AMD Phenom update: 3GHz stock cooler

[K404]

source!

"I GUESS THE speed path problems with Barcelona were a bit overblown. At the analyst day this morning, AMD demoed a 3Ghz Phenom running the new 'Tri-Fire multi-GPU' setup.Not much more to say, 3.0 GHz, three 2900XTs and lots of available gaming goodness. You will notice that the two cards connected with a bridge, a third in software. It works, it runs games....."

The CPU overhead of running a 3rd card in Crossfire using software might be a bit heavy but for Vista gyus...check this:

I dont know how Vista WEI scales, but apparently thats better than a 3.6GHz C2D. Does graphics performance count towards the rating? maybe 3-way Crossfire helps? I dont know.

Either way...things are looking a bit more promising for AMD than some people have been yelling.

 

[maverik-sg1]

Well - I certainly hope the competition between the two platforms is re-installed and I am glad to see some sort of pics and some sort of idea of future plans.

Of course Apples for Apples testing is what counts - but I agree with K404, looks better than some would give them credit for.

Here's hoping