More Phenom II Details Revealed

black editions....not really had the best of times....I'm hoping these boasts stay true to form...couple that with competitive pricing and a system thats backwards compatible with some of the AM2+ systems for DDR2 and the newer AM3 systems for DDR3 and AMD could be onto something really interesting...it still seems like walter the softy versus the hulk though...lets wait till january...cos we've all oooo-ed and ahhh'd about unlocked mulitpliers before and been drastically disapointed...
 
Nice info m8.

I dont understand the pursuit of the tri core. If they were massively selling Intel figures, then sure keep up with them, but to do it "cos u can" seems a waste of money. Do we know or know of any1 with a tri core ? In the current climate, cut ur production to things that have a high chance of selling.

Reckon they're playing the old Athlon XP+ naming game with those x4 940s ? The i7 940 is a new customer aint it ? Pfft if it performs the same as the old Athlons did with their Intel P4 counterparts - best of luck to em, and good job.
 
I actually know a guy who orders tri-cores on a regular basis, however, and this is a big however, I heard it was a way for AMD to recoup money from the defective cpu's that suffered from the TLB problems, I know a workaround was implemented through bios but users reported a 10-20% performance decrease, there solution at a silicone level was to deactivate one core, now I thought this was a spook story, however the innitial tri cores have disapeared reet quick, I smell a fish....but your right, it seems "special" to say the least...why bother...
 
sorry my mistake...it doesn't say black edition...it just says multiplier-unlocked....last time we heard that from AMD was the black editions...duh..yes it does on the other slide...teaches me for just reading the first slide
 
name='Jaster' said:
sorry my mistake...it doesn't say black edition...it just says multiplier-unlocked....last time we heard that from AMD was the black editions...

Nah, it clearly says black edition on the enthusiast slide
 
So according to the first slide, the most powerful Phenom II quad is going to be stuck on DDR2 all the way in to at least Q3 of next year? That's a bit stupid no?

Edit: Hmm but then the next slides say the 945 will be out in Q2 on AM3 so yeah still gonna have to wait a few months.
 
Finally some good news from AMD.

Sure hope they will get back into the game with this CPU's and it’s getting quite boring if there is just one major player. I've always favored the AMD CPU’s, but now I had to jump to Intel to get a decent one. Maybe I can return to AMD with my next build.
 
The "Phenom II"'s won't catch the Core i7's no doubt. But when the price comes into play AMD will most likely have the upper hand...

However I'd say it won't be until the overhaul of their architecture until they can lock horns with Intel at the top once more.
 
From the information I have seen so far it does look as though AMD may be competitive with the Intel Yorkfield Quads. If AMD are agressive with their pricing they could steal a big chunk of the quad core market from Intel, particularly as the Core i7 gaming performance isn't earth shattering.
 
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