AtomicGuY
07-05-01, 10:26 AM
AMD will roll out it's Palomino series at 1533MHz (266) and 1500 (200) early september. But, I heard they may even bring it out sooner due to the threats of a possible 2GHz Pentium4 by late August. So maybe, we'll see the Palomino hit the store shelves by late August now:)
Important info!!
For all upgraders, in my opinion, make the most of your motherboard, if you got the 200MHz bus motherboard and cannot handle the 266MHz bus, wait for AMD to release the final processor based on 200MHz bus which is the 1.7GHz Palomino (17x100). That way, you get the benefits of the 17X multiplier and the chance to even overclock just a tad further (17x112=1904) :) As I recall, most KT133 chips can reach 112MHz?? Anyway, wait for 1.7GHz if your planning to upgrade your 200bus socket A processor.
For the rest of us 266MHz bus owners, AMD doesnt plan to stop till we see 2GHz+ up to a possible (17x133=2266MHz) since the Athlon is capable of up to 17x, maybe there will be 2266MHz for 266bus after all. Guess we will have to wait and see. Wouldnt that be nice though! Just remember that the Palomino will die far before 2.26GHz, Thoroughbred should pick up at 1.93GHz and also introduce the 333MHz bus new from AMD. So final thoughts, if 2.26GHz does come out with Thoroughbred, and I know most KT133a chipsets and AMD760 chipsets handle 150MHz (17x150=2.55GHz)
Think its not possible to get 2.55GHz from Athlon?? Think again, the Thoroughbred is .13micron which means up to 33% less heat and smaller too!
Finally, too many people are ASKING ABOUT "PALOMINO", get this strait everyone, the Palomino will run on all Athlon based motherboards that have 2nd generation chipset and a simple bios update. Infact, the bios update wont be necessary but for the computer to detect the processor as Palomino, a bios update will be needed.
As for thoroughbred, youll need twin power capabilities on your motherboard for the minimum requirements, such as found on all of Abit's KT133a boards.
This is needed for the lower voltages, 1.25v core voltage.
Important info!!
For all upgraders, in my opinion, make the most of your motherboard, if you got the 200MHz bus motherboard and cannot handle the 266MHz bus, wait for AMD to release the final processor based on 200MHz bus which is the 1.7GHz Palomino (17x100). That way, you get the benefits of the 17X multiplier and the chance to even overclock just a tad further (17x112=1904) :) As I recall, most KT133 chips can reach 112MHz?? Anyway, wait for 1.7GHz if your planning to upgrade your 200bus socket A processor.
For the rest of us 266MHz bus owners, AMD doesnt plan to stop till we see 2GHz+ up to a possible (17x133=2266MHz) since the Athlon is capable of up to 17x, maybe there will be 2266MHz for 266bus after all. Guess we will have to wait and see. Wouldnt that be nice though! Just remember that the Palomino will die far before 2.26GHz, Thoroughbred should pick up at 1.93GHz and also introduce the 333MHz bus new from AMD. So final thoughts, if 2.26GHz does come out with Thoroughbred, and I know most KT133a chipsets and AMD760 chipsets handle 150MHz (17x150=2.55GHz)
Think its not possible to get 2.55GHz from Athlon?? Think again, the Thoroughbred is .13micron which means up to 33% less heat and smaller too!
Finally, too many people are ASKING ABOUT "PALOMINO", get this strait everyone, the Palomino will run on all Athlon based motherboards that have 2nd generation chipset and a simple bios update. Infact, the bios update wont be necessary but for the computer to detect the processor as Palomino, a bios update will be needed.
As for thoroughbred, youll need twin power capabilities on your motherboard for the minimum requirements, such as found on all of Abit's KT133a boards.
This is needed for the lower voltages, 1.25v core voltage.