Quote Originally Posted by Apokalipse View Post
With all the work and details added to the architecture, I find it hard to believe it's even possible for it to have lower IPC than K10.5.

I don't know if a new microcode will make it faster; it seems a likely possibility though. But I do think AMD is probably holding something back.
And whether it's faster than SB or not (single threaded), it at least keeps Intel in the dark.
i'm hoping they have something up their sleeve at this point,but im still not going to count on it either,from how JF turned from practically fighting and insisting IPC was going up,evolving to the new campaign over the last few months of dont focus on IPC,look at frequency as well, to his recent post saying(im paraphrasing here) "if you care about ST performance it would be better to compare the lower core count FX-41XX model because they have higher frequencies and will give better ST performance" or something to that affect.
and others posts here in this thread from people who have a BD in hand makes me think it is what it is at this point.i hope im wrong.either way they will be more than enough power and will be fun to OC the hell out of so im good