Calisto Phenom II 550 just hit the shelves!

[Karolis]

doesn't the 250 athlon 2 have 1mb/cpu? can those unlock to 4 core?

No, the Athlon has 2x1 MB L2 cache and it can't be unlocked because it is a native dual-core.

[richierich]

doesn't the 250 athlon 2 have 1mb/cpu? can those unlock to 4 core?

Yes it has 1mb per core. But the 250 is regor; it is not quad-core based like the 550 (callisto) with 2 cores disabled. It is totally new.

[i found nemo]

i should have known when i seen the die shots :P

but in those reviews or w/e, the 250 loses to the 550 in everything BUT gaming. i hope 1mb l2\core makes a comeback.

[daytripper67mi]

I just got my tracking info....delivery expected on 6-5....sweet i get to play with my new toy this weekend!

[gOtVoltage]

I just got my tracking info....delivery expected on 6-5....sweet i get to play with my new toy this weekend!

Same here.

This is probally gonna be a XtremeSweet AMD,Eliteness BeeRWeekend Calipso550BE shootout

where is me little beer,, here Beer

[charged3800z24]

Same here.

This is probally gonna be a XtremeSweet AMD,Eliteness BeeRWeekend Calipso550BE shootout

where is me little beer,, here Beer

LOL, well I guess I could take a lil of my car fund and buy one of these chips. I have been board lately. I have parts on the way for my MegaSquirt, (mar cars computer lol). These are so cheap. But I won't have it by the weekend tho

[perkam]

This is what just burns me inside:



WTH is AMD thinking? 3.1Ghz and still that slow?

Perkam

[daytripper67mi]

according to asus site my board m3a78-t has to have beta bios 1103 for the ph2 550,i bet there wont be any core unlocking on the asus board.

[charged3800z24]

This is what just burns me inside:



WTH is AMD thinking? 3.1Ghz and still that slow?

Perkam

Adobe loves Intel, no love for AMD. All in instruction sets...Just my guess...
If you notice, it has always been that way though.

[Smartidiot89]

i should have known when i seen the die shots :P

but in those reviews or w/e, the 250 loses to the 550 in everything BUT gaming. i hope 1mb l2\core makes a comeback.

Regor is AMDs cheap Dual-Core. I am sure the prices will be pushed down abit

[i found nemo]

This is what just burns me inside:



WTH is AMD thinking? 3.1Ghz and still that slow?

Perkam

the compiler bro!!

Regor is AMDs cheap Dual-Core. I am sure the prices will be pushed down abit

i still have hope. 1mb is really what amd need right now!! the final push so-to-speak... it's what will give amd the edge.

[uncle john]

Phenom II X2 550 is unlockableeither on the chiper boards as well as expensive mobo.
I'll post model names:
Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 rev 2.0
Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 (jes, nForce ulocking PhII well as SB750 )
Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P (AM3 board with DDR3 DIMM Slots)

All of those 3 boards are cheap and You can unlock your PhII X3 or PhII X2...

The MA770-UD3 is a SB700 board so no ACC. =)

[Glow9]

Where is this vs. the e8500. I won't dispute its a contender but I'm skeptical

[Nedjo]

The MA770-UD3 is a SB700 board so no ACC. =)

rev 2.0 has SB710 so yes ACC=unlock!

[gamesaregood]

The MA770-UD3 is a SB700 board so no ACC. =)

Yes but the Rev 2 is a SB710 which so I understand can unlock so I presume has ACC.

[uncle john]

oopsie

rev. 2 does have SB710

[gOtVoltage]

oopsie

rev. 2 does have SB710

Yeah its acool little mobo for single cards.


Dang Egg has my 550BE set to be here Monday. This morning it was In Oakland ,California 20minutes from my friken house.

To top off things Off they shipped from NJ instead of CA..

I live 4hours from Warehouse in California ,Now the three day turned into a 6day. I told em free shipping since i paid for threeday. They said Ok , but i have to still wait till Monday crap.

[vandiesel]

Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 (jes, nForce ulocking PhII well as SB750 )


All of those 3 boards are cheap and You can unlock your PhII X3 or PhII X2...

