OC3D Preview Asus Crosshair IV Extreme

[kishona]

I was waiting out for one of these but impatience got the better of me so I went with the Crosshair iv instead. Based on the research I've done, the main difference between the two should be the RC Bluetooth and the Lucid chip included in the Extreme. But then again I could be wrong. Only time/tinytomlogan will tell...............

 

[AMD_PBz]

3 More days I'can't wait

 

[tinytomlogan]

3 More days I'can't wait

30th is the NDA for this matey

 

[AMD_PBz]

I knew it was too good to be true Tom

I shoulda figured if it didn't come from you it wasn't accurate.

 

[tinytomlogan]

21st is the NDA for the new AMD CPU's fella.

 

[AMDFTW]

ther bulldozer?

 

[alienware]

NDA - Non disclosure agreement. haha.

I can tell you, but I'll have to kill you

 

[tinytomlogan]

ther bulldozer?

Dont be daft thats ages off mate.

 

[alienware]

I thought Fuzion was coming first. Basically a Phenom with some GPU love onboard? Akin to the I3 etc.

Ah well, all shall be revealed soon no doubt

 

[tinytomlogan]

I thought Fuzion was coming first. Basically a Phenom with some GPU love onboard? Akin to the I3 etc.

Ah well, all shall be revealed soon no doubt

Nope thats bulldozer. Bulldozer and sandybridge are both integrated GPU cpu's fella.

 

[alienware]

Hmm. They must have changed that then. I read on their site ages ago that they were doing something called Fuzion. Oddly though they seem to have used the name for their lock down software (and the logo). It's some mad app that kills every non critical process before you start a game. AV, wireless LAN, firewalls.. Anything that runs in the background and uses resources. It even disables Aero and all that... One click off, one click all back on. Wicked it is

 

[AMDFTW]

Dont be daft thats ages off mate.

ahhh okydoky,not to bad then

 

[tinytomlogan]

fuzion is the group of amd products from chipset to cpu to gpu dude.

 

[alienware]

Ohhh I see.. Got it now.. That's probably where I got mixed up.

 

[Diablo]

Is the new processor going to be compatible with AM3 boards? My crosshair IV is dying to have something a bit better than the X3 in it.

 

[Mul.]

I could be going mad (quite likely) but it's my understanding that there are two architectures inbound; Fusion and Bulldozer

Fusion refers to the processors with fully integrated GPU and the new APU unit that makes it all happen - this includes Llano core (for desktops, almost an Athlon II with iGPU), Bobcat and Zacate (Single and Dual Core Atom competitors).

Bulldozer involves a different architecture without iGPU and will be the basis of 4/8 core desktops (known thus far as Zambezi core) and 16 core servers.

 

[alienware]

I wasn't dreaming and you're not going mad Mul mate.

http://sites.amd.com/us/fusion/APU/Pages/fusion.aspx

 

[AMDFTW]

Is the new processor going to be compatible with AM3 boards? My crosshair IV is dying to have something a bit better than the X3 in it.

i think the new procs use socket AM3+

 

[Diablo]

Have to see whether that's backward compatible, either way I look forward to AMD being more competative at the top end, this intel monopoly isn't great.

 

[AMDFTW]

they might be the same as AM2 and AM2+,you just might lose some performance