AMD Brings in New Desktop CPUs, Cuts Prices

[johnnyfiive]

Sweeeeet.

 

[PP Mguire]

If X2 6500+ has less cache than 6400+ ima be pissed.

 

[X1REME]

AMD Phenom FX - Kentsfield Beater

There's said to be two chips in the pipeline, the FX-80 at 4Ghz and the FX-82 at 4.4GHz.
The FX-80 at stock out performs a 5.0GHz Kentsfield.

http://reviewage.co.uk/content/view/33/1/

 

[btarunr]

wow its gonna happen real quickly, check out the site below

http://reviewage.co.uk/content/view/33/1/

Kentsfield is two years old. Give us a Yorkfield or Bloomfield beater.

 

[X1REME]

Kentsfield is two years old. Give us a Yorkfield or Bloomfield beater.

i think this is just the taster, i hope anyway

 

[PP Mguire]

I say, they should release a 45nm 4.0ghz 7000+ X2 to compete with current Wolfdales So cheap guys like me can get a good AMD dualy and not have to jump on the quad bandwagon yet to reach those speeds.

 

[candle_86]

If X2 6500+ has less cache than 6400+ ima be pissed.

its a brisbane core aka 512k.

the 9950 has come down enough when i get another decent job i can afford to get it

 

[candle_86]

I say, they should release a 45nm 4.0ghz 7000+ X2 to compete with current Wolfdales So cheap guys like me can get a good AMD dualy and not have to jump on the quad bandwagon yet to reach those speeds.

thats a total rework of the X2 they can't do it with brisbane it doesnt clock that high, im suprised they got the 6500 out of it personally. They can't use Phenom because there are 4 cores and even disabling 2 won't help that much and cost is to high

 

[PP Mguire]

Where does it say this 6500 is Brisbane though?

And if they can make tri-core they can make dual core.

 

[candle_86]

it says it in the top post thats its brisbane

 

[mdm-adph]

Kentsfield is two years old. Give us a Yorkfield or Bloomfield beater.

Speak for yourself -- I'd be happy with a Kentsfield beater at a bargain price.

 

[candle_86]

id be happy with an allendale

 

[suraswami]

When does the price cut become effective?

 

[WarEagleAU]

That makes me getting the 9950 even a lot better. WOOH

 

[Kei]

WOWZERS! I was gonna leave the 9950BE alone as I've already got the 9850BE but at this price I'll buy one just to test it out and have some fun! These prices are amazing for what you get, it would be nice to see the Tri cores just a few dollars lower (not the $104 one as that's already golden) but it's close enough anyway.

The prices on the Quads are just awesome though.

PP Mquire, the Tri-core (Toliman X3) processors are X4 processors with one core disabled not a built from scratch Tri-core model.

K

Btw, I'm surprised they squeezed out the X2 6500 as well Good job AMD!

 

[blueskynis]

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Btw, I'm surprised they squeezed out the X2 6500 as well Good job AMD!

Yea, that surprised me as well...

 

[X1REME]

L@@k these prices are coming down as expected and is nothing to be excited about as we all know AMD will launch the new cpu`s shanghai/deneb in the 2nd half (end of November/December). amd will cut prices as Intel has recently but amd offerings look sweet where as Intel`s now look sour (low/middle range).

AMD has already stated shipping to Taiwan (recently) motherboard makers, compared to Intel 3 weeks ago. so they will have motherboards out in time for Xmas/back to school period, otherwise they miss out on the biggest money maker of the year. funny how amd left it to the last moment, maybe to see if Intel has anything else they have not told everyone about

 

[Ju1i@~]

DDR2 800 combined with 5050e

According to this article from TweakTown, because of a divider based setup on the CPU speed, the built-in memory controller in Athlon X2 4850e processors can't handle DDR2 800 memories at full speed. They can work at a speed of max. 712 MHz. What can be the max speed we can expect from the 5050e mem controller? I calculated as 740 MHz.

 

[Wile E]

According to this article from TweakTown, because of a divider based setup on the CPU speed, the built-in memory controller in Athlon X2 4850e processors can't handle DDR2 800 memories at full speed. They can work at a speed of max. 712 MHz. What can be the max speed we can expect from the 5050e mem controller? I calculated as 740 MHz.

They can handle 800Mhz just fine, they just don't run that way by default. Put it on an even multi, or overclock it a touch, and they'll hit 800Mhz no probs.

 

[Ju1i@~]

They can handle 800Mhz just fine, they just don't run that way by default. Put it on an even multi, or overclock it a touch, and they'll hit 800Mhz no probs.

Thx. Does this issue only affect Athlon ULV types? It's not mentioned for Phenoms.

 

[Wile E]

Thx. Does this issue only affect Athlon ULV types? It's not mentioned for Phenoms.

No, it the same with all AM2 and newer cpus. If it has an odd multi or a half multi, the ram underspeeds a little by default.

TBH, I'm not 100% sure how the mem dividers work on Phenom, but I'm willing to bet it's the same, except that they have 1066MHz support built in as well.

 

[blueskynis]

All Phenom processors, regardless of the CPU frequency, run DDR2 memory at the proper specified frequency.

 

[xfire]

No, it the same with all AM2 and newer cpus. If it has an odd multi or a half multi, the ram underspeeds a little by default.

TBH, I'm not 100% sure how the mem dividers work on Phenom, but I'm willing to bet it's the same, except that they have 1066MHz support built in as well.

My 4200 has a 10.5 multiplier(200*10.5) so will 800 Mhz be uberclocked on mine?
I read something in about this in a magzine but I didn't quite understand it.

 

[blueskynis]

Sources familiar with the plans of Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday denied the fact that the company has plans to release dual-core AMD Phenom processors, but said that the chipmaker plans to release dual-core chips based on the K10 micro-architecture under the AMD Athlon X2 brand-name.

Instead of three AMD Phenom X2 chips (as reported on Tuesday), the world’s second largest maker of x86 microprocessors plans to release one AMD Athlon X2 6500 microprocessor based on the K10 micro-architecture in early September. The chip will operate at 2.30GHz, feature 1MB of L2 cache [512KB per core], 2MB L3 cache as well as dual-channel DDR2 memory controller. The new product will have thermal design power of 95W, hence, should be compatible with the vast majority of AM2+ mainboards.

More info: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/di...Planned_for_September_Launch_Say_Sources.html

 

[Mussels]

i know i've seen the odd ram speed bug before on A64 chips with half multis, i dont know WHY it happens but it gives you some odd ram speeds - usually underclocked by a lot, or minorly overclocked.