Quote Originally Posted by xdan View Post
I'm just curious, i knew that 4 models where suposed to be launch not three.
The missing one is FX 4xxx quad core. May that his performance not worths to launch comparing to X4 955 which is at 112$?
Or may be AMD didn't even make a derivate design - FX 4xxx quad should be more a BD 8 core split in half.
Because the 6core FX 6xxx it's clearly just an 8core with 1 module broken.
Yes the 4core would be an Orochi die with 2 deactivated modules, comparable to the the Phenom2 5xx line.
There are several reasons for holding it back:

a) Sales: Too much Phenom2 X4 & X6 inventory, AMD wants to sell it off first.
b) Marketing: Emphasize on the "high-end" 6core and 8core models, the FX4 might influence the image negatively, the prices are already quite "cheap".
c) Optimize ASPs: People who are interested in BD and waiting for it, should buy at least a more expensive FX6 and not a cheap FX4.

I for my part will wait for FX4 ^^ Cheap and I assume easily OCable@5GHz, because there are only 2 modules ;-)
That's enough for me.