Phenom II X6 Series Details Surface, Slated for May 2010

[El_Mayo]

You could probably break even if you sell your DDR2/AM2+ setup for a DDR3/AM3 setup, what with prices nowadays.

And damn, I was under the impression that Bulldozer was coming out and not this PII X6 crap. It makes me wonder if I should even upgrade to 890FX.

aye, but do i really need AM3/DDR3 performance?
i just play games

 

[WarEagleAU]

Very nice and hopefully prices will be within reason. I could go for one of these BE edtion procs with an unlocked FSB mutli, hopefull it clocks well.

 

[FlanK3r]

for "just playing games" u need not Thuban . I want 1-2 Thubans for overcloking. 955 is for LN2 and my 965 is "HTPC"

 

[tonyd223]

AM2+ support?

exactly my point!

 

[PP Mguire]

Likely. But it'll likely also be super cheap compared to the Intel i7 hex core offering.

Exactly which is why these really aren't competing with i7. I will take one. I can live with a $300-$400 6 core but $1000+ no thank you.

Lol and when are AMD really gonna start coming up to the plate then? AMD has been battling Intel since Conroe which was how many years ago now? 3? 4? I went i5 because of pittle paddling like this. I think AMD Marketing is a bit backwards if you ask me.

 

[Hunt3r]

Now I will start saving money to buy one of these..heh

 

[Polarman]

No X5 ?

 

[El_Mayo]

exactly my point!

haha ikr
can't they release even a cut down version with only 6mb L3 and 2.4ghz clock speed or something? ;(

 

[El_Mayo]

haha ikr
can't they release even a cut down version with only 6mb L3 and 2.4ghz clock speed or something? ;(

for "just playing games" u need not Thuban . I want 1-2 Thubans for overcloking. 955 is for LN2 and my 965 is "HTPC"

well i know that, but think of games of the future! i could decide to be a cheap bastard and upgrade to a X6 if it supported AM2+ 3-4 years down the line and rock some games pretty well

 

[devguy]

Lol and when are AMD really gonna start coming up to the plate then? AMD has been battling Intel since Conroe which was how many years ago now? 3? 4? I went i5 because of pittle paddling like this. I think AMD Marketing is a bit backwards if you ask me.

AMD has been battling Intel since waaaay before Conroe. And its fine that you moved to i5 technologies from AMD, although I don't expect you'll get any options for hex-cores or more on that platform. I don't see any significant roadmap showing similar expansion for socket 1156 as for socket 1366. Now you could say AMD is doing a similar thing by not allowing AM2+ compatiblity for Thuban. Yet AM2+ has been around considerably longer than AM3, wheras s1156 came out well after s1366.

And it's not like AMD isn't trying to compete with Intel (who has vastly more resources than it does). The 45nm s775 lineup from Intel is well matched by the 45nm AM3 lineup from AMD. In games, a stock 965 will perform neck and neck with a more expensive stock i7 920 (not including platform cost). True, the triple channel controller on i7 (s1366) and hyperthreading will allow it to massacre anything else in memory intensive and highly parallel programs (including stuff from its own 1156 lineup), but for someone like me, that matters little. I personally love the $99, highly overclockable, quad core idea that only AMD offers.

 

[El_Mayo]

AMD has been battling Intel since waaaay before Conroe. And its fine that you moved to i5 technologies from AMD, although I don't expect you'll get any options for hex-cores or more on that platform. I don't see any significant roadmap showing similar expansion for socket 1156 as for socket 1366. Now you could say AMD is doing a similar thing by not allowing AM2+ compatiblity for Thuban. Yet AM2+ has been around considerably longer than AM3, wheras s1156 came out well after s1366.

And it's not like AMD isn't trying to compete with Intel (who has vastly more resources than it does). The 45nm s775 lineup from Intel is well matched by the 45nm AM3 lineup from AMD. In games, a stock 965 will perform neck and neck with a more expensive stock i7 920 (not including platform cost). True, the triple channel controller on i7 (s1366) and hyperthreading will allow it to massacre anything else in memory intensive and highly parallel programs (including stuff from its own 1156 lineup), but for someone like me, that matters little. I personally love the $99, highly overclockable, quad core idea that only AMD offers.

well said, i think the quote from pantherx12 in my sig says it best xD
why don't intel offer X3 processors exactly?

 

[BraveSoul]

this is great news,, i c it being more affordable then intel's 6core

 

[Kei]

well said, i think the quote from pantherx12 in my sig says it best xD
why don't intel offer X3 processors exactly?

Well said devguy.

@ El_Mayo

I've wondered that for a while now too, but I imagine it stems from the sandwiching of cores they used to (still do?) with their multicore processors. If they made true multicore units I think they would also make tri-cre processors....unless I'm totally wrong and they do actually make true units (I think the i7's are, but I don't really know)...in which I must say I have NO IDEA why they don't.

