Unlocked black Phenoms to come next week

[bingo13]

My credit card is standing by. Lets just hope they will be B3

They are binned B2s.

[Aussie FX]

They are binned B2s.

I don't mind if they are B2's, being unlocked and cheap is what I'm after.

Like my women.....

[mstp2009]

I don't mind if they are B2's, being unlocked and cheap is what I'm after.

Like my women.....

What's wrong? Haven't figured out the "unlock code" for women yet?

[dduckquack]

probably the first good news about AMD in weeks

[ginnz]

man, am i ever glad i kicked my amd to the curb on my last build.....

im much happier with my current build, and with the options that intel has to offer over this crap. i would have never stopped second guessing myself if i would have built my current rig on this second tier ghetto platform.since slapping an E6600 in my case, i havn't looked back ;-)

in light of what AMD is offering these days, i almost feel sorry for you AMD fanboi's :-)

but thats just my opinion.

[nullface]

Thanks for the usefull post ginnz!

[RPGWiZaRD]

What's so attractive about a 3GHz Phenom, maybe at 3.5GHz+ on air it might start become attractive.

[Jamesrt2004]

man, am i ever glad i kicked my amd to the curb on my last build.....

im much happier with my current build, and with the options that intel has to offer over this crap. i would have never stopped second guessing myself if i would have built my current rig on this second tier ghetto platform.since slapping an E6600 in my case, i havn't looked back ;-)

in light of what AMD is offering these days, i almost feel sorry for you AMD fanboi's :-)

but thats just my opinion.

Thanks for Providing information to this thread.....

[ginnz]

yeah, no problem guys.

no offence, i just couldn't resist.

[Thesavage]

yeah, no problem guys.

no offence, i just couldn't resist.

Had a opportunity to test two totally different rigs i built up yesterday(Whilst waiting for a client to arrive), one a Intel 6850 / Nvidia and a M3A/ Phenom system (for me to fiddle with). Well the client played with the Phenom while i added/ configured his video capture card that he had brought to his new Intel rig. He was very impressed with the responsiveness of the Phenom system, later i ran his new rig through a few benchmarks to satisfy him that it was fast(and it is very fast). He was very happy with the rig but in windows the little Phenom system was popping open windows far faster, and i heard his interest/ concern over this small item.

[GunnerMan]

man, am i ever glad i kicked my amd to the curb on my last build.....

im much happier with my current build, and with the options that intel has to offer over this crap. i would have never stopped second guessing myself if i would have built my current rig on this second tier ghetto platform.since slapping an E6600 in my case, i havn't looked back ;-)

in light of what AMD is offering these days, i almost feel sorry for you AMD fanboi's :-)

but thats just my opinion.

If we wanted to know wich was better we would have asked. It is very clear Intel has a faster CPU and it should also be very clear to you Intel boys that us here wanting to buy AMD have different reasons than your clear cut "Because its faster" attitude. We have heard enough of you guys and we hear nothing new. The bottom line is we dont give a .

If the rumor is true will they show up Monday or mid week sometime?

[bro20000]

am hoping soon am to amd for a change!

[informal]

Had a opportunity to test two totally different rigs i built up yesterday(Whilst waiting for a client to arrive), one a Intel 6850 / Nvidia and a M3A/ Phenom system (for me to fiddle with). Well the client played with the Phenom while i added/ configured his video capture card that he had brought to his new Intel rig. He was very impressed with the responsiveness of the Phenom system, later i ran his new rig through a few benchmarks to satisfy him that it was fast(and it is very fast). He was very happy with the rig but in windows the little Phenom system was popping open windows far faster, and i heard his interest/ concern over this small item.

Hehe,i think you should have told him to run SPi and 3DMark 2001 all day long and that by doing this he will totally clear all suspicions about his new intel rig!

