clock for clock the x6 is a better cpu, has 6 real cores as well not 3 and 3 pseudo cores.
nothing to be gained by upgrading there imo.
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clock for clock the x6 is a better cpu, has 6 real cores as well not 3 and 3 pseudo cores.
nothing to be gained by upgrading there imo.
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Unless the FX-6350 overclocks drastically better than the FX-6300 (which seems very unlikely) it doesn't strike me as likely.
I know this is launch price, but with the FX-6300 falling as low as £90 I wouldn't bother with this.
I know this is launch price, but with the FX-6300 falling as low as £90 I wouldn't bother with this.
Damn, I was hoping the answer would be no. Now I'm going to have spend money.
Clock for clock core for core the difference between a PII x6 and an FX-6300 is about 5% to the x6, however the FX-6300 clocks a lot higher.
The FX-6300 has 6 real cores just as the x6 does, the difference is 6 reside in 3 modules, the 2 cores in the one module don't work independently from each other.
Each module has one 265Bit thread or two 128Bit threads, depending on whats asked of the CPU, in low threaded apps the two threads combine into one 265Bit thread, in high threaded apps they split into two 128Bit threads.
So its 6C/3T or 6C/6T
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There are new FX cores in june?
http://www.technationnews.com/2013/...edriver-fx-cpu-refresh-expected-in-june-2013/
Yep, first Richland then piledriver Refresh Expected in June 2013
Yep, first Richland then piledriver Refresh Expected in June 2013
ummm, are you sure thats how it works? is it not that for certain floating point instruction it can combine both 128bit fpu's into one 256 bit, but this has no bearing on the number of threads or logical cpu's the OS can see.
True, it's 6c/6t with 3 floating point units, what ever way you look at it, there is 6 execution units. It just so happens that one execution unit can hog both FPU pipes, at the expense of halting it's sibling
Well it says "successor to vishera.." so I'm reading it as a new line up to "compete" will haswell. This will likely involve the rumoured 5ghz centurion as the flagship, with more in between for normal people.
This is just my theory. But its worth waiting to see what amd will release to try and stem the tide towards haswell.
This is just my theory. But its worth waiting to see what amd will release to try and stem the tide towards haswell.
Centurion is likely to be a binned rare extreme overclockers chip costing a lot of money,
http://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/54057-rumour-amd-unleash-centurion-fx-5ghz/
They think $800.
AMD did the same some years ago, Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition
If i remember right the record for that chip ended up at 7.2Ghz
Bulldozer hit 8.3Ghz officially, tho some reported hitting 9Ghz.
Maybe Centurion will do 10Ghz.
