after reading some of the `mis information` thats doing the rounds about thsi chip - i emailed AMD and got the answer back on this chip:
Thank you for contacting AMD's Technical Service Center.
From what I heard, there will be only one Athlon 64 3000+ and that would be the cpu with the 2Ghz and 512K cache.
The Athlon 64 3200+ is going to be different than the Athlon 64 3000+ because it has different specs.
The forum that you want to go to to learn more about some of the upcoming processors would be: http://forums.amd.com
We appreciate your business.
Regards,
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Customer Support Analyst
AMD TSC
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Thank you very much.
It seems there is a lot of wrong information about this chip.
Hardocp have stated that its a `silent` launch of the newcastle core ,
whereas several futuremark forum users have stated that the newcastle will
be on smaller 150 mm^2 die.
could you clarify the position? In my opinion , i believe these chips may
well be A64 3200+`s with smaller cache - with only 512k useable (instead of
1 meg) and runs at 2 ghz.
The present speculation is there will be 2 - one @ 1.8Ghx and 1 meg cache ,
and 1 chip @ 2 Ghz and with 512k cache.
I eagerly await your reply.
yours
Simon ******
any thoughts and opinions?
Thank you for contacting AMD's Technical Service Center.
From what I heard, there will be only one Athlon 64 3000+ and that would be the cpu with the 2Ghz and 512K cache.
The Athlon 64 3200+ is going to be different than the Athlon 64 3000+ because it has different specs.
The forum that you want to go to to learn more about some of the upcoming processors would be: http://forums.amd.com
We appreciate your business.
Regards,
*******
Customer Support Analyst
AMD TSC
We welcome your feedback and suggestions to help us improve our services to you. To provide this information to us, we ask that you please click on this link, or copy/paste into your browser, and complete our short survey. Thanks, in advance, for your comments. Click here (link http://asksurvey.amd.com/servicesof...ailID=225631&email=harlequin_uk@dsl.pipex.com).
P.S. Please visit our online technical support tools, Ask AMD (http://ask.amd.com) and our Processor Support Forums (http://forums.amd.com). Ask AMD is our online knowledgebase that contains many solutions to common questions. Our Processor Support Forums are an online community where users can assist each other with many different issues. There's a good chance these tools can help answer your next question!
Original Message Follows:
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Thank you very much.
It seems there is a lot of wrong information about this chip.
Hardocp have stated that its a `silent` launch of the newcastle core ,
whereas several futuremark forum users have stated that the newcastle will
be on smaller 150 mm^2 die.
could you clarify the position? In my opinion , i believe these chips may
well be A64 3200+`s with smaller cache - with only 512k useable (instead of
1 meg) and runs at 2 ghz.
The present speculation is there will be 2 - one @ 1.8Ghx and 1 meg cache ,
and 1 chip @ 2 Ghz and with 512k cache.
I eagerly await your reply.
yours
Simon ******
any thoughts and opinions?
