming. Most said Athlon XPs offered better value and that VIA chipset problems had largely been resolved, while Biz argued Intel remained more stable and others noted the overclockable P4 1.6A. The poster's friend bought an XP 1800+ and was delighted.
• Tom's Hardware 64-bit article sparks AMD vs Intel spat 2004-02-20 · 45 posts
  Larry linked a Tom's Hardware column on 64-bit processors that posters saw as biased against AMD. The thread turned into AMD versus Intel versus Apple G5 arguments, with Jason Moyer praising his Athlon 64 and Ruud Dingemans championing the G5. It included a profane outburst from Mitch_A at Andrew.
• Pentium 4 versus Athlon argument 2001-05-17 · 196 posts
  A link to an article on P4 thermal throttling triggered a long Intel-versus-AMD argument. Athlon owners cited price/performance and throttling, while P4 owners said their systems ran GPL and N4 fine; claims of AMD compatibility problems were challenged. Insults flew, and the thread ended with tales of burned-out CPUs.
• Poor game performance after upgrading to Athlon 64 2005-10-13 · 43 posts
  After upgrading to an Athlon 64 3500+ and MSI K8T Neo2, a user saw severe stuttering in some games, especially EA titles. Helpers ran benchmark comparisons, suggested Catalyst driver rollbacks and checked memory configuration, noting a mismatched PC2700 stick. After buying matched PC3200 RAM and placing it in the correct slots for dual-channel mode, memory ran properly.
• Advice on building a PC for GPL and other sims 2004-07-11 · 33 posts
  Returning Mac user Barton Brown asked what Windows PC to build for GPL and other sims. Dave Henrie advised buying as much CPU as affordable plus a good video card, others noted ATI drivers now worked well with GPL, and members debated motherboards, Athlon 64 versus Intel and RAID. Some recommended NR2003 and its mods alongside GPL.
• AMD Athlon XP 2600+ and CPU reliability 2002-08-23 · 28 posts
  Martin Fay noted AMD's new Athlon XP 2600+. Posters debated AMD versus Intel reliability from building systems, with some reporting more AMD failures and others none, and criticised VIA chipsets.
• Is 60C too hot for an Athlon 1.4GHz? 2001-07-21 · 23 posts
  Dave Henrie asked whether 60C was safe for a friend's new Athlon 1.4GHz. Replies recommended correctly applied thermal paste, better heatsinks and case fans, though some noted ASUS boards often report high temperatures. The thread included a petty spat about heatsink lapping and AMD versus Intel.
• Will WSC be optimised for Pentium 4 over Athlon? 2001-07-20 · 32 posts
  Olly Greenfield asked whether World Sports Cars was being optimised for the Pentium 4. Eric Cote said it supports SSE and is enhanced for SSE2, blaming AMD for not supplying developers with chips. The thread degenerated into an insulting AMD versus Intel argument between Charlie Buscher and 'Bill and Ben'.
• Pentium III owner hits back at critics 1999-10-12 · 37 posts
  Morris Jones objected to the rude replies to his new-PC post, which drew further mockery and a sharp, profane exchange led by Antti Markus Peteri. Other posters discussed Athlon versus Pentium III performance in GPL and the lack of Athlon motherboards from ASUS.

Busiest threads

• OT Mobo & CPU? (6 posts about it)
• Budget upgrade and overclocking advice for a Sempron PC (5 posts about it)
• Are Athlon processors good for gaming? (5 posts about it)
• GPL and GeForce256 (5 posts about it)
• Athlon 64 processors and NR 2003 (4 posts about it)
• Tom's Hardware 64-bit article sparks AMD vs Intel spat (4 posts about it)
• GTR2002 and New Videocard (4 posts about it)
• Pentium 4 versus Athlon argument (4 posts about it)
• Best upgrade investment? (4 posts about it)
• Hardware question ? (4 posts about it)
• AMD K6, Celeron, PIII ??? For N3/4 (4 posts about it)
• Poor game performance after upgrading to Athlon 64 (3 posts about it)
• OT: Built me a new machine (3 posts about it)
• OT: new mobo and CPU for simming - best bang for the buck? (3 posts about it)
• Configuration advice, GPL & N4 (3 posts about it)

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Each post that discussed it was rated from −2 (very negative) to +2 (very positive).

Who talked about it most

Jalo · 11 Larry · 8 Dave Henrie · 5 Rafe McAuliffe · 4 Christer Andersson · 4 Verne "fnugen" Harris · 3 Will_H#24 · 3 MadDAWG · 3 JS · 3 Aidee · 3 Richard S Beckett · 3 Joachim Trensz · 3 Charlie B · 3 agar.. · 3 V \ · 3 Mitch_A · 2 Goy Larsen · 2 SimRacer · 2 Groo the Wanderer · 2 BRH · 2

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