FX-9000 5GHz stock

[barnsley]

AMD will almost never be able to keep up with intel in terms of single thread performance and efficiency.Intel is a much, much bigger company and have a huge market share and if AMD do manage to overtake intel chips slightly in those areas, intel simply will just take it in their stride and not be effected because at the end of the day, intel has both the larger fanbase ( or a more vocal fanbase) and the cash to do some marketing.

Before I sound like an intel fanboy, I love(d) my piledriver chip. Piledriver chips in my opinon are the best option for budgetish gaming rigs at the moment. Gaming is where AMD should focus. I don't want them to try and compete with intel on "who can make the most expensive processor", which effectively is what the 9000 appears to be. AMD are onto a winner with processors such as the 63xx and the 83xx. They're cheap and relatively powerful.

Anyway,
I wonder how many of the 9000 will be made? I wonder if it is what "centurion" was going to be, i.e. a limited edition super expensive chip aimed at the extreme overclocking market or maybe it's simply their temporary answer to haswell so that they can stay kinda competitive while they finish steamroller? Either way, it better not be AMD trying to create a product for a non existant demand.

 

[leathart123]

the cpu is going to be absolutely boiling though and the tdp for the cpu is estimated to be 220w that is insane. You are going to need a quad rad with delta fans running at like 4000000 rpm to keep it below 80 degrees even at the desktop

 

[Zoot]

I wonder how many of the 9000 will be made? I wonder if it is what "centurion" was going to be, i.e. a limited edition super expensive chip aimed at the extreme overclocking market or maybe it's simply their temporary answer to haswell so that they can stay kinda competitive while they finish steamroller? Either way, it better not be AMD trying to create a product for a non existant demand.

They did something similar in the past with the Phenom II x4 TWKR which was basically a very well binned Phenom IIx4, although it never did make its way to retail.

 

[iiBetrayforAR]

the cpu is going to be absolutely boiling though and the tdp for the cpu is estimated to be 220w that is insane. You are going to need a quad rad with delta fans running at like 4000000 rpm to keep it below 80 degrees even at the desktop

I lol'd.

I'd like to see AMD CPUs seriously competing with Intel in the more high end range. I love my 7970, I mean who doesn't like competing with cards that are $100 more expensive? Or were, I really haven't been tracking rh prices of 7970s vs. 680s.

 

[Jeff_s510]

im really hoping the new AMD chips kinda rock the Intel ones. AMD have been behind in performance latly, and its time for them to challenge Intel. if Intel, and for that matter Nvidia are left to rule the market like they have been doing, then they have no motivation to innovate new products and increase performance. you will be left with very small upgrades each time with only a minor performance increase. This, for us the consumers, is bad!