Quote Originally Posted by mars View Post
yes this is what i remember as well k8 wasnt a hush hush release but yea i remember the above quite well.... which is odd because i am perpetually stoned

i hate to say this but this is alot more akin to the k10 release than the clawhammer
Hammer suffered severe delays due to issues with SOI and the memory controller VERY shortly before launch; that's why benchmarkes were available half a year bfore launch and not 3 months

that said amd got much quieter after the barcelona fiasco, remember that they showed off 3ghz chips a long time before launch; kept on talking how it's going to destroy C2Q???

i prefer them to be quiet until they release BD instead of talking about huge performance and clocks and disappointing at launch...