AMD Previews Early 2010 Releases

[onethreehill]

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........

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

Edit:

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/

[ajaidev]

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

[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

[Serpentarius]

i want news on phenomII 6 core ... whines

[flippin_waffles]

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

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

[ajaidev]

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

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

[BatteryOperated]

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

[Chrono Detector]

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.

[LarsMarkelson]

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

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

[Frank M]

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

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.

[ajaidev]

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

[haylui]

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

lolz
me too

[Lokinhow]

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)

[Manicdan]

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

[marten_larsson]

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

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.

[Manicdan]

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.

[flippin_waffles]

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

[behrouz]

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

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

[ryboto]

Isn't the Athlon II 630 already 2.8ghz?

[mindfury]

Athlon II X4 630 L2 is 512KB per core

[informal]

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

[ryboto]

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

Now that makes much more sense.

[Manicdan]

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

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

[xBanzai89]

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.

[NickF]

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