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To: Tony Viola who wrote (150225)	11/28/2001 9:05:44 PM
From: milo_morai	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

<font color=blue>GREAT Tidbits from the UK found on TMF Abstract The AMD Athlon XP has made a great impact in reviews with a large number of new Athlon XP systems from OEMs. Nvidia nForce is cropping up in systems and is awarded for its value/features/performance combo. New AMD-based laptops are showing up from visible OEMs. Athlon MP is getting good press. AMD systems are advertised in national press with entusiasm from large national OEMs. On the other hand, there's no AMD visibility in TV commercials so far (the Intel Inside logo and three-note jingle are recently more frequently seen and heard). Consumer PC Reviews PC Pro's A-List has been updated (PC Pro January 2002). Evesham Axis 1900+ Ti5 based on the new AMD Athlon XP 1900+ replaces the Axis 1800+ Ti5 as the Ultimate PC: "You can't accuse AMD of resting on its laurels; just one month after our first look at the new Athlon XP processor, it's come out with the next speed advance - a processor clocked at 1.6GHz and rated at 1900+. Cynics might think that AMD just wants to hit that magical 2000 number before Christmas with its new rating system, but in the meantime, evesham.com has put together a 1900+ PC, fresh after its Axis 1800+ Ti5 (see Reviews, issue 86, p148) sailed on to our A List last issue." pcpro.co.uk Also a new entry on PC Pro's A-List is the Systemax A1500JP based on the AMD Athlon XP 1500+ and Nvidia's nForce. This system is awarded Best Buy: "Systemax provides an excellent debut for Nvidia's nForce, producing an affordable yet fully featured PC that even includes a 5.1 speaker set." pcpro.co.uk The winner of PC Pro Labs Test (January 2002) is Multivision's Vision Ultima 1800 XP based on the AMD Athlon XP 1800+: "As an all-encompassing package, the Multivision clearly offers the best value for money this month; there are simply no chinks in it armour. If you have £1,500 to spend, this is the PC to buy." multivision.co.uk Multivision also gets a Highly Commended award from PCW (January 2002) for their Vision Ultima XP Pro based on the AMD Athlon XP 1800+: "Multivision has done a good job this month, but its system doesn't quite reach the top spot . It is based on the fastest of the new Athlon XP chips, the 1800 (which for those not yet au fait with AMD's naming system runs at 1.53GHz) and this shows in the benchmarks: this is one of the fastest machines on test this month." multivision.co.uk Computer Buyer (January 2002) gives Multivision a Recommended award for their Vision XP Ti500 system based on the AMD Athlon XP 1800+: "The Vision XP is a cracking PC, especially for gamers, would be video editors and anyone else who's interested in sheer power." multivision.co.uk Multivision's Vision Elite XP LT system based on the AMD Athlon XP 1600+ is awarded PC Advisor's Top Super Budget PC (January 2002): "Multivision has put together a great package in the form of the Vision Elite XP LT. It's the first Superbudget PC to include Microsoft's XP Home operating system and is twinned with an AMD XP processor. Its speedy performance in our tests and balance of good components just pushed it ahead of the Systemax making it our new Best Buy." pcadvisor.co.uk Multivision also goes away with the What Computer's Pinnacle Award (December 2001) for their Vision AMD XP system: "Multivision manages to put together a very effective system in most aspects. Built again around one of the new Athlon XP processors and with 256Mb of memory and a whopping 60gb hard drive, it has a very respectable performance." multivision.co.uk The Mesh Matrix XP 1900-R85 based on the AMD Athlon XP 1900+ takes the top spot in PC Advisor's Top Power PCs (January 2002) — followed by two other Athlon XP 1800+ systems, and a Pentium 4 2GHz system in fourth place: "At the heart is AMD's new Athlon XP 1900+ processor. It's clocked at 1.6GHz but outperforms Intel's Pentium 4, which runs at 2GHz. An outrageous 1,024MB of DDR (double data rate) RAM is combined with an 80GB hard drive spinning at 7,200rpm – it's little wonder the Matrix XP won the highest WorldBench score of 259 in this month's Power PC chart" pcadvisor.co.uk PC Advisor's Top Budget system goes to Hi-Grade Meridan N1400PV12 based on the AMD Athlon XP 1600+ and the NVidia nForce: "This month Hi-Grade has combined an Asus nForce board with AMD's new Athlon XP 1600+ processor running at 1.4GHz in the Meridian N1400PV12 to create a new breed of PC. While the price is well under a £1,000 the performance blows away all our existing Power PCs and with a WorldBench score of 241 snaps at the heels of the other Athlon XP-based systems we tested this month." pcadvisor.co.uk Computer Buyer's Top 50 award for PC's over £850 goes to CCL Home XPL based on the AMD Athlon 1.4GHz: "It's a shame that CCL couldn't build the same system on an EP-8KHA+ with an Athlon XP - we'd love to have seen the kind of performance such a PC would have dished up! That said, the Home XPL delivers everything you could expect for £999 - and then a little more." computerbuyer.co.uk Business segment The Enterprise supplement in PC Pro (January 2002) compares two workstations from Max Black — the Storm III K7MP based on dual AMD Athlon MP 1.2GHz and the Storm III MP based on dual Intel Xeon 1.7GHz: Storm III K7MP verdict: "Intel would probably like to think it was beginner's luck, but the Athlon MP and 760MP chipset is a fearsome combination. The broader and more useful features in the K7MP tip the scales in its favour." Storm III MP verdict: "The double-clocked ALUs and SIMD 2 instructions will help with intelligently compiled code, but the Xeon is outperformed by the Athlon MP in most cases. Still, for dedicated intel users, it's a powerful starting block." pcpro.co.uk New notebooks Mesh Computers has added the Pegasus 14.1 to their mobile range — a laptop based on the 1GHz AMD Athlon 4. It comes with 384MB RAM and 20GB hard disk. meshplc.co.uk Evesham.com has added the Voyager 5500A also based on the 1GHz AMD Athlon 4. It comes with 256MB RAM and 20GB hard disk. evesham.com Sony's VAIO PCG-FX405 based on the 1.0GHz AMD Athlon 4 has showed up at Simply. simply.co.uk Advertising Time Computers is running adverts in the national newspapers with a focus on AMD Athlon XP systems. Mesh Computers is also pushing Athlon XP for the holiday season with the Matrix XP 1800+ Ti2 and Matrix XP 1800+ CSO (Christmas Special Offer?) systems. Systemax recently presented a new range of systems, leading with the Systemax Christmas Special based on an AMD Athlon XP 1500+ with a 15.1" LCD. The December issue of the Simply Update upgrades all the advertised AMD-based Systemax systems to the new Athlon XP and 256MB. timecomputers.com meshplc.co.uk (click on Newspaper Ad's) simply.co.uk (click on Systemax PC's) boards.fool.com M.