AMD Previews Early 2010 Releases

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Intel announced its latest wave of CPU and chipsets today, so it's hardly surprising that AMD has also chimed in with a few details about the hardware it plans to release in early 2010.

Among the entries in its lineup is the 555 Black Edition CPU; AMD says it will be the company's "fastest-ever dual-core CPU," and if the company's naming history continues to be a guide, it will be unlocked and ready for overclocking. The Athlon II family will see three new processors: the quad-core 635, the triple-core 440, and the dual-core 255.

Also planned are further entries in the 5000-series line of DirectX 11–ready graphics cards, at "new and more affordable price points," according to press information........

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http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2357579,00.asp

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Athlon II X4 635, Phenom II X2 555, Athlon II X2 255 & Athlon II X3 440 Reviews
http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3726

AMD Phenom II X4 910e 2.6GHz 65W TDP Processor Review
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1195/1/

AMD Phenom II X2 555 and Athlon II X4 635 Performance
http://hothardware.com/Articles/AMD-...5-Performance/

Intel releases i3/i5 and AMD releases what is about to come...

I wanted some thing on Thuban also!!

"Following the first CPU and GPU introductions, AMD plans to roll out what it calls "the fastest desktop IGP platform" with its 800-series chipsets."

+1

100mhz speed bump, thats a 2.x% performance boost, wow...
yeah, amd is really stealing intels thunder with this press release...
who would want a 100$ dualcore now that is as fast as a 500mhz higher clocked phenom2 and overclocks 30%+ on air.

:P

i want news on phenomII 6 core ... whines

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Originally Posted by saaya

100mhz speed bump, thats a 2.x% performance boost, wow...
yeah, amd is really stealing intels thunder with this press release...
who would want a 100$ dualcore now that is as fast as a 500mhz higher clocked phenom2 and overclocks 30%+ on air.

:P

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Yeah, especially when you can buy an i3 or i5 with MCM gpu for more money and less performance than many quads... :p:

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Originally Posted by saaya

100mhz speed bump, thats a 2.x% performance boost, wow...
yeah, amd is really stealing intels thunder with this press release...
who would want a 100$ dualcore now that is as fast as a 500mhz higher clocked phenom2 and overclocks 30%+ on air.

:P

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The quad-core 635 and the 555 BE seem good, the best thing is that intel may drop the idiotic prices of I5 6xx :up:

If Thuban arrives on a platform with DDR2 support, I am switching immediately

I want more info about their upcoming 6 core CPU's and more high end video cards, like this 5980 I've been hearing about.

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Originally Posted by BatteryOperated

If Thuban arrives on a platform with DDR2 support, I am switching immediately

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AMD has said before that it will have backwards compatibility with AM2+ and DDR2.

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Originally Posted by Chrono Detector

high end video cards, like this 5980 I've been hearing about.

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I think that's the other way 'round: 5890.
5970 is already cherry-picked, lower-power cores, yet it's still hitting the
power limits, so a higher clocked version is not too probable yet IMO.

Yep a 5890 would be sweet, i am also hooping for a 5950 "2*1440" :)

Will buy either of these asap along with a new i5 750 or a PhII 955 C0

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Originally Posted by BatteryOperated

If Thuban arrives on a platform with DDR2 support, I am switching immediately

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lolz
me too

oh, only 100MHz bump, I was hoping at least 200MHz, I think with C3 they can make an Athlon II X4 @ 3.2GHz and X3 @ 3.3GHz with a resonable TDP, because i3 are real competitor for those chips (i5 6xx have a very stupid pricing)

^ same, 140W can give us 3.8ghz duel and tri cores i thought.

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Originally Posted by Manicdan

^ same, 140W can give us 3.8ghz duel and tri cores i thought.

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Who would want that?! I'd rather have a four core 3,6GHz than a 3,8GHz tricore. I mean, with a 140W TDP it has to be at least four cores. Besides, with Thuban coming out soon it's probably in AMD's best interest to stop highly clocked X2/X3's from competing with their higher end.

i dont think 140W 3.8ghz quad is possible yet from amd

but i sure as hell would get a tri core 3.8. too many games are only duel core optimized, and that extra 400 mhz will be noticed over a 3.4ghz quad.

Whatever they launch, I think it's pretty clear we need to thank AMD for bringing the battle to the <$200 brice bracket. :D It will benefit us all.

