AMD Six Core Prices and Clock Speeds Unearthed

zoomee · 13 Apr 2010 at 10:41

Martini1991 said:
If I can get a 1.325v or lower 1090T on launch day, I'll be happy.

Seeing as you seem to have better luck than me - let me know where you get yours from - I'll buy at the same time as you - lol

One of these 1090T's along with another 4Gb of RAM and I'll be more than happy for the next couple of years (or until bulldozer at least

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PS - Ain't you got owt better to do on the bog than number crunch dude!

On a more serious note - It'll be interesting to see proper benchies against the Core i7 range. We overclockers have to bear in mind we are a small percentage of the CPU market - it's performance at stock that will matter overall to the masses - so if a 1090T can keep up with a i7 920 at the same price (or even lower)- We have an obvious winner. Obviously competing with intel's top end ain't going to get AMD far - but thats also a niche market, so they adopted a good strategy to go after the 'mainstream' chips.

I think software is still way behind yet (as always) - so this will have a big part to play in adding 2 more cores and seeing the benefits.

Anyone find any game benchies with stuff that is properly multi-threaded i.e BF-BD2?

Martini1991 · 13 Apr 2010 at 10:45

I'm thinking of a full upgrade.
A second Intel V series, a 1090T, with a second asus 5850.

My sig is so old.

HeX · 13 Apr 2010 at 10:52

I'm wanting a 1090T, another 4GB, and a 5870, that'll last me a while.

Won't be buying it all at once mind

Martini1991 · 13 Apr 2010 at 10:53

Well, my current 2GHZ modules I only run at 1500MHZ, so they'll do me.

zoomee · 13 Apr 2010 at 10:58

glad you mentioned that - I wonder if these new thuban chips IMc can handle more than 1333Mhz - i.e. DDR3-1600 - Don't get me wrong my 965 can do it now but only when stock everything is used as it strains the IMC more.

Martini1991 · 13 Apr 2010 at 11:17

My IMC can handle 2.7GHZ on the NB with 1500MHZ RAM, running at 4050MHZ with 2.7GHZ HTT.
Beyond that, I haven't tried too much.

ghop · 13 Apr 2010 at 12:30

zoomee said:
LOL ALI!

Show me one Intel board with support for the FULL USB3.0 spec - thats just one thing I can mention that the new AMD boards are better than Intel ones at (oh and integrated gfx are better on AMD boards)

Why don't you just admit your an Intel fanboy?

My Intel board is full USB 3.0 spec I think

It was the first board to be fully certified or some crap like that. However, I'm very tempted to sell off my i5 750 setup for one of these 6 core CPUs. They seem a great deal and I'm never one to usually buy into the brand new technology, but when it's this cheap I can't resist

Reckon it's a good idea? Would probably sell up soon and then either go back to my old E2160 setup for the time being, or buy an AMD board and one of those cheap dual cores that can be unlocked to quad.

AndrewN · 13 Apr 2010 at 13:23

Martini1991 said:
I'm thinking of a full upgrade.
A second Intel V series, a 1090T, with a second asus 5850.

My sig is so old.

I'm thinking of a full upgrade as well, but as my current computer is 4.5 years old I think I need it

One of these would look very pretty in my office

Troezar · 13 Apr 2010 at 13:34

If they're as good as a 965 but better in multithreaded apps I can see me getting one, assuming the 1090T is not too expensive.

HeX · 13 Apr 2010 at 13:38

Troezar said:
If they're as good as a 965 but better in multithreaded apps I can see me getting one, assuming the 1090T is not too expensive.

1090T should be around the same price as a i7 930.

mmj_uk · 13 Apr 2010 at 14:20

I would assume they'll be slower than X4's clock for clock (in some areas at least) due to the reduction in L3 cache.

nitram100 · 13 Apr 2010 at 14:22

For a strictly gaming machine, would a 1090T be any better than a 965BE?

HeX · 13 Apr 2010 at 14:48

mmj_uk said:
I would assume they'll be slower than X4's clock for clock (in some areas at least) due to the reduction in L3 cache.

They have the same amount of cache... :confused:

965 has 4 cores, 2MB L2, and 6MB L3. 512K L2/core, 6MB shared between 4.

1090T has 6 cores, 3MB L2, and 9MB L3. 512K L2/core, 9MB shared between 6.

Azuse05 · 13 Apr 2010 at 14:50

In that price bracket the I5 750 outperforms the 965BE by a long way http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2009/11/04/amd-phenom-ii-x4-965-be-c3-review/1

So the question is really, will the 1090T be any better than the I5 750/I7 920 for the price. Heres hoping amd can shift the bank-for-buck back again

mmj_uk · 13 Apr 2010 at 14:52

HeX said:
They have the same amount of cache...

965 has 4 cores, 2MB L2, and 6MB L3. 512K L2/core, 6MB shared between 4.

1090T has 6 cores, 3MB L2, and 9MB L3. 512K L2/core, 9MB shared between 6.

Hmm, the 1055T on the previous page only has 6MB L3 (1MB each) and the box states "9MB total cache" (L2+L3?), unless I'm mistaken maybe the 1090T is different being the highend version.

jrwagh333 · 13 Apr 2010 at 14:52

HeX said:
They have the same amount of cache...

965 has 4 cores, 2MB L2, and 6MB L3. 512K L2/core, 6MB shared between 4.

1090T has 6 cores, 3MB L2, and 9MB L3. 512K L2/core, 9MB shared between 6.

The X6's have 6MB of L3 cache

HeX · 13 Apr 2010 at 14:57

Oh yeah, sorry miss-read, I assumed the 9MB cache was referring to the L3. Hmmm.

Quite strange they would cut the cache available.

Martini1991 · 13 Apr 2010 at 15:05

I plan to chuck my rad in a bucket of ice when I get my 1090T for some benching XD.

jrwagh333 · 13 Apr 2010 at 15:08

They haven't cut the cache at all. They just haven't added any more L3 cache.

Martini1991 · 13 Apr 2010 at 15:09

jrwagh333 said:
They haven't cut the cache at all. They just haven't added any more L3 cache.

The cache is now split between more cores however.