Advantages: Decent performance, cheap, you can tell you're mates "I got one too!"
Disadvantages: Not as fast as Pentium 4 rated at same speed, not future proof

...stands for XPerience. Sure... any excuse for AMD... Installing it was a breeze. Just earth yourself first before you take it out of it's box, being very careful not to touch it anywhere but the sides. The motherboard itself has the socket with a lever, just lift up the lever and slide the processor pins into the socket and close the lever. You have to check for orientation as well or the pins could get really bent out of place. After inserting it into the socket, you'll need to install the heatsink/fan onto the processor, be sure to use a flathead screw driver because that would help you hook one of the ends into place on the motherboard. Plug the fan into the motherboard et voila! Installed Athlon! Now just boot up and adjust the speed in the BIOS. If I remember corrently, the AMD Athlon XP 3000+ runs at 2.167GHz. That's not surprising... Read review

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Advantages: Fast 333mhz bus speed, Easy to install, Cheaper than other brands.
Disadvantages: May not work in all motherboards

...After searching around for a new processor for my computer, and seeking recomendations from various computer shops, i was given two choices: 1/ AMD Athlon XP 2/ Intel Pentium 4 Owing to the fact that Intels Pentium 4 2.0ghz was roughly twice the price of the Athlon XP 2600 2.08Ghz, I opted for AMD`s Offering. As i opted for an OEM processor, it came with no manual or Heatsink and fan (Retail versions come with both) Installation was fairly simple: Flip open the lever on motherboard Socket, put the Athlon XP in, flip the lever back down, Add Thermal paste to CPU die (centre portion of CPU), Fit heatsink and fan unit. Once installed, i had to go into the bios setup and set the FSB to 166mhz (some boards use jumpers). After leaving the bios setup, i was greeted with a boot up screen telling me i had An AMD Athlon XP 2600... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, Excellent MHz/£ ratio, Highly Overclockable
Disadvantages: Hotter than Intel P4s, Die is more fragile.

...The AMD AthlonXP 2600+ is in my opinion the best choice for those of you thinking of upgrading, or even buying a new system. And of course I will now tell you why. Speed ----------- Running at an FSB of 166MHz, with the help of DDR we double that to 333MHz, the Athlon 2600+ has the equivalent speed of a Pentium 4 2.5GHz (in terms of general use) and because of its optimization with Windows XP boasts Windows processing performance better than Pentiums running faster than 2.7GHz. In simpler terms it out-performs the Pentium equivalents in every day-to-day tasks. For games the Athlon runs just as well if not better than the Pentium 4 2.6GHz. The only thing that AThlon XP processors seem to be slower at is hard-core video and music processing (in otherwords putting together a video clip and turning .WAV files into MP3s etc... Read review

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Advantages: Price and reliability
Disadvantages: Processor Temperature

...they were so thin, compared to the AMD Athlon XP, when I tried to install it onto the motherboard, It would not seat properly in the socket because it was warped. Maybe I just had a bad processor, but you usually go with first impressions. One thing that most people remember about AMD is the earlier processors like the K6, which did not play games very well and had problems with the floating point on some batches manufacture in the far east. Well forget them because AMD have sorted all the problems out and produce the processors in modern manufacturing plants after extensive developments and trials, unlike Intel who seem to rush the processor out without really giving them full field trails. Another problem with Intel P4 processors is that they currenty have two types of sockets, which means that you have to be careful when purchasing both... Read review

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Advantages: Value for money, Speed.
Disadvantages: CPU Temperature

...the number crunching) and as a result, we experience faster and more responsive games! And for a fair price too-the AMD Athlon XP costs a fair bob less than the Intel equivalent and performs faster, at both floating point and the integer processing (for all you business people out there!) than the Intel equivalent. So what am I saying? Well if you're about to upgrade your system's processor, and have reached the stage where you need a new motherboard, I suggest going for the Socket A - Athlon XP combination, it WILL NOT let you down! And you will be impressed from the word go! And if any of you are worried about compatiability problems... hey I've experienced none and I've been running the Athlon XP on an Operating system of the same name for a few months! One last point, Athlon XP's have a little problem with heat and CPU temperature... Read review

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Advantages: Great Value With the power you need for gaming.
Disadvantages: Overheating.

