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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I would say the i7 2600K/2700K*if it will exist*/i7 3820 will be the main competition for the FX 8-cores(I am leaning more on the i7 3820 as a competitor, if there will be an i7 3820K or 3820X even better)
i7 3820 and the FX 8150 have the same supposed stock clock rate
@ 3.6GHz
Just hope intel will make the i7 3820 an "Extreme Edition" part with the X moniker so it can have a unlocked clock rate or either an unlocked "K" moniker or both XK since Bulldozer on desktops will have FXBE
Until a 6 compute unit cluster FX comes out the i7 900s/i7 3900s have no clear cut competition on pure thread count
I guess on October 12 we will see the real prices.
Once they get released, it is going to be a great time to build a gaming RIG whether you go for AMD or Intel....:D
It was a top pick for performance until the Conroe cores hit, then Intel pulled the rug out from under AMD buy selling them cheap. I paid $187 for a E6400 that clocked to 3.4Ghz easily.
This might be a turn for AMD again, but I still doubt they will have the type of performance increase we saw with the "core " series from Pentium's.
For example, I don't know if anyone else makes the 990FX chipsets, but if not, that's one way they could sell these chips cheaply and still make a nice profit.
But I think ultimately it's all about getting people to recognize and value your brand. The whole "world's fastest cpu" was designed to serve the same purpose. No one is going to run their 8150 on liquid helium, but that wasn't the issue or the point.
Be it an i5/i7 or phenom x6/bulldozer, it will handle anything being thrown at it.
Music, videos, web browsing, gaming, video editing...etc
And like Twilyth said, who here is going to run LH or some other extreme form of cooling every single waking hour 24/7? It's just not practical. And I highly doubt 99.8% of the peeps here will be setting world records any time soon.
It's the exact same arguement when it comes to Nvidia vs AMD w/ each new generation cards.
Intel this AMD that blah blah blah Don't worry fellas, no matter which brand of cpu you choose, it will handle any of your tasks just fine.
I guarantee if you tell some one "hey play this game (bc2 as an example) without fraps on and tell me which cpu you think is running this game an i5/i7 or phenom x6/bulldozer" You won't able to tell because it will be running smooth and feel very nice.
So who cares as long as it does what you need it to do.
Anyway, i dislike current SB chips because of wasted die space for that crappy IGP. I just dont like it lurking there. So right now i am looking towards 4module FX chips and LGA2011 ; ).
And preempting your question "what makes you think this is fact?"
www.donanimhaber.com/islemci/haberleri/AMDnin-Bulldozer-FX-islemcileri-icin-resmi-cikis-tarihi-ve-fiyatlar.htm
The source I cited.
And preempting your question "what makes you think DonanimHaber's is fact?"
It is a fact that DonanimHaber mentioned these prices. That's the factual part. There ends TPU's role. If you want "to go deeper", take it up with DH. That's not TPU's headache.