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AMD Announces Quad FX Platform

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Charting another industry first for computing enthusiasts, AMD today announced the AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect (DSDC) Architecture, the first dual-socket, multi-core desktop PC platform designed to take advantage of the latest enhancements in Windows Vista Ultimate. As the supreme AMD platform for megatasking enthusiasts, the AMD Quad FX Platform is designed to redefine performance on the latest generation of multi-threaded applications.



The AMD Quad FX Platform is powered by pairs of the AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 series dual-core processors, the newest additions to the award-winning AMD Athlon 64 FX processor family. The new platform takes enthusiasts on a megatasking thrill ride, allowing them to make the most of their overall computing experience while gaming, editing audio/video and streaming high-definition content.

As consumers look forward to enhanced PC experiences made possible by Microsoft Windows Vista, and the software industry moves to a multi-threading environment, the AMD Quad FX Platform is poised to meet the needs of enthusiasts who "megatask" - running multiple, demanding applications and multi-threaded games. With the introduction of Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture, consumers can count on a platform that scales with their compute-intensive applications today and tomorrow given that the platform is designed for a seamless upgrade path to a total of eight processing cores with planned AMD native quad-core processors in 2007.

"The emergence of a dual-socket consumer platform is critical for enthusiasts who demand systems that offer the sheer power and system headroom to let the enthusiast configure this system to his or her heart's content, and launch a fleet of entertainment and productivity applications at once," said Bob Brewer, corporate vice president, Desktop Division, AMD. "AMD is redefining performance by enabling our customers to take advantage of the amazing megatasking capability of two AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 series processors in the AMD Quad FX Platform."

With AMD64 technology and Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture, the new AMD Quad FX Platform offers scaleable performance enhancements on a personal workstation powered by AMD Athlon 64 FX processors. In addition, this consumer powerhouse platform is designed with next-generation platform innovations such as high-performance, low-latency unbuffered DDR2 memory and for Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) support with compatible operating systems.

"Windows Vista Ultimate is designed to take advantage of next-generation technology like AMD's Quad FX Platform to provide amazing experiences for computer enthusiasts," said Mike Sievert, corporate vice president, Windows, Microsoft. "With support for multi-core platforms growing in the industry, customers can look forward to more innovation from Microsoft and technology partners like AMD-innovation that provides truly immersive experiences in gaming and other high-performance applications."

"Alienware and AMD have worked together for years to ensure the enthusiast community receives the best possible products and we were excited to showcase AMD's megatasking powerhouse, the AMD Quad FX Platform at DigitalLife in New York last October," said Mark Vena, Alienware's Vice President of Marketing. "Alienware believes that the AMD Quad FX Platform is going to enable new levels of digital content and immersive entertainment applications with consumers and business professionals while our long-time relationship with AMD signifies exciting things to come in the future."

NVIDIA, the chipset and multi-GPU launch partner for the AMD Quad FX platform, is excited about the potential of an enthusiast AMD dual-socket platform. "NVIDIA is pleased to be the launch partner for the launch of the new AMD Quad FX multi-GPU Platforms," said Drew Henry, general manager of MCP business at NVIDIA. "Our GeForce 8 series of graphics processing units and the NVIDIA nForce 680a media and communications processor deliver an ideal solution for megatasking enthusiasts who look to AMD and NVIDIA to provide the best products for multi-threaded games and applications."

"VoodooPC shares AMD's commitment to drive cool technologies that deliver more exciting, immersive and personalized entertainment experiences to our customers," said Rahul Sood, chief technologist, Global Gaming business unit, HP. "The AMD Quad FX Platform could very well open a new world of significant possibilities to address the insane demands of enthusiasts."

With the flexibility of the AMD Quad FX Platform, systems can be configured to support a variety of enthusiast needs, including those of aspiring audio/video content creators.

Dan Gregoire is a digital artist who counts many of the world's top movie and advertising studios among his satisfied customers. As an innovator of the digital 3-D story-boarding technique called "pre-visualization" that is sweeping the film industry, he clearly understands the need for speed, performance and the all important upgrade path offered by AMD multi-core technology.

"We've been able to consistently increase the value we deliver to our customers simply by following AMD's roadmap -- 64-bit addressability, adding more cores," said Dan Gregoire, CEO of Halon Entertainment. "AMD's technology helps us create amazing cinematic effects, but even more exciting to me is that it is available to everyone."

