AMD Demos 45nm Native Quad-Core Processors

[candle_86]

atm intel is stomping all over amd, and their dual and a few quads are very competetivly priced with their amd counterparts, maybe like $10 more in some cases, granted amd is their major competition, but face it their latest gen a processors were a huge disapointment causing a good chunk of people to switch to intel, also what i ment by that statement is that maybe amd can redeme themselves by producing something that can match or beat intels 45nm offerings, by competitive i ment performance, not actual business competition

actully at stock speeds AMD tend to offer best bang for buck. The x2 4200 is priced agianst the e2140 which at stock compares closer to an x2 3600 and with dual core sempy on the way AMD will have the budger market in there pocket, and this is where the money is. Remember OEM's only care about stock speed, so best bang for buck @ stock is what matters, if AMD wins this, then Intel is shit outta luck.

 

[qwerty_lesh]

^ Yeah, they eliminated the TLB bug and renamed the cpu's from eg. 9500 to 9550, 9600 to 9650 and so on. the new stepping with the fixed bug is B3. pre-fix are B2.

wicked, thanks for the info. ill take note of this so my business doesnt order any of the b2 stepping for customers
funny how intel name their processors in a similar fashion, only diff is the names distinguish the multiplier and cache, i believe.

 

[tkpenalty]

With IBM helping AMD, there is light at the end of the tunnel!

 

[mandelore]

hehe AMD 9650? Intel 9650?

 

[btarunr]

hehe AMD 9650? Intel 9650?

I'd need a mini-cluster of three AMD 9650's to match an Intel 9650. Make that four if it has to be yours :shadedshu

 

[MilkyWay]

imagine amd did what intel did and glued 2 phenoms together lol

seriously the phenoms are good for those with an amd board it saves us from buying a whole new board maybe new ram and cooler

the new ones wont be that bad i think the new ones will have better support as well

 

[Ravenas]

These are the B3 stepping correct? Are they still due to arrive before July?