Thursday, February 26th 2009
Phenom II X3 Demand Skyrockets Post Core-Unlock Mod
Earlier this week, an article by a Korean computer enthusiast made waves across the internet. The enthusiast found a simple way to unlock the rudimentary core on Phenom II X3 processors, thanks to what AMD now refers to as "buggy BIOS". The article was followed up extensively by global media confirming the procedure. The result: sales of Phenom II X3 processors are seeing an upsurge.
Who wouldn't want to spend $150~170 on a triple-core processor that can be converted to a $200+ worth quad-core chip with decent levels of performance and overclocking headroom? AMD now has a tricky situation at hand. It can cash in on the demand and let the sales stay, but unfortunately, its planning went south looking for Greenland. The company has reporedly asked motherboard vendors to fix the "buggy BIOS". Ironically, in the wake of the DigiTimes report about upsurge in demand, AMD gave another statement, saying that the value Phenom II X3 processors offer speaks for itself.
Source:
DigiTimes
Who wouldn't want to spend $150~170 on a triple-core processor that can be converted to a $200+ worth quad-core chip with decent levels of performance and overclocking headroom? AMD now has a tricky situation at hand. It can cash in on the demand and let the sales stay, but unfortunately, its planning went south looking for Greenland. The company has reporedly asked motherboard vendors to fix the "buggy BIOS". Ironically, in the wake of the DigiTimes report about upsurge in demand, AMD gave another statement, saying that the value Phenom II X3 processors offer speaks for itself.
27 Comments on Phenom II X3 Demand Skyrockets Post Core-Unlock Mod
There just needs to be a bunch of posts about unsuccessful unlocks and demand will dry out to normal levels.
If I was buying a new system PII X3 720 would have found it's way here too. Something special they got going here, intentional or not :)
It won't matter coz by the time I go into four cores this X3 craze will be over with. Unless Modern Warfare 2 uses four cores, then who knows there might be an X3 in my future :D
I'm sure they didnt disable that core just to get in the price segment market....
This proves once again how closely the industry works together with one another to the detriment of the consumer. MSI slipped up, I wonder what the penalty for that is, probably not much just a slight overlooked delay in shipments of CPU's as from years gone buy.:)
Most apps only use 2 cores that 3rd core is just a bonus to run WMP and anything else you want, works pretty nice.
thats it
and its definitely a lower binned X4 at that
PII :rofl:
There. That's what I meant to say from the very beginning, LOL.