Preorder your Venice!

[diabloII]

OEM-
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...Code=M&Product_Code=120205&Category_Code=NA_2
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...Code=M&Product_Code=120210&Category_Code=NA_2
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...Code=M&Product_Code=120206&Category_Code=NA_2
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...Code=M&Product_Code=120207&Category_Code=NA_2
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...Code=M&Product_Code=120208&Category_Code=NA_2
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...Code=M&Product_Code=120209&Category_Code=NA_2

Retail (Boxed)-
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...Code=M&Product_Code=120211&Category_Code=NA_2
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...Code=M&Product_Code=120212&Category_Code=NA_2
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...Code=M&Product_Code=120272&Category_Code=NA_2
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...Code=M&Product_Code=120273&Category_Code=NA_2
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...Code=M&Product_Code=120274&Category_Code=NA_2

Pricing (OEM/Boxed):

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 512K 90nm Rev. E $149/$164
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 512K 90nm Rev. E $199/$209
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 512K 90nm Rev. E $272/$287
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 1MB 90nm Rev. E $334/$344
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 512K 90nm Rev. E $379/$389
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ 1MB 90nm Rev. E $549/$540

They all are all very cheap and have free shipping. The OEM 3800+/4000+ will ship April 22nd, while the boxed 3800+/4000+ will ship May 2nd. The OEM 3000+ to 3700+ will ship May 6th, while the boxed versions will ship May 20th.

damn it..if only i hadn't already had my winchester, i'd get a venice

 

[dale5605]

It doesn't matter that much for you to consider switching it, I mean there isn't much difference between winchester and venice. Look at the benchmarks and you will see they are insanely close. Only for super-crazy overclockers is the venice really a whole bunch better.
Of course if you were buying a new processor it would make more sense to consider it. But an upgrade from a winchester won't yield much.

 

[Nubius]

Sell the winchester on ebay then......I'm still waiting to see when/if they release the DFI Nforce3 board, then I'll probably look into getting a 3000+ or 3200+ venice....not to bad as far as price goes, but I want to see newegg carry it dang it, or zipzoomfly.....wonder how much the san diego cores will be though

 

[jnev_89]

is venice the dual-core a64's? s939 right? and what's san diego then?

thanks

 

[Nubius]

No they aren't the dual cores. That's toledo.

Venice = Winchester but with better architecture and SSE3 instructions

San Diego = venice but with 1mb L2 cache instead of 512kb

 

[gaara]

The 4000+ listed up there is a San Diego Nubius.

Venice is quite tempting, I still wanna see how the Toledo overclocks though. AMD is also doing a pretty good of keeping their prices down, which I like.

 

[dhw200]

damnit! i got my 3200 winchester a month ago and now this!!! damn, technology is moving 2 fast.

 

[diabloII]

Sell the winchester on ebay then......I'm still waiting to see when/if they release the DFI Nforce3 board, then I'll probably look into getting a 3000+ or 3200+ venice....not to bad as far as price goes, but I want to see newegg carry it dang it, or zipzoomfly.....wonder how much the san diego cores will be though

monarch doesn't charge us californians tax though

 

[Nubius]

hmm good point diablo......tax is a beeotch for $200+ items....course I guess I shouldn't complain since europe and australia are ridiculously worse;

Gaara - Yeah I saw that, but theres no way I'll ever be getting a 4000+ lol, it's 3000+ or 3200+ for me. Dual core desktops won't be around for quite a few months though so theres really no point in worrying about it's overclocking potential quite yet IMO, not only that, but they will no doubt carry a hefty price tag

 

[digitaloracle]

What is with the processor-level virus protection? I don't know how it handles it, but I would rather have my processor exectue anythign that won't damage it than waste time trying to determine if soemthing is displaying characteristics of a virus.