AMD prepare a new offensive

Acid_death69 · 23 Aug 2008 at 13:05

To boot up with 4GHZ will be amazing, would love to see what benchmark score you could get with it.

Helios1234 · 23 Aug 2008 at 13:31

I really hope that's a real screenshot or that it actually works at 4ghz...remember the fabled phenom at 3ghz...

Emlyn_Dewar · 23 Aug 2008 at 13:47

Plenty Phenoms work at 3ghz?

Adrianr · 23 Aug 2008 at 13:50

That core voltage on the phenom right? 1.168V for 4ghz?

Helios1234 · 23 Aug 2008 at 14:11

Emlyn_Dewar said:
Plenty Phenoms work at 3ghz?

I mean before it was released everyone saw the benchmarks for the phenoms at 3ghz and yet when it was released they were clocked at 2.3ghz or so.

DAnDan · 23 Aug 2008 at 17:08

Just saw this mobo added to the site, and says support for Phenom FX. Haven't really followed this story so applogies if I'm talking crap, but I'm guessing that points more to what's coming?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-016-FC

Emlyn_Dewar · 23 Aug 2008 at 17:29

WTF? Look at the price of it! Muchos lol, I can't see many going for that until it lowers to "real" pricing.

Acid_death69 · 23 Aug 2008 at 18:40

ffwaaaar tis really pricey like, but then again it has some good stuff on it. Im curious to what the prices of the FX are gonna be like, wonder if they're going with the same approach to it like when they did when they brought out the quads.

Yewen · 23 Aug 2008 at 22:49

Emlyn_Dewar said:
WTF? Look at the price of it! Muchos lol, I can't see many going for that until it lowers to "real" pricing.

Yeh put that one up earlier, DFI and Gigabyte are both on their way too.

Thats at low margin so it actually sells.

Have one of these out for the Gibbo V Yewen contest, going to run Quad X-Fire with a 3.2GHz+ Phenom in it.

Emlyn_Dewar · 23 Aug 2008 at 23:00

Sweet!
Will be looking forward to seeing that running.

Namistai · 23 Aug 2008 at 23:45

Nicey, post results when it happens

Cupra · 23 Aug 2008 at 23:50

very low fsb tho
however they need somthing special to beat nahlem
id love to go back to amd

Yewen · 23 Aug 2008 at 23:53

Cupra said:
very low fsb tho
however they need somthing special to beat nahlem
id love to go back to amd

Do not think either of the FX chips will be quite there but they should get close if they get them out of the door in quantity.

The gaps has closed a little, AMD/ATi combo is starting to make up the ground it lost slowly now. Combined RnD is starting to show its benefits thank god.

Cupra · 24 Aug 2008 at 00:05

Yewen said:
Do not think either of the FX chips will be quite there but they should get close if they get them out of the door in quantity.

The gaps has closed a little, AMD/ATi combo is starting to make up the ground it lost slowly now. Combined RnD is starting to show its benefits thank god.

yeah it will be a few more chips before catch up... im thinking of an amdmatx build for my media centre as ati cards are loads better for that so may aswell pair it with an amd chip and give them some money to produce somthing better

when not overclcocking there isnt much diffrence now is there?

Yewen · 24 Aug 2008 at 00:06

Not a huge difference, only thing is the AMD chips tend to run slightly hotter.

Not a problem at stock speeds.

benjo · 24 Aug 2008 at 00:07

Keeping an eye on this

starfighter · 24 Aug 2008 at 11:15

No one seems to be concerned that a 4ghz phenom is likely to be unable to beat a 3.6ghz penryn, so why care. i want amd to make a comeback but i aint deluded about it.

Smirnoff · 24 Aug 2008 at 12:19

I find it strange that Intel had brought forward the launch of its new I7 core, droped its plans to only release the extreme chips and has now included the main stream models. Its just speculation at this point but intel could have kept on with Core2 for another year.

Final8y · 24 Aug 2008 at 12:52

starfighter said:
No one seems to be concerned that a 4ghz phenom is likely to be unable to beat a 3.6ghz penryn, so why care. i want amd to make a comeback but i aint deluded about it.

A 3.2 phenom matches a 3.2 Q6600.

Yewen · 24 Aug 2008 at 13:17

Smirnoff said:
I find it strange that Intel had brought forward the launch of its new I7 core, droped its plans to only release the extreme chips and has now included the main stream models. Its just speculation at this point but intel could have kept on with Core2 for another year.

Exaclty, Intel has no need to shake up their own range for the sake of it unless AMD close the gap.

This is a more efficent core and out performs the older C2D clock for clock.