Wednesday, September 21st 2011
AMD FX Processor Prices Lower Than Expected
Sources among retailers told DonanimHaber that retail prices of AMD's next generation performance desktop processor series, the AMD FX, are a lot lower than expected. On October 12, AMD will launch three new parts worldwide, the eight-core FX-8150, FX-8120, and six-core FX-6120, priced at US $245, $205, and $175, respectively.
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272 Comments on AMD FX Processor Prices Lower Than Expected
Lets wait until there are some results so we don't have to speculate.
PS. I always though a computing operation can scale up to any number of cores/threads if it supports multi-threading. Why would they cap it to 4?
I agree with you that having a four-core cpu with some higher clocks is essential and that is what I have with a X4 955. I plan on upgrading next year after BD has matured a bit next year. I am waiting for the 7000 series gpus more than anything though
all we can do is hope FX will at least be competetive :toast:
Some educated guess is good, but mindless "omg look at this" kind of speculation is not. It will be competitive no doubt, but to which segment of the market?
This is a win/win for everybody. :toast:
even if TPU users arent likely to stay with one proc for several years, why is gaming the only use for these? i do lots of video encoding, and having 6 cores kicks ass right now. 8 would save me hours and hours off my encodes.
EDIT: I ended up buying a E6400 for $224 and was not disappointed.
I'll believe it when I see it.
www.fudzilla.com/processors/item/24152-amd-fx-parts-coming-october-12
Just in time for a promotion like- buy a FX get BF3 - free- now that would be sweet but unlikely!
EDIT: Now they can improve on that code.
There are much more lazy coders than smart coders, and so far the market is saturated with codes done by lazy people, hence I said that core count more than 4 doesn't matter as much for now or the next year or so. Other than users who does a lot of encoding and other multicore stuff, people will be better off getting the best 4thread processor and ignore anything more for now.
These chips should shine real well once multi-threaded games become the norm. But really it still holds true that you can easily grab a 4 core from Intel or even a X4 965 and not see much benefit in gaming. We're still waiting for software to come up to hardware(mainly games), if your concern in video editing and CAD work then only then is really where the difference in cores starts coming in.
While you may not need an 8-core for most games today, im still going to grab one, cause i enjoy having more cores in die.:D
already got someone interested in buying my current setup :(
phenom 2 975 worth anything? or should i just go pc less til launch?