AMD To Crank Up Phenom II Clock-Speeds Upto 3.50 GHz, Planning New Models

[spearman914]

Originally Posted by phanbuey

and they said ddr2 was dead.

DDR2 aint dead.
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Yet....

[fullinfusion]

WOW!!!!! I cant wait!

[1Kurgan1]

Very nice, hopefully this holds some truth, me needs a 990!

[cdawall]

wow thats nice now what about the rumors we heard about a new FX line? maybe 4ghz stock from factory wasn't insane afterall

[Tatty_One]

Originally Posted by wolf2009

Just a ploy to sell pricier processors and make profits like Intel does by raising the multiplier by 0.5 and sell it for $50 more.

Agreed, it's nice to see they are opening up the options and offering more power, however I fear that in the higher end chips, they will simply destroy any price performance advantage they have, of course i dont know the prices but I would guess we will see at least $50 between models.

[PCpraiser100]

Finally, its just lke back in the Pentium days eh? 3.8GHz processors, just thinking about going back to the good ol' idea of fequencies is just plain awesome. Hope I don't kill my AMD gaming friend who will brag over my 2.66GHz semi-octa Core i7 processor once he gets it.

[fullinfusion]

Originally Posted by cdawall

wow thats nice now what about the rumors we heard about a new FX line? maybe 4ghz stock from factory wasn't insane afterall

Great point but imo i think with AMD upping the clocks....... it's just going to lower the over all clock that all of us are expecting to get.

[FreedomEclipse]

Originally Posted by tcorbyn

NICE! Would be great if AMD could put out somthing to compete with Core i7!

Heres to wishing

Ive been reading quite a few reviews reguarding the X4 940BE & there still people comparing it to the C2D Q6600 & saying the Q6600 beats it hands down for price & overclockability etc etc....

[Melvis]

Originally Posted by cdawall

wow thats nice now what about the rumors we heard about a new FX line? maybe 4ghz stock from factory wasn't insane afterall

mmmmm indeed, thats what im looking out for is the new FX Line up I love my FX's
I wonder if they will tell us this time there secret ingredient?

[mlee49]

This might actually get me to consider AMD for my next build!

[fullinfusion]

Originally Posted by Melvis

mmmmm indeed, thats what im looking out for is the new FX Line up I love my FX's
I wonder if they will tell us this time there secret ingredient?

Fx.... FX and how long have they been talking about the FX line?

I wouldn't hold my breath mate..... and even if they do come out with a Fx line.... and they been talking about it for month's i highly doubt it'll be over clock able by much

[WarEagleAU]

This is wonderful news. About time they start cranking it out. I noticed in the last Maximum PC magazine that they took out like 8 - 10 pages of ads showing off the new phenoms combined with the 4000 series of cards and what not.

[LittleLizard]

if that is phenom II clocks i cant imagine the stock speeds of the phenom fx ( if they came out )

[trickson]

Smacks of what Intel did to the P4 remember ? They just kept cranking the speed up just to keep up and every one dogged Intel out for this now that AMD is doing the very same thing you Hypocrites are saying WOW , GREAT and OMG that is FANTASTIC !!! Holly carp people if this is the best they have up there sleeves then why not call it like you did when Intel was tapping the P4 out for all it was worth ? Why is it great and fantastic when AMD does this and provides no other real innovations other than to clock the shit out of there old crap and sell it off to you ?

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

sneaky buggers

[trickson]

What really get me is the fact that the Phenom II can OC well past that 3.5GHz mark and still can not hold a candle to the Q9550 when it is OC'ed as well . What gets me is that you eat this up like it is some new tech ... This is just cranking the shit out of the CPU then selling it back to you at a higher price when you can Over Clock the 920 to 940 speeds and get the same performance for a lesser price . Does this really make any sense to any one ? Do you think that since you can get a 3.5GHz CPU that you will get any more out of it than you can with the current clocked Phenom II's ? If so how do you figure this ? If the CPU can reach 6GHz ON STOCK AIR COOLING now that would be some thing but come on this is just smoke and mirrors here !

[newtekie1]

Wonderful! I hope they keep the prices down, like under the $400 mark.

[trickson]

# Process Type: Intel Pentium 4 Processor 640
# Frequence: 3.20 GHz
# FSB: 800 MHz
# Cache: 2 MB
# Process: 90 nm
# Socket: LGA775
# Package: OEM
# This processor includes Hyper-Threading Technology.
# This processor supports Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T).

