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AMD Athlon XP review

10.0

Members' Rating

Perfect

Typical price:£ 252

Verdict

A worthwhile upgrade, if only for the reduction in power consumption and resulting need for less cooling technology... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Improved performance
  • Lower power consumption
  • Still fits into Socket A motherboards
  • Supports SSE instructions.

Cons

  • Floating point performance hasn't been improved significantly
  • Motherboards with thermal diode support are currently scarce
  • 266MHz frontside bus support only.

Key Specs

Processor manufacturer: AMD
Processor model: Athlon XP
Clock speed: 1.533 GHz

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