Comments on: AMD's quad-core 'Barcelona' coming in August

Faster models will arrive in the fourth quarter; first servers using the chips are due in September.

[spaceboirob]

SE = Slow Edition

Wasn't this supposed to launch at much faster speeds. What's up?

[Get_Bent]

Not correct

Clock speed is no longer the major issue in performance. The newer CPUs are more efficient than the older chips, so they can execute more instructions in the same amount of time.

[savagesteve13]

I just hope I don't need a new mobo.

I already bought AM2. I will be angry if I have to buy AM2+ or AM3 or whatever just to get quad core.
I like AMD offerings, and for political reasons will never buy intel...ever. Just had enough bad experiences with their intentionally crippled celerons.

[ewelch]

And...

...you weren't aware the Celerons weren't crippled?

It's not like AMD doesn't do shady things either. Fake benchmarks,
etc. Maybe you could run Linux on an XBox or PS3? That way you
can avoid Intel and AMD. :-D