From http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/17063/1/

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Sorry it's was fault from fudzilla.i corrected it.

Isn't the Athlon II 630 already 2.8ghz?

Athlon II X4 630 L2 is 512KB per core

640 is 4x512KB,3Ghz,95W part.
http://skinflint.co.uk/de/a462933.html

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Originally Posted by informal

640 is 4x512KB,3Ghz,95W part.
http://skinflint.co.uk/de/a462933.html

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Now that makes much more sense.

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Originally Posted by informal

640 is 4x512KB,3Ghz,95W part.
http://skinflint.co.uk/de/a462933.html

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so the fudzilla chart is way off. the 640 is 3.0ghz with 512kb L2, not 2.8 with 1mb L2?

Is the 800 series chipset coming out this month then too? I saw Fudzilla mention that at the end, but I haven't seen any other site saying so. Looking to build an AMD machine, so I am sure it is worth the wait.

So other than a higher clocked IGP, integrated clock gen, and lack-of-ddr2 support whats the differance with the 800 series chipset?

what does chipset has to do with memory support?

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Originally Posted by NickF

So other than a higher clocked IGP, integrated clock gen, and lack-of-ddr2 support whats the differance with the 800 series chipset?

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Native SATA 6gb/s, something new to PCIe (?), and I think an IGP with 2x-3x the units of the current version (40ALUs) in accordance to RV810 I guess.

Athlon II X4 635, Phenom II X2 555, Athlon II X2 255 & Athlon II X3 440
http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3726

AMD Phenom II X4 910e 2.6GHz 65W TDP Processor Review
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1195/1/

AMD Phenom II X2 555 and Athlon II X4 635 Performance
http://hothardware.com/Articles/AMD-...5-Performance/

Testing AMD's Five New CPUs
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2358350,00.asp

AMD Athlon II X3 440, X4 635, and Phenom II X4 910e
http://www.pureoverclock.com/article895.html

X4 630 is now at U$99, that's nice, I liked it.
x4 635 is a bit pointless in my opnion, I hope the X4 640 will take its place.

there will be a Phenom II X3 740?

it's all nice, but I want more about thuban :D:D

if x4 630 = $99 what about x4 620??

Anandtech article confirms 2 things, code name Zosma and the LCPM 8 channel support in amd 8xx yaaaa for that.....

The Thuban code names are a bit odd:-

AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 6 ?? ?? 6MB 125W ??
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 6 ?? ?? 6MB 125W/95W ??
AMD Phenom II X6 1035T 6 ?? ?? 6MB 95W ??
AMD Phenom II X4 960T 4 ?? ?? 6MB 95W ??

That guy who showed the 960T gpuz shot maybe true after all, and all i did was think that it was a fake. Dam i need a more open mind... sorry to him

EDIT: Thuban info belongs in a new thread :)

If Phenom II X4 2,6 Ghz can do 65W TDP... where is the Athlon II 2,6/2,8 Ghz on 65W TDP?

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Originally Posted by bladerash

If Phenom II X4 2,6 Ghz can do 65W TDP... where is the Athlon II 2,6/2,8 Ghz on 65W TDP?

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well, technically, they hardly use 65W as is. Also, I think the whole point of the Athlon II line is affordability, and binning might undermine that.

You shouldn't even bother to compare these to Intel's offerings. Clarksdale (Core i3 / i5) has integrated graphics and are therefore not ideal for overclocking. Lynnfield is much faster and more expensive as a platform. However, if you have the means to go for the Lynnfield, you should.

The strong suit of the Callisto (P-II X2 550/555 BE) is it's price, the overclocking headroom and the possiblity of unlocking the other 2 cores using ACC. This is not a given, but it's a nice thought that you can have a sub-$100 Quad-Core at 3.2GHz. The P-II X2 555 is a C3 stepping, so overclocking should be better than the previous C2 stepping CPU's.

Here's a review on the Phenom II 555 Black Edition by PCWizKid, in which he shows the differences between stock, unlocked and overclocked.

I'm considering taking the bet, when the HD5830 comes out. ;)

yeah prices at newegg are lower now...

955 @ $159.99

965 @ $179.99

620 @ $95.99


getting ready for 975 soon

if AII 620 / PII 905e are all EOLed, I will be disappointed with AMD's marketing.