Fancy a $800 AMD CPU

[Damien c]

Have AMD really caught the Intel Stupid Pricing bug with the suspected price of this cpu?

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/di...ompete_with_Intel_s_Extreme_Chips_Rumour.html


I think they would have to be stupid if they did release it at $800 unless of course it wipes the floor with anything Intel has, to offer and whilst I do doubt that it can it will be interesting to see what happens if they are released.

 

[alienware]

They did it before with the original FX CPUs dude. They were $600+

I personally really hope this is true tbh. Would be soooo nice if AMD got back into the top end race

 

[SieB]

AMD copying Nvidia and pulling a Titan, but with a CPU?

Would be good to see AMD drop a chip that can beat anything Intel has.

$800 would be a fair price if it could though, considering a 3960x is ~$1000.

 

[spazgadget]

I'd like to see AMD release a chip that beats an Intel, its been so long since AMD was on top.

 

[alpenwasser]

I personally really hope this is true tbh. Would be soooo nice if AMD got back into the top end race

I'd like to see AMD release a chip that beats an Intel, its been so long since AMD was on top.

Oh yes, bring back the Athlon times! :rock:

Would be good to see AMD drop a chip that can beat anything Intel has.

$800 would be a fair price if it could though, considering a 3960x is ~$1000.

800 bucks is not that unreasonable for the top end bracket if it
can compete with Intel's offerings with regards to performance.

But tbh, if they use the current architecture for that chip
I'm somewhat skeptical about that, even at 5 GHz.

 

[Damien c]

They did it before with the original FX CPUs dude. They were $600+

I personally really hope this is true tbh. Would be soooo nice if AMD got back into the top end race

I know they tried it before, but I am not sure how it panned out for them.

I personally do hope they can get back to the level of performance we use to see from the days of the Athlon 64 cpu's, as they were really good chips and made Intel up there game.

I used AMD cpu's up until the Q6600 was released by Intel and since then I have kept my eye on AMD cpu's each time, a new one is released hoping and preying that it would give Intel a kicking even if it was only a small one, but I have not seen that happen as of yet but who knows with this cpu.

I just think the pricing maybe abit stupid if it doesn't perform any better than the 3970X, especially considering apparently Intel have a 8 Core SB-E cpu (3980X) rumoured to be released later in the year.

 

[grassman]

5ghz?

 

[alienware]

I know they tried it before, but I am not sure how it panned out for them.

They absolutely kicked Intel's ass. Intel were in big trouble and their only possible retort was the P4 Extreme Edition which was nothing but a rebadged Xeon that fitted into socket 478 IIRC.

The problem for AMD was losing money. Even though these CPUs were $600+ they were making a loss on each one. Intel's P4 EE? was a grand, but, as history goes people simply won't pay that for anything AMD make where as Intel can get away with it all the time.

It's been hard for AMD being the under dog tbh. People seldom take them very seriously so they can't get away with charging what Intel do and still survive. The FX range of CPUs were the straw that broke the camel's back tbh. After that (and with the dawn of the Core 2 Duo) AMD seriously wound down and said they weren't going to compete at the high end any more and would stick to what they know ; making budget conscious cpus for the mainstream.

That's why I find this terribly exciting tbh. Nice to know they still have some fight left in them

 

[Damien c]

I remember the old AMD FX chips but I could never afford one as I was only around 13 at the time I think which makes me feel old now lol.

Anyway let's hope that AMD can get back to the way they were at some point and force Intel to bring something insane to the table, or drop the prices of the current cpu's to compete with AMD like the good old days.

 

[alpenwasser]

They absolutely kicked Intel's ass. Intel were in big trouble and their only possible retort was the P4 Extreme Edition which was nothing but a rebadged Xeon that fitted into socket 478 IIRC.

Ha, I remember that one: The Intel P4 Emergency Edition! :lol:

That's why I find this terribly exciting tbh. Nice to know they still have some fight left in them

+1

Anyway let's hope that AMD can get back to the way they were at some point and force Intel to bring something insane to the table, or drop the prices of the current cpu's to compete with AMD like the good old days.

