BOTH?
Server is being shipped, desktop will come later, that's obvious, right?
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Im still thinking, we will see launch (reviews) soon!
I'm thinking "gamer CPU" here. Full 8 MB of L3 and 4 cores with a high base clock (so no worries about lower P-state just kicking in while the gamer tried to aim ;)).
The low turbo step could mean that voltage could stay the same -> might not exceed any AM3+ or even AM3 specs then.
It's not the process which consumes power. First there is a design for pipeline depth X and transistor count Y (affecting power consumption). GF produces the chips and as usual there will be kind of a normal distribution regarding power consumption. The chips with 8 working cores and relatively low power consumption/leakage become FX-8xxx, the ones with either less working cores or higher power consumption (exceeding the 95W/125W TDPs for 8 cores) and those needed due to demand become FX-6xxx and FX-4xxx. But if you have an 8 core chip at 3.6GHz base and 125W I'm sure that two of the same chip's modules could get more than a 20% performance boost (4.3 GHz) while the other modules are power gated and voltages adjusted accordingly.
For further possible reasons see above.
quick dumb question here
whats the second turbo speed though, is the base clock really the max all core turbo, and turbo is the half module turbo?
amd has constantly shown slides referencing 2 speed boosts, and that table does not show anything about an all core boost. im inclined to think that the base speeds they listed were actually the all core boost, and true base clocks are a little lower
they should release in this month and ship later(when they can) while having the priority on server chips... i want to see dem supercomputers using BDs :)
this looks sweet,over at ocn Tankguys posted Pre-orders are now being taken
SourceQuote:
So, here's the current vicious rumor:
ESTIMATED availability:
Early October. Not at all a guarantee
Models / Pricing:
FX6100 X6 - $204.99
FX8120 x8 - $236.99
FX8150 x8 - $259.99
http://www.overclock.net/tankguys-pr...rder-info.html
Only 100MHz turbo yes, but one can configure the p-state and use it to squeeze out the remaining performance of that particular chip which of course varies from one to another. ;)
260$ for the top notch AMD 8 core processor at launch ?
2600K and 990X are frightened, for sure ... :p:
That guy sold 1090T at 219.99$
http://www.tankguys.com/amd-processo...90t-b-acl.html
Considering retail i5 750 and 2500k are same price but 2500k get higher frequency and IPC. Everything is cost sensitive.
IMO He sold chips at per-1000-chip price.Quote:
also he mentions he constantly does not overprice things in the thread, which might be true if he admits hes selling things at launch price and never lowers them.
im comparing his prices to what alternatives are selling them for currently, in which case he is actually HIGHER
so for him to state that he does do lower prices i dont see how, unless he sets his price at launch and then never touches them again, which would make sense since thuban was more expensive at launch than what he has them for currently, but also currently his price is way too high.
make sense?
Realize, he doesn't get special pricing from the distributor since he doesn't sell in the volume that other places do. As well, if he orders stock and then they don't sell quickly enough although the price changes, then he doesn't have the ability to arbitrarily lower prices just because the channel price decreases. He's not making a ton of profit off of each processor/part. Having run the same type of operation before many moons ago, this is more of a hobby for him than anything I imagine. He has been in business a long time though, and does right by people, which says something.
Depends on whether the distributors have the final pricing correct. It is subject to change ;).
I think it's one being misunderstood. I'm not saying I know, or couldn't have misunderstood, but what I thought was it was being announced (launched) on something like Sept 19th and then available to purchase the 1st 1/2 of October :shrug: Sure, I hate it being delayed, but there isn't much we can do about it I guess. I think there is a silver lining to all of this though: Look at Llano on 32nm, it's doing rather well I think. The silver lining to that is Llano runs off a matured design that has been around for a couple years now, so it's fair to say that maybe even middle of next year we'll have parts that are more than we had hoped for BD to be like :P
We'll make it through, we always do ;)
Well, considering its priced above 2500K atleast it will be faster than that one. I think it will actually beat 2600K since they might expect intel to cut prices when BD launches or maybe release a faster chip. I expected them to atleast sell it for $300 though.
Intel will most likely cut prices after Zambezi launches,so why should AMD launch at 300$ and then be forced to lower the price immediately after the launch? This way they cover any immediate 2700K/2800K launch and its price.
Weeeeee! :P
http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases...-2011sep7.aspx
Which, on that note: Congrats John!
http://blogs.amd.com/work/2011/09/07...-of-a-new-era/