Sunday, January 18th 2009
Phenom II X4 950 On The Cards
In all past roadmaps, AMD told us that its DDR3-supportive CPU lineup would begin with the Phenom II X4 945. Evidently that is not the case. From a recent DigiTimes report, there was hint given that all's not well with AMD's DDR3 plans, with the company toiling hard to get DDR3 memory run smooth and stable on AM3 socket CPUs, with integrated DDR3 memory controllers. The same report also highlighted the larger issue of both AMD and Intel being reluctant in orchestrating an industry-wide transition to the newer DDR3 memory standard across all market-segments. Amidst all this, AMD seems to have a small change of plans with its entire Phenom II lineup, with several processors earlier thought to be based on AM2+, emerging now as DDR3-supportive AM3. Also, it is known that AMD's first DDR3-supportive flagship quad-core chip will be the Phenom II X4 925, which arrives before the 945 and the newer SKU that has come to light.
Enter Phenom II X4 950, AMD's next flagship desktop CPU that succeeds the Phenom II X4 940. This one surfaced on the most recent roadmap slides. Slated for Q2 2009, this processor tentatively releases when AMD issues last-order notices to channel vendors for the Phenom II X4 920 and 940, in Q2. The processor releases alongside, or within the time-frame of the Phenom II X4 945's release. From whatever the slide tells, the 950 is merely a 100 MHz clock speed increment over the 945, with a 0.5x multiplier increase, sending its clock speed to 3.10 GHz. It is not known if the 950 comes in a Black Edition SKU with unlocked bus multipliers. Speculation is already rife that there should be a Phenom II X4 930/935, to give the 920/925 a similar 100 MHz clock speed increment, sitting on to 2.90 GHz point. All other specifications seem standard with the 950. The slide also sheds light on the company's Phenom II X4 800 series, that feature 6 MB of total cache, against the 8 MB (2 MB L2 + 6 MB L3) the 900 series chips come with. There are models running at stock speeds of 2.5 GHz, 2.6 GHz in place.
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PCOnline
Enter Phenom II X4 950, AMD's next flagship desktop CPU that succeeds the Phenom II X4 940. This one surfaced on the most recent roadmap slides. Slated for Q2 2009, this processor tentatively releases when AMD issues last-order notices to channel vendors for the Phenom II X4 920 and 940, in Q2. The processor releases alongside, or within the time-frame of the Phenom II X4 945's release. From whatever the slide tells, the 950 is merely a 100 MHz clock speed increment over the 945, with a 0.5x multiplier increase, sending its clock speed to 3.10 GHz. It is not known if the 950 comes in a Black Edition SKU with unlocked bus multipliers. Speculation is already rife that there should be a Phenom II X4 930/935, to give the 920/925 a similar 100 MHz clock speed increment, sitting on to 2.90 GHz point. All other specifications seem standard with the 950. The slide also sheds light on the company's Phenom II X4 800 series, that feature 6 MB of total cache, against the 8 MB (2 MB L2 + 6 MB L3) the 900 series chips come with. There are models running at stock speeds of 2.5 GHz, 2.6 GHz in place.
42 Comments on Phenom II X4 950 On The Cards
Example pitting 400 MTS DDR1 at 2225 vs 800MTS DDR2 at 44410, they get the same amt of work done at same time but the DDR2 requires higher MTS to get it done, This Reminds me of how Rambus Ram worked.
ddr3 ... only 1333 on amd :P same performance with ddr2 1066 :D
so... wait and see
(i know makers were out there with diff chipsets but thats and example)
Which one will be my unlocked Black chip? Like most people, I'll pray for both but I highly doubt it.
How much extra will AMD charge for the 950 compared to the 945? If they charge over $100 only for those 100MHz, that would be very silly of them, that is, unless they prove to me that it can OC to 4GHz on air.
My other concern is about their chipset's next step. Will we get to see the 800 chipset series when these models are out? Or will we stick to the 790FX as highest-end for the green logo?