FX-47 CPU

HicRic · 29 Jul 2006 at 16:55

Uhh...a google and a forum search suggest there's no such thing as an FX-47. How come I've got one then?

Is this just some kind of CPU-Z bug? The processor is a 3800+ single core AM2 @ stock. It seems to have the right specification but the wrong name and picture.

Basically just odd, but it would be awesome if I've accidently received some kind of top secret cpu.

lee87 · 29 Jul 2006 at 16:57

You have an old version of cpu-z, update to the latest version and it should report it correct.

Mr Mister · 29 Jul 2006 at 16:57

LOL! You need to update cpuz to the latest 1.35 i think. Should show up properly then

Stelly · 29 Jul 2006 at 16:57

more then likely a CPU-Z bug

Stelly

Indy500 · 29 Jul 2006 at 16:57

Thats an old version of CPU-Z.

Borden · 29 Jul 2006 at 16:59

WOW 4 posts at the same time ^^^

I won't bother repeating the answer

Indy500 · 29 Jul 2006 at 17:00

mark1 said:
WOW 4 posts at the same time ^^^

I won't bother repeating the answer

Hehe

HicRic · 29 Jul 2006 at 17:12

I stand thoroughly corrected!

Not sure how I got hold of such an old version, but the new one shows it up as a normal 3800+ AM2, orleans core. Still, would have been more fun if it was an FX-47.

J.D · 29 Jul 2006 at 17:22

You'd have people offering you silly money for that if it was.

silversurfer · 29 Jul 2006 at 23:24

'The FX47. When you absolutely positively have to kill every motherclucker in a room... accept no substitute'

AMD go a little OTT in responce to Conroe..

cuscus97 · 30 Jul 2006 at 10:09

Has it also now gone down to the normal 10x multi, compared to that very nice looking 12x?

man_from_uncle · 30 Jul 2006 at 10:39

cuscus97 said:
Has it also now gone down to the normal 10x multi, compared to that very nice looking 12x?

That's what I was thinking. How can a X2 3800 have a x12 multiplyer, even on a ancient version of CPU-Z? Is it an unlocked chip?

turbotoaster · 30 Jul 2006 at 11:41

its a 3800+ single core AM2 they come with 12x

man_from_uncle · 30 Jul 2006 at 12:19

turbotoaster said:
its a 3800+ single core AM2 they come with 12x

That's the second time I've made that mistake. I have to remember that not all 3800s are X2s.

Solouko · 30 Jul 2006 at 15:46

silversurfer said:
'The FX47. When you absolutely positively have to kill every motherclucker in a room... accept no substitute'

AMD go a little OTT in responce to Conroe..

ROFL!!! XD

that's the best play on words i've heard all year!
although if AMD was to make such a core they'd have to make them in cuba and have the archetecture devloped by a russian

but i'd have left my computer running the old version of CPU-Z just to have a cool name on my CPU

HicRic · 30 Jul 2006 at 18:14

Solouko said:
but i'd have left my computer running the old version of CPU-Z just to have a cool name on my CPU

I've still got the old version actually, might come in handy someday.

And yep, as turbotoaster said it's just single core. Dual core prices are very nice, only £25 more to go from single 3800+ to the X2 3800+, but I wanted to get the comp as cheap as possible, and it's only for gaming rather than multi-tasking so I wouldn't really have seen the benefits.

GAMEfreak · 31 Jul 2006 at 00:12

that's the best play on words i've heard all year!

yeah, and FX-47 just HAPPENS to sound like a cuban missile ( crisis) :rolleyes:

edit: ZOMG PWNED!

HicRic · 31 Jul 2006 at 08:19

And there was me thinking I was just being a silly newbie - I thought my CPU looked more like a jet fighter and less like a socket-AM2 compatible piece of silicon.

How would I go about overclocking it, stick some nitro into the fuel tanks? :confused:

H3x0rc!st · 31 Jul 2006 at 09:57

GAMEfreak · 31 Jul 2006 at 22:38

i'm not sure, ask yuri over there *points at a russian which happens to hold some nitro, and err an athlon?*
*takes a look at the pic oncemore and notes the belgian flag* doh! :rolleyes: