Our attention has been fixated on the Athlon 64 range of CPUs recently. It's easy to see why. Superlative performance at stock speeds, an integrated heatspreader to more or less eliminate expensive ...

I have the mobile Athlon XP 2500+ on an Asus A7V600-X board. The system only detects it at 600mhz. Any attempt to change the multiplier or FSB does not result in getting the CPU anywhere near the ...

I'm getting ready to grab an Athlon XP 2500 Mobile to overclock.<BR><BR>My choice is this: Schwanky aircooler (posibly a Thermalright SLK-947U or SP-97) (about $60 after buying a fan an shipping) or a ...

With recent launch of its Barton-core Athlon XP 3000+ and Athlon MP 2600+ processors, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is said to plan to introduce the new core into its current products in the ...

Dual core processors work best when software can run in parallel on them. So-called 'multithreaded applications' benefit from an additional CPU core because subroutines can be allocated to different ...

During Computex this year, AMD announced not only its most complex CPU to date - the six-core Istanbul - but also some cheap and cheerful additions to its value, dual-core lineup. Enter the next ...

The Barton has always been more than reasonable in gaming-related tasks, often matching a similar Pentium 4. Jumping right into second place, behind the gaming goliath that is the Athlon 64. 375MHz ...