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• AMD's Athlon64 X2 trumps Intel's Pentium D
  Monday 9 May 2005 – 11:09
  The first review of AMD's dual-core desktop processor Athlon64 X2 is in. Test results show a solid performance lead of the AMD chip over Intel's dual-core Pentium D.
• AMD ships Athlon64 chips for thin, light notebooks
  Friday 7 May 2004 – 05:49
  Advanced Micro Devices took aim at the thin-and-light notebook market Thursday, releasing two new microprocessors for the slimmed-down PCs.
• Athlon64 exposed
  Thursday 19 June 2003 – 11:10
  It seems as though HP has just leaked some specifications regarding AMD's upcomming processor, the Athlon64.
• SOYO Delivers Two Athlon64 Mobos
  Monday 13 October 2003 – 02:24
  SOYO has rolled out a pair of motherboards for Athlon 64 processors with many embedded features, advanced technologies and overclocking capabilities.
• AMD prepares for Athlon64 launch
  Thursday 18 September 2003 – 02:27
  The long-awaited launch of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s (AMD's) Athlon64 processor is less than a week away, and it's only a matter of time before rival Intel Corp.

• The Athlon64 Radeon Xpress: ATi's Latest Stab as a Chipset Maker*
  Monday 8 November 2004 – 06:00
  ATi attempts to make it in the chipset world again, this time with an Athlon64 processor, the Radeon Xpress. While ATi does not tack on bells and whistles like Nvidia's GbE controller, we see how well ATi manages to pull off its meat and potatoes effort in the fast track Athlon64 chipset market.
• Athlon64 Boards Found Lagging in Memory Support*
  Monday 12 January 2004 – 06:00
  We put all of our previously-tested Athlon64 mobos, in addition to new boards from Abit and Soyo, to memory-performance tests to see how they accomodated different memory modules from Corsair, Infineon and TakeMS. The results were nothing to write home about.
• AMD's Athlon64 4000 and FX-55: Nails in the P4 EE's Coffin?*
  Tuesday 19 October 2004 – 07:00
  AMD's Athlon64 4000+ and FX-55 further close the few performance gaps the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition can still muster. With enhanced multimedia encoding and other features, how hard do AMD's new devices hit Intel where it hurts in the latest performance-war battle?
• Finally Available: Nine Socket 939 Athlon64 Motherboards!*
  Monday 3 January 2005 – 06:00
  After months of users being forced to choose from only a small selection of models, numerous manufacturers are now jumping on the Socket 939 bandwagon. And it's about time! The architecture features high performance and is even supposed to be suitable for tomorrow's dual-core Athlons. We put nine of the latest models through their paces, using both AGP and PCI Express.
• Budget Overclocker - AMD's Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition*
  Friday 12 October 2007 – 10:50 in Hardware
  AMD has released the Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition, the second processor with this designation. Produced on a 65 nm process using the new G2 stepping and sporting an unlocked multiplier, this CPU just begs to be overclocked. But can it deliver?