"Audio loves more cores. More cores and AMD's balanced architecture means I never have to make artistic compromises due to technology limitations," said Elliot Scheiner, Grammy and Emmy-winning audio producer/engineer who puts his trust in AMD to help deliver pristine sonic quality to please his professional clientele.

Unprecedented Capabilities with the AMD Quad FX Platform The AMD Quad FX Platform offers enthusiasts absolute performance, flexibility, and customization by including outrageous features like twelve SATA controllers designed to enable up to nine (9) terabytes of storage using currently available drive technologies (for over 450 high-definition movies), and increased spacing between PCI-E slots to accommodate up to four high-performance graphics cards.

The AMD Quad FX Platform is designed to enable infinite options for demanding enthusiasts to tweak their custom systems, including the ability to drive four or even eight monitors at the same time when using up to four PCI-E graphics cards.

Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture
Dual Socket Direct Connect (DSDC) Architecture enables high-bandwidth communication between matched pairs of AMD Athlon 64 FX-70, AMD Athlon 64 FX-72, and AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 dual-core processors. DSDC Architecture is designed for the multi-core, multi-threaded future with planned platform upgradeability to eight cores.

Enthusiasts can benefit from having twice the number of processor cores due to a dual-socket configuration.

Availability and Pricing
Pricing for pairs of the new AMD Athlon 64 FX-70, FX-72 and FX-74 dual-core processors is $599, $799 and $999, respectively for PIB. For pricing details, please visit: www.amd.com/pricing.

AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 series dual-core processors are expected to be available from NewEgg throughout North America on November 30. Worldwide product availability is expected by early 2007. AMD Quad FX Platform systems are expected to be available from Vigor, Cyber Power and IBUYPOWER and other major system builders are expected to offer systems in the near future.

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I WANT ONE :D :D

LOL, I don't blame you... it not only performs decently enough (DanTheBanjoMan did a post comparing it vs. INTEL's "Kentsfield" & it did well vs. that), but looks wild!

For the results data on THAT? See here:

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=21066

:)

* I had TRUE Multiple CPU systems (SMP rigs) in the past on INTEL stuff Pentium I, II, & III... & I always liked them... solid & slick multitaskers!

APK

P.S.=> I still think INTEL has the lead in performance in MOST areas & benchmark tests, @ least for now though...

Still, AMD held that same lead for 3 years or so & had before that as well (when the Athlon series first came out around 1998 & their 600-700mhz stuff)!

IMO, it's ONLY a matter of time before AMD takes the lead again & eventually, INTEL will/vice-a-versa! apk
 

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Strange, the Xbit review shows the quadfx 74 bases system being outpaced by the Kentsfield, in some cases even an FX62 is faster.
 

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having 2 processor makes it look soo powerful but from the other thread seems like it doesnt beat qx6700 :(

i cant picture many people buying 4 graphics cards
 

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Thats board just looks awsome, too bad it's out of my/most peoples price range. I wonder how Oblivion would play with that baby!
 

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what will the energy consumption be for 2 of those cpus? well i guess that goes out the window here dont it?
 

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what will the energy consumption be for 2 of those cpus? well i guess that goes out the window here dont it?

After adding necessary system components, probably kinda high(700-1K). This board looks like it would need one of those new IKw Psu's to handle duel video cards, raid, and Max memory.

You would need a second part time job for the electric bill here in Nor*Cal.
 
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After adding necessary system components, probably kinda high(700-1K). This board looks like it would need one of those new IKw Psu's to handle duel video cards, raid, and Max memory.

You would need a second part time job for the electric bill here in Nor*Cal.

Needs about 50 fans as well if you have all that.
 

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newly announced a footpowered dynamo from AMD to help with the increasing energy bills due to all the over energy consuming products still getting pumped out in the 21st century.
 

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I could always buy a couple a greyhounds and put them in a squirrel cage generator, but I'd end up in jail by the SPCA.
 
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tri sli and 2 cores, all you need is water cooling on all those suckers :D and a nice 1kw psu... Imagime 3 gtx's on that thing, or second gen dx10.
 
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Power consumption is around 80% more than kentsfield.
 
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Does this monster mainboard with hexa-fan blowers come with FREE EARPLUGS?
 
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Does this monster mainboard with hexa-fan blowers come with FREE EARPLUGS?

I rather have FREE HEADPHONES so I can still hear the explosions when I play Battlefield :roll:
 
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