T-Break have scooped AMD's latest 64 bit processors in the form of AMD's Athlon 64 3800+ and FX53 CPU!
The Athlon64 CPU was one of AMD's most important products and, for good reasons, it has been quite successful since its launch late last year. At that time, AMD released the Socket 940 based AthlonFX CPU as well as the Socket 754 based Athlon64 CPU. The FX offered higher performance by utilizing a dual-channel memory controller built on the CPU while the Socket 754's memory controller only offered a single channel. Unfortunately, the FX only accepted registered memory modules which aren?t as easily or cheaply available as your standard non-ECC memory especially at higher speeds like DDR400. Today, AMD is sorting that problem by releasing their new Socket 939 based CPUs. Again, we see two flavors- the FX53 and the Athlon64 both of which offer a dual channel memory controller that can work with normal non-ECC type of memory modules. The only difference between the two CPUs is the amount of L2 cache- while the FX has a full 1MB, the Athlon64 3800+ only offers 512k L2 cache- based on AMD?s newcastle core. Both these CPUs are clocked at 2.4GHz. We take both of these CPUs out for a ride today. Lets take a look at the testbed.
AMD Athlon64 3800 & FX53
The Athlon64 CPU was one of AMD's most important products and, for good reasons, it has been quite successful since its launch late last year. At that time, AMD released the Socket 940 based AthlonFX CPU as well as the Socket 754 based Athlon64 CPU. The FX offered higher performance by utilizing a dual-channel memory controller built on the CPU while the Socket 754's memory controller only offered a single channel. Unfortunately, the FX only accepted registered memory modules which aren?t as easily or cheaply available as your standard non-ECC memory especially at higher speeds like DDR400. Today, AMD is sorting that problem by releasing their new Socket 939 based CPUs. Again, we see two flavors- the FX53 and the Athlon64 both of which offer a dual channel memory controller that can work with normal non-ECC type of memory modules. The only difference between the two CPUs is the amount of L2 cache- while the FX has a full 1MB, the Athlon64 3800+ only offers 512k L2 cache- based on AMD?s newcastle core. Both these CPUs are clocked at 2.4GHz. We take both of these CPUs out for a ride today. Lets take a look at the testbed.
AMD Athlon64 3800 & FX53