Oh, yeah, count me in for some good old days! :rock:

 

[Zoot]

I always thought AMD was right to throw in the towel with competing with Intel at the top of the range, mainly for the reason that the market for the really expensive CPUs is a rather small portion of the enthusiast market, which itself is quite small.

That and compared to Intel, AMD is tiny, they just don't have the resources or the R&D budget to properly compete with Intel. They'd be better off to play to their strengths instead.

As an example just take Market Cap alone (as of now):
Intel Corporation - $107.2bn
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. - $1.77bn

Although that being said, a 5GHz CPU would be awesome particularly if it competes with Intels offerings, hate to see the power draw though!!

 

[alpenwasser]

I always thought AMD was right to throw in the towel with competing with Intel at the top of the range, mainly for the reason that the market for the really expensive CPUs is a rather small portion of the enthusiast market, which itself is quite small.

It does certainly make sense from a business perspective. Return of investment
in that market is very poor, so if you're strapped for cash it's not really a viable
strategy to keep trying to compete.

That doesn't mean I wouldn't want to see them try though.

 

[leathart123]

I really want amd to release a chip that beats a lot of intel cpu's so that intel try to get the maximum performance from their architecture

 

[alienware]

Return of investment
in that market is very poor, so if you're strapped for cash it's not really a viable
strategy to keep trying to compete.

Yup never a truer word spoken tbh. Enthusiasts may think they are plentiful but they actually pale in significance to regular crappy old desktop users.

It's mostly because enthusiasts have something to talk about, a sport if you will. Whereas people with a Dell Inspiron don't all gather en masse and boast about their epic computer :lol:

 

[SeekaX]

this is gonna sell like cold coffee. not at all.
but i really wish they would get back on track.

 

[alpenwasser]

It's mostly because enthusiasts have something to talk about, a sport if you will. Whereas people with a Dell Inspiron don't all gather en masse and boast about their epic computer :lol:

"Hey dude, check out my new office PC! It has connectors, a keyboard and
a monitor. I even convinced my boss to let me get a mouse, so awesome for
using MS Paint. And that lovely beige goes so well with my grey cubicle walls."

"Really?! Well, I recently got 128 MB more RAM and now I only need to wait
10 Minutes until I can start to work after logging in, and I can even have a
whole three tabs open in my browser at the same time while still working in
Word on one two-page document."

"Awesome!"

 

[Zoot]

It does certainly make sense from a business perspective. Return of investment in that market is very poor, so if you're strapped for cash it's not really a viable strategy to keep trying to compete.

That doesn't mean I wouldn't want to see them try though.

Yup! It most certainly would be nice to have competition in the CPU market at the high end again.

One thing I actually remembered over the weekend regarding Intel; I actually applied for a job with them here in Ireland a few years ago under their graduate program, as they were investing a large sum in their major base here at the time. While they acknowledged receipt of my application, I never heard from them afterwards, not even a "F*** Off" letter/email.

Oh well, makes me feel somewhat vindicated in opting for AMD in the last three systems I've put together. I reckon my next laptop will be an AMD based one too.

Although seriously, those Temash based tablets are looking pretty cool.

 

[Mgutierrez33]

I'unno... this doesn't really mesh up with anything that has been showcased thus far for AMD's timeline, and their next revision of the Bulldozer architecture is still a ways off whilst they recollect themselves. I vaguely remember the days when AMD processors were on top: my core of choice was an Athlon XP 3000+ in an A-Open Asus motherboard... even ran that sunovagun without thermal paste on the heat sink, never gave me one iota of issues and ran vanilla WoW with shat-like single slot ATI graphics like a baus.

AMD's fortunes are looking better these days, however. I expect something awesome out of them sooner or later, but they're definitely not down for the count.

 

[Bartacus]

AMD CPUs have never been a problem, but I remember from the old days that the accompany CHIPSETs were more of an issue. Anyone remember VIA chipsets? Oh the horror. Remembering those chipsets is like remembering that time you contracted an STD, but without the pleasant sexual memories to go with it!