I personally think the X3 idea is one of the best ideas in a looong time for computing. It makes just so much sense with dual cores still being what's widely developed for (though quad is making ground), so adding another core just makes a dual core processor that much better since 1 core can handle the more mundane/routine tasks while the other two fire away.

Kei

 

[SirMango]

Awesome. I'll hold off from upgrading my S939 system until then

 

[r9]

No X5 ?

AMD isn`t wasting anything I bet there would be sempron single core derived from PII x6 .

 

[troyrae360]

Well said devguy.

@ El_Mayo

I've wondered that for a while now too, but I imagine it stems from the sandwiching of cores they used to (still do?) with their multicore processors. If they made true multicore units I think they would also make tri-cre processors....unless I'm totally wrong and they do actually make true units (I think the i7's are, but I don't really know)...in which I must say I have NO IDEA why they don't.

I personally think the X3 idea is one of the best ideas in a looong time for computing. It makes just so much sense with dual cores still being what's widely developed for (though quad is making ground), so adding another core just makes a dual core processor that much better since 1 core can handle the more mundane/routine tasks while the other two fire away.

Kei

AMD were the first companey to make a Tru dual core processor and likewise with the quad core they also were the first companey to make the first tru quad core processor,

from what i've read the 6x core from amd is really 6cores and the 12core is 2x6cores sandwedged.

 

[BraveSoul]

Awesome. I'll hold off from upgrading my S939 system until then

what an upgrade that would be

 

[eidairaman1]

AMD isn`t wasting anything I bet there would be sempron single core derived from PII x6 .

wouldn't be feasible, Also someone got a Sempron 140 and expected to unlock the other core on it, well it resulted in Blue Screens left and right, so that proves that not all Locked Processors have Good cores if they are based on multicore parts.

SNAP that was a BURN! Also I think AMD removed the DDR2 Controller out of Thuban since DDR2 is on its way out.

AMD has been battling Intel since waaaay before Conroe. And its fine that you moved to i5 technologies from AMD, although I don't expect you'll get any options for hex-cores or more on that platform. I don't see any significant roadmap showing similar expansion for socket 1156 as for socket 1366. Now you could say AMD is doing a similar thing by not allowing AM2+ compatiblity for Thuban. Yet AM2+ has been around considerably longer than AM3, wheras s1156 came out well after s1366.

And it's not like AMD isn't trying to compete with Intel (who has vastly more resources than it does). The 45nm s775 lineup from Intel is well matched by the 45nm AM3 lineup from AMD. In games, a stock 965 will perform neck and neck with a more expensive stock i7 920 (not including platform cost). True, the triple channel controller on i7 (s1366) and hyperthreading will allow it to massacre anything else in memory intensive and highly parallel programs (including stuff from its own 1156 lineup), but for someone like me, that matters little. I personally love the $99, highly overclockable, quad core idea that only AMD offers.

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

No 8mb of cash? :shadedshu

 

[eidairaman1]

what does it matter to you?

 

[PP Mguire]

AMD has been battling Intel since waaaay before Conroe. And its fine that you moved to i5 technologies from AMD, although I don't expect you'll get any options for hex-cores or more on that platform. I don't see any significant roadmap showing similar expansion for socket 1156 as for socket 1366. Now you could say AMD is doing a similar thing by not allowing AM2+ compatiblity for Thuban. Yet AM2+ has been around considerably longer than AM3, wheras s1156 came out well after s1366.

And it's not like AMD isn't trying to compete with Intel (who has vastly more resources than it does). The 45nm s775 lineup from Intel is well matched by the 45nm AM3 lineup from AMD. In games, a stock 965 will perform neck and neck with a more expensive stock i7 920 (not including platform cost). True, the triple channel controller on i7 (s1366) and hyperthreading will allow it to massacre anything else in memory intensive and highly parallel programs (including stuff from its own 1156 lineup), but for someone like me, that matters little. I personally love the $99, highly overclockable, quad core idea that only AMD offers.

Intel was meh before Conroe because AXP and 939 was kinckin butt

Core 2 changed the scene. I went to i5 because nothing can really shake a stick at it, and its more than plenty for games. When you overclock an i5 to 4ghz (easily reachable on any decent air cooler) it takes down almost anything besides its bigger brother. I ventured away from AMD because i dont see anything feasible in the near future for them. This hexa is just that proof.

 

[(FIH) The Don]

sounds like i'll be buying a whole new rig this summer but only if the x6 will be under 500$

 

[PP Mguire]

No reason for it to be over 500 honestly. Sounds like a 920 with 6 cores.

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

what does it matter to you?

What the hell is this supposed to mean?

No reason for it to be over 500 honestly. Sounds like a 920 with 6 cores.

Just with cheaper motherboards, I wish I could buy a decent x58 mobo for $130'ish dollars.

 

[(FIH) The Don]

buy a used UD3R or a P6T? they should be around 150$ used maximum