AMD Athlon 64 3800+: Probing the Venice Core @ HotHardware

“Although desktop dual-core processors from AMD are on the horizon, engineers there are still hard at work refining their single-core processor designs. The latest revision to the Athlon 64 core, internally code named “Venice”, recently made it way onto the mass market, carrying a “Rev. E” moniker. With the Venice core, AMD has integrated SSE3 multimedia instruction sets into the Athlon 64, and have made some additions and enhancements to the integrated memory controller as well.”

The review shows that the Venice core is better at overclocking, and even while OC’d, can keep cooler than the Newcastle. Check out the full review at HotHardware.