...Amd have been leading the market for cpu's for the home and office user and now they have the xp range with lots more commands for all you gamers. The xp 2000+ seems to be the most popular chip on the market at the moment. I build computers for friends and for family and i also work for a leading computer company so i use alot of these chips and i can say that this seems to be the most popular by far. The only problem i came across with this chip is that it gets hot very quickly which can be sorted out quite easily by getting a decent fan. The amd boxed retail version of this cpu comes with a fan which in my experience is rubbish and doesn't keep the cpu cool at all. I would say the best fan to purchase for this cpu is either the zalman flower or one of the other fans for the athlon range from the zalman range of fans... Read review

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Advantages: Just so much cheaper than Intel Pentiums
Disadvantages: Slighty confusing chip names.

...that it is infact a 1.80 Ghz ( 1800 mhz ) processor. Now for the tech info: The AMD Athlon XP 2200+ processor has a performance-enhancing cache memory feature of 64K instruction and 64K data cache for a total of 128K L1 cache. 256K of integrated, on-chip L2 cache for a total of 384K full-speed, on-chip cache. It's Socket A infrastructure designs are based on high-performance platforms and are supported by a full line of optimized infrastructure solutions (chipsets, motherboards, BIOS). Available in Pin Grid Array (PGA) for mounting in a socketed infrastructure Electrical interface compatible with 266MHz AMD Athlon XP system buses, based on Alpha EV6 bus protocol Die size: approximately 37.5 million transistors on 80mm2. Manufactured using AMD's state-of-the-art 0.13-micron copper process technology. And if that isn't enough technobabble for you... Read review

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Advantages: Great value processor
Disadvantages: slower than Pentium 4

...The AMD Athlon XP 2400+ processors are cheap and fast. All my friends recommend this product to me because it can handle games and it is easy on the budget. Sure it's not the fastest processor in the world but for the it has an amazing value for money. This processor is a very capable of doing some decent tasks I doing a lot of content creation and I’m quite satisfied with the Athlon XP 2400+. Features This processor is made from Thoroughbred B core. This core is produced on the new standard 0.13 Micron processes which allows more transistors to be placed on the chip. The processor has 1.65V core voltage standard and can be increase when overclocking. It has clock speed of 2.0 GHZ, has a 266 mhz front side bus and a 256 kb L2 cache. This processor also requires a pc 2100 ddr ram, you can’t use the sdram memory on this processor... Read review

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Advantages: powerful, cheap, stable
Disadvantages: none

...= Here are the stats for this chip from AMD: "The AMD Athlon XP processor with QuantiSpeed architecture powers the next generation in computing platforms, delivering extra performance for cutting-edge applications and an extraordinary computing experience. The AMD Athlon XP processor is the latest member of the AMD Athlon family of processors designed to meet the computation-intensive requirements of cutting-edge software applications running on high-performance desktop systems. AMD delivers tremendous performance by increasing the amount of work done per clock cycle and improving the operating frequency at the same time. The end result is a processor design that produces a high volume of work done per cycle and high operating frequencies - an optimum combination for compelling application performance. The AMD Athlon XP processor offers... Read review

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Advantages: Good performance for the price
Disadvantages: none, but perhaps a little long in the tooth now.

...i bought this chip over a year ago when i built my pc, and i have been happy with it ever since. NB: I apologise for the lack of capitals, dooyoo removed them... >value< this chip offers great value for money and bang-for-the-buck. it is very fast for general windows tasks, and can still handle the latest games when coupled with a fast graphics card. it was cheap when i bought it, and will no doubt be cheaper still now. if you are looking to built a reasonably specced pc on a budget, then an athlon xp around this speed is dead worth it. we're talking £40 quid here. >installation< note : this cpu has a fsb of 133mhz. therefore you will need to use a compatible athlon motherboard that supports the athlon xp and this bus speed. in addition you will need 266mhz (2x133) ddr ram. the chip is easy to install if you have done... Read review

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