What better way to start off a new month than with a new CPU from AMD? How about two new CPUs from AMD? Toady At 11:50 AM EDT (US) AMD will issue a press release announcing the new XP2700+ and XP2800+ processors, which will be followed immediately by a web cast at www.amd.com. You may still be able to catch it if you're reading this early enough.

Customers should be able to purchase the AMD Athlon XP processor 2700+ through select OEMs in November with worldwide availability in the fourth quarter of this year. The AMD Athlon XP processor 2800+ will be available as a limited edition gaming processor to serious gamers who demand the most performance from their PC. The AMD Athlon XP processor 2800+ should be available through select OEMs in November with worldwide availability planned for the first quarter of 2003. For this review we're looking at the XP2700+.

The AMD Athlon XP processor 2700+ is AMD’s latest desktop offering with 0.13-micron process technology and features 384KB of on-chip, full-speed cache, and support for AMD's 3DNow!™ Professional technology for enhanced multimedia capabilities. The AMD Athlon XP processor 2700+ is compatible with AMD's Socket A infrastructure.