[BadNizze]

Had a opportunity to test two totally different rigs i built up yesterday(Whilst waiting for a client to arrive), one a Intel 6850 / Nvidia and a M3A/ Phenom system (for me to fiddle with). Well the client played with the Phenom while i added/ configured his video capture card that he had brought to his new Intel rig. He was very impressed with the responsiveness of the Phenom system, later i ran his new rig through a few benchmarks to satisfy him that it was fast(and it is very fast). He was very happy with the rig but in windows the little Phenom system was popping open windows far faster, and i heard his interest/ concern over this small item.

Youre client is right, INTEL systems always feel slow in windows, does the same on my 4 intel rigs, all with 6850 and P35 or 680 mobos. AMD is much more respnsive then INTEL in win, don´t know why

[Jamesrt2004]

Hehe,i think you should have told him to run SPi and 3DMark 2001 all day long and that by doing this he will totally clear all suspicions about his new intel rig!

Becasuse thats the most important programs in the world? that everyone needs and uses

[asp6000]

What's the OC estimate on these using air?

[informal]

Becasuse thats the most important programs in the world? that everyone needs and uses

My post was written with sarcastic overtone,if you haven't figure it out yet...

[Manicdan]

i want to know if the unlocked multi is something they have planed for a while. or if this is their responce for having so many problems with the B2.

also all the people hoping for the B3, i would stop. weve had our hearts broken many times, actually ever time, we get new info on how phenoms really perform. we all wish for them to to good, but it shouldnt be at the cost of our soul melting away.

im not saying the black editions are crap, im just saying i want to trash my 939 rig, and its on whatever i can get for 600$ to cover the cpu, ram and mobo. and right now its either waiting for 45nm intel cheapness. or waiting for quality phenom midrange. either way i look at whats the best i can get for an ok price, but all options keep telling me to keep on waiting.

[EvilBellyLint]

in light of what AMD is offering these days, i almost feel sorry for you AMD fanboi's

Not everyone who buys an AMD chip is a "fanboi."
Some like the challenge of pushing a new chip to
see what they can get out of it. Others prefer to
have their hands held or follow in the footsteps of
those who've done overclocking guides for them.



To each his own.


EBL

[Lightman]

Hope that will help:



But don't get too excited...
The wording of that information is very good from a marketing point of view, so Quad-Core for a traditionally Dual-Core price can mean more than you're hoping for....

[Thesavage]

i want to know if the unlocked multi is something they have planed for a while. or if this is their responce for having so many problems with the B2.

also all the people hoping for the B3, i would stop. weve had our hearts broken many times, actually ever time, we get new info on how phenoms really perform. we all wish for them to to good, but it shouldnt be at the cost of our soul melting away.

im not saying the black editions are crap, im just saying i want to trash my 939 rig, and its on whatever i can get for 600$ to cover the cpu, ram and mobo. and right now its either waiting for 45nm intel cheapness. or waiting for quality phenom midrange. either way i look at whats the best i can get for an ok price, but all options keep telling me to keep on waiting.

Nothing much wrong with the b2 Phenom's at the moment im doing stability testing first and so far despite all the talk of the tlb bug ive not had a single lock up, runs well almost as fast as my backup k8 2.6. So if you want a cheap upgrade pick up a Asus M3A some ocz platinum rev2 ddr2 800 and you should be good to go.

[GunnerMan]

Yes I belive the errata issue has been blown way out of proportion. I have not seen any confirmed end users encountering it. The key word in that ad is "traditionally." What is the difference between AMDs definition and yours?
I just hope resellers (Newegg ) don't try and jack up the retail price.

[akaBruno]

1st off...Thank you to the intel fangirls for chiming in.

I'm hoping that they'll hit mid 3's like the Black K8's. It may be wishfull thinking but... what else we got? We will learn something now though, throwing out the HTT barrier.

AMD has always thrown too many eggs in the basket, trying to advance the chip set. Intel chided them on 64bit and then stole their technology. Now we're talking native quad. New eggs... new basket case.

AMD needs a motto. Something like, "Trust Us. We'll get our together, someday."

[nullface]

This "traditionally Dual-Core price" is that compared to AMD's Dual Cores or all Dual Cores?

[Brother Esau]

Whats the difference? Places like NEW EGG will throw their own price on it because its new and will be in high demand