AMD Silently Deems Phenom II X6 1075T a Black Edition Part, Starts Listing in Europe

[bear jesus]

Just more offloading of chips that dont quite meet the needs of the higher models, i have to admit amd is pretty good at offloading as many cpu's per wafer as possible and the good thing is it helps provide a nice range of prices to fit most users budget's

plus it is always nice to see cheaper black editions for those on a smaller budget who want to keep the oc simple and just bump the multi up

 

[Fourstaff]

I've got a feeling that AMD released the higher binned chips as 1090T to impress the reviewers early (and generate sales), and then dump the lower grade chips silently as 1075T.

 

[bear jesus]

I've got a feeling that AMD released the higher binned chips as 1090T to impress the reviewers early (and generate sales), and then dump the lower grade chips silently as 1075T.

Think about it every model of the phenom 2 from the 965 quad down to the 545 dual core (maybe lower as i dont know their full product range) are all the exact same die and come from the same wafers and then depending how good each chip is then puts it in the right product range.

If amd are lucky it may take a little while to build up good numbers of lowered binned chips (according to amd and GF they have great yeilds) to the point where they can release the other ranges but either way its a very cost effective way of producing a full range from a single chip type and its only logical to try and bring out some of the best to start with to gain some buzz and some good benchmarks.... it worked on me lol

 

[1Kurgan1]

Maybe that's true, but does everyone have the skill to get a 1055t to 4ghz. I'm pretty sure that I don't and if we're talking a difference of $50 or so, I would want to spend that to start out at 3.2 rather than 3.0. Just sayin'.

lol, the 1055t is so easy to clock it's unreal. I been running my 1055 at 3.9ghz on the stock AMD fan that came with it, been running the comp 24/7 like that since the first day I got the processor (I got it right at release). The difference is about $100 in the US, and the savings is so worth it, I am running 3.9ghz at 1.420v, I've even cracked it to 4.2ghz on the stock fan, made it into windows, but it crashed as soon as I tried opening the internet.