How did they unlock on the nvidia motherboard?

edit found this

"Things took a turn for the better when we switched to the triple core Phenom II X3 720 as the Gigabyte has a trick up its sleeve. In the BIOS you can use a hidden option Ctrl-F1 to enter Advanced Chipset Features and then you can enable Nvidia Core Calibration "


http://www.trustedreviews.com/mother...GA-M720-US3/p2

Is this the only nvidia board to have this, as I can see no settings on my tf8200, I have unlocked my BE 550 on my Biostar TA790GX A2+

[charged3800z24]

Yeah its acool little mobo for single cards.


Dang Egg has my 550BE set to be here Monday. This morning it was In Oakland ,California 20minutes from my friken house.

To top off things Off they shipped from NJ instead of CA..

I live 4hours from Warehouse in California ,Now the three day turned into a 6day. I told em free shipping since i paid for threeday. They said Ok , but i have to still wait till Monday crap.

Mine always has an extra business day, then it shows up early. I get Sat. delivery, do you?

[daytripper67mi]

Yeah its acool little mobo for single cards.


Dang Egg has my 550BE set to be here Monday. This morning it was In Oakland ,California 20minutes from my friken house.

To top off things Off they shipped from NJ instead of CA..

I live 4hours from Warehouse in California ,Now the three day turned into a 6day. I told em free shipping since i paid for threeday. They said Ok , but i have to still wait till Monday crap.

That bites ,i ordered mine on tue. morning,shipped from tenn. and delivered fri. running occt@3.6 now

[gOtVoltage]

Mine always has an extra business day, then it shows up early. I get Sat. delivery, do you?

That bites ,i ordered mine on tue. morning,shipped from tenn. and delivered fri. running occt@3.6 now

Im up in the Air It sat in Oakland all day yesterday. Oakland is the UPS distributing center. So Maybe they may get it here today. I do have UPS on Sat in my area. I see the truck deliver almost everyweekend .

Worst case ill have it Monday and make Monday afternoon/night a long NighT

Interesting Its on the prowl.......
7:55a.m. left Okland ,,Arrived 8:30a.m. SouthCity UPs distribution center.

My Sat delivery is some what around 3:30/5:00p.m.

Now im opening Front Door for no reason,Me brain then Imagines a new Qiuet(unstealthlike) UPSTruck pull up lol.

[Damian^]

Had some time to play with the Phenom II X2 550 last night. Not to bad for a $105> processor

(Copied and pasted from a different forum to save time)

Test Setup:
CPU - AMD Phenom II X2 550
Cooling - Xigmatek HDT-S1283 w/Ultra Kaze, Apevia 120mm
Motherboard - ASRock A780FullHD 780g M-ATX
RAM - 2X1GB G.Skill DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
GPU - HIS Radeon HD4850 512MB
PSU - Corsair VX550W


-For starters I did some overclocking with low cpu voltage.





-3.7GHz @ 1.3V>1.328V





-3.8GHz @ 1.35V>1.352V





-3.9GHz @ 1.45V>1.448V





Unfortunately 3.9GHz was the most I could get out of this chip. I'm not sure if its the CPU or the 780g. I didn't have many voltage options to change on the motherboard, but even having the CPU Voltage at 1.55V, NB Voltage at 1.5V did nothing to help me get to 4GHz.


It's a rather low end board though so something tells me I can get to and past 4GHz with at least a 790**/Sb750 chipset.


Hopefully by the end of the month I'll have enough for a decent motherboard, that new Foxconn board is looking good though

[Snowman89]

Nice nice, but will the 550 work with a am2+ mobo? Maybe a dumb question but :p

Why is everyone so excited about the athlon x2 250?

[Damian^]

Nice nice, but will the 550 work with a am2+ mobo? Maybe a dumb question but :p

Why is everyone so excited about the athlon x2 250?

Well my testing was done on an AM2+ so that is a yes.
And people are excited for it probably because its on par with the E8500 and the AMD Phenom II X3 720 and are much cheaper in price. They also overclock very nice

[Snowman89]

Well my testing was done on an AM2+ so that is a yes.
And people are excited for it probably because its on par with the E8500 and the AMD Phenom II X3 720 and are much cheaper in price. They also overclock very nice

Ah okey thx Ahh i thought i missed something that was extraordinary with the 250's. I guess i didnt