Monday, August 27th 2012

AMD "Vishera" FX-Series CPU Specifications Confirmed
A leaked AMD document for retail partners spelled out specifications of the first three FX "Vishera" processors by AMD. The new CPUs incorporate AMD's "Piledriver" architecture, and much like the first-generation "Zambezi" chips, will launch as one each of eight-core, six-core, and four-core chips. The eight-core FX-8350 is confirmed to ship with 4.00 GHz nominal clock speed, with 4.20 GHz TurboCore speed. The six-core FX-6300 ships with 3.50 GHz nominal, and 4.10 GHz TurboCore speed. The quad-core FX-4320, on the other hand, ships with the same clock speeds as the FX-8350. In addition, the document confirmed clock speeds of several socket FM2 A-series APUs, such as the A10-5700 and the A8-5500.
Source:
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493 Comments on AMD "Vishera" FX-Series CPU Specifications Confirmed
Piledriver is a stop gap.
I Just want to see gaming, everyday apps, encoding/CAD numbers. From End Users/Testers here/tomshardware/techspot/hardwareanalysis. Not Sources like Fudzilla, theenquier, reuters, ATInsider, or even leaks from AMD itself. I dont think this machine here will get a upgrade till Steamroller if it even supports this motherboard (970 Extreme 4)
Now off to Left 4 Dead 2....
Let's say it this way:
When PD comes out, I am going to get one. Then I am going to run variety of benchmarks on both BD and PD running on the same clocks, to see what/if there is a IPC improvement & how well PD scales compared to BD.
I won't speak about it's performance until I do that, or at the very least, till someone does that for me. Because otherwise it would just be wild guessing.
Why am I saying this? Trying to tell You to stop guessing. Please don't say that PD is going to be crap. And please don't say it is going to be real good. At least hold that till it comes out, 'kay? ;)
EDIT: I burned my breakfast 'cause of writing this :roll:
www.techpowerup.com/172376/AMD-Shows-Off-A10-5800K-and-FX-8350-Near-IDF.html
Yet, it is still unreleased & therefore has no retail availability.
Edit: already read that article before writing my two previous posts, btw.
Like I said before if performance is good over the current BD, then I'm in. Reason, now I think Steamroller may not be on AM3+. But who knows.
Idea! Let's kidnap one and extort the information from him/her =d
HD 8320 = Piledriver = 15% - 20% (2012) :cool:
HD 8520 = Steamroller = 35% - 45% (2013) :)
HD 8720 = Excavator = 70% - 85% (2014) :twitch:
HD 8920 = Crane = 105% - 120% (2015) :eek:
Speculate your hearts out...
forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=367705
Bulldozer/Piledriver: 8 total cores per monolithic die (Orochi)
new nomenclature -v
Steamroller/Excavator: 10 total cores per monolithic die (Viperfish)
new nomenclature -v
Etc.: 12 total cores per monolithic die
Bulldozer: 80% - 85%
Piledriver: 100%
Steamroller: 125% - 130%
Excavator: 140% - 145%
Speculate your behind off...
Whether Steamroller sucks or not, there will still be a monopoly with a corporation the size of Intel around. The only way we can see a level playing field as far as market share is if AMD drastically gains support via a more lucrative marketing campaign or if they continue to diversify their strangle hold in the mobile & server arena and bully Intel out.
www.shopblt.com/cgi-bin/s.cgi?order_id=!ORDERID!&s_max=25&t_all=1&s_all=HKBOX
apparently, the FX/Vishera cpu prices start where the trinity A-x end