Seems like Intel beat them to the Clock speed way back when now AMD is doing it but It is all wonderful and exciting !

Oh for the good old days ... Suck it it people this is going to be the theme for the next 2-3 years for AMD CLOCK UP UP UP FASTER WE NEED TO CATCH UP !!!!

[KainXS]

AMD needs to make a cpu that can compete clock for clock with intels right now, its not like it was with the Athlon XP's and the Pentium 4's, AMD is falling behind more and more, I got a chance to put my sisters new Phenom X4 against my Core i7 and my core i7 beat it clock for clock really badly.

Things have changed, now AMD is in the position Intel was in the Pentium VS Athlon gen since the X2's came out, they need something more than this to truly compete.

they're lucky ATI is now part of AMD,

[trickson]

Originally Posted by KainXS

AMD needs to make a cpu that can compete clock for clock with intels right now, its not like it was with the Athlon XP's and the Pentium 4's, AMD is falling behind more and more, I got a chance to put my sisters new Phenom X4 against my Core i7 and my core i7 beat it clock for clock really badly.

LOL that is funny and just how is Clocking the HELL out of the current or even AM3 CPU going to do any good ? I just don't see it . maybe they will catch up to the Q9550 and Q9650 but man just raising the clock speed is not going to do shit . Just look at the ones that are already at 4.0GHz most can't even get past that and even at them speeds what do you really gain ? SMOKE AND MIRRORS . They will get them out and what is funny is that AMD heads will be buying them up and fast to !

[ShadowFold]

Originally Posted by trickson

LOL that is funny and just how is Clocking the HELL out of the current or even AM3 CPU going to do any good ? I just don't see it . maybe they will catch up to the Q9550 and Q9650 but man just raising the clock speed is not going to do shit . Just look at the ones that are already at 4.0GHz most can't even get past that and even at them speeds what do you really gain ? SMOKE AND MIRRORS . They will get them out and what is funny is that AMD heads will be buying them up and fast to !

DOWN WITH AMD! Intel needs to be a monopoly!!

[KainXS]

I hope amd never goes down then we all know intel would rape our pockets just like nvidia did during the 8800GTX's dynasty.

[trickson]

Originally Posted by ShadowFold

DOWN WITH AMD! Intel needs to be a monopoly!!

YEAH !! Hey why is it ok for AMD to do this when Intel was getting nothing but smeared and pissed on for doing this ? When AMD does this ( Because they have nothing els left to do ) you Hypocrites eat it up and fawn all over AMD like the second coming of Christ !
What is wrong with me telling it like it really is ? I am dogging AMD for this because it is JUST what Intel did with there LAME ASS P4 to keep up with AMD's XP and Athlon now that the shoe is on the other foot I well thought that it would be fine to jeer and jab and knock AMD for this after all fare is fare . OH and AMD is not going down just trying to keep up and clocking the hell out of the CPU seemed to work well for Intel so I guess AMD is going to give it a shot now .

[EastCoasthandle]

Originally Posted by trickson

Smacks of what Intel did to the P4 remember ? They just kept cranking the speed up just to keep up and every one dogged Intel out for this now that AMD is doing the very same thing you Hypocrites are saying WOW , GREAT and OMG that is FANTASTIC !!! Holly carp people if this is the best they have up there sleeves then why not call it like you did when Intel was tapping the P4 out for all it was worth ? Why is it great and fantastic when AMD does this and provides no other real innovations other than to clock the shit out of there old crap and sell it off to you ?

Actual it's really not the same. The P4's higher number of stage pipeline (IE: netburst) is what allowed for the higher overclocks. AMD doesn't share the same design therefore, won't see (IMO) the higher clocks shared by those prescotts of that era. Also, take notice to what you recall from the P4 series. Not that it was a hot oven but a good overclocker. Something that some do take interest in. I remember having a 660 back in the day that was 4.20Ghz stable 24/7. Something not common for A64's.



Did this overclock offest anything AMD offered during it's time. IE: offset the reduced number of instructions per cycle? You betcha at 4.2GHz I was just as fast (and usually faster during encoding/watching HD quality moves) then AMD's counterpart during it's time.

[trickson]

Yeah but clock for clock the A64 was faster and even maxed out the A64's could take out the best of Intel's P4 . I remember my 4000+ doing that bench in 24 -25 at 2.8GHz .