athlon FX?

[Corporate Thug]

where is it? when is it supposed to be released?

 

[stevejst]

You'll see FX51 in about a month. Precisely, it will be available for benchmarking and in a small supply at that.

 

[Dufrane]

What is Athlon FX???? I have not heard of this.

 

[Soulkeeper]

the name they are using for the desktop version of the athlon64 i guess

 

[Corporate Thug]

no, it is the name of the thorton core which is supposed to be the successor to the duron. here is some info from digitimes

The successor to the Duron processor from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) may be named the Athlon FX, according to sources. The Athlon FX will adopt the Thorton core, a toned-down version of Athlon XP?s current Barton core, with 256K of L2 cache instead of 512K.

Four processor speeds between 2000+ to 2600+ (1.65-2.06GHz) will be available upon release, almost certain to be 2000+, 2200+, 2400+ and 2600+, according to sources. Volume production is already underway.

AMD?s Duron processor has been suffering from poor consumer sentiment and brand image, with retail prices dropping to roughly US$30, its historical low. Along with AMD?s upcoming Athlon 64 processor for mainstream desktops and Opteron for server/workstations, the Athlon FX should breathe new life into its value processor line.

 

[Excelsior]

And we are hoping that maybe..just maybe..it will overclock well.

 

[Dufrane]

Interesting I thought that the current XP line was going to replace the duron once athlon 64 hit the streets.

 

[ai42]

Interesting I thought that the current XP line was going to replace the duron once athlon 64 hit the streets.

Ditto, but they could simply rename the XP to FX. Honestly the Athlon XP name has been around quite a long time.

 

[Ecliptic]

essentially it is a barton with defective l2 cache. amd shuts off the defective half and sell it as a 256k l2 cache processor instead of 512.

 

[stevejst]

Nobody outside AMD knows what Athlon FX is going to be. Here is the story.
One can only speculate. The probable reality is that the chip will not be widely available to the retail outlets this year.

In fact, except for extremely expensive Opterons, you won't be able to buy any Athlon 64 easily this year. No matter what AMD says.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Ecliptic
essentially it is a barton with defective l2 cache. amd shuts off the defective half and sell it as a 256k l2 cache processor instead of 512.

i wonder if the performance will be comparable to athlon XP...

 

[Swanny]

Originally posted by: shady06

Originally posted by: Ecliptic
essentially it is a barton with defective l2 cache. amd shuts off the defective half and sell it as a 256k l2 cache processor instead of 512.

i wonder if the performance will be comparable to athlon XP...

I believe that the performance is supposed to be comprable to a Thoroughbred.

 

[stevejst]

Again, nobody knows what FX is. Here is another story.
All speculations.
But if it really is a defective Barton then I wonder who exactly would want to buy that?

 

[pspada]

Originally posted by: stevejst
Nobody outside AMD knows what Athlon FX is going to be. Here is the story.
One can only speculate. The probable reality is that the chip will not be widely available to the retail outlets this year.

In fact, except for extremely expensive Opterons, you won't be able to buy any Athlon 64 easily this year. No matter what AMD says.

Thank you, Mr Intel, for your optimistic assesment.

 

[stevejst]

Hey, would you buy a chip that has been turned into 256 L2 cache because the other 256 was defective? I mean the 512 L2 Barton is already <$100 and you don't need new motherboard for it. What kind of grass are these AMD guys smoking if that is what they plan to do?

 

[stevejst]

And here is yet another story.

We do know that AMD plans to launch its Athlon 64 microprocessors on the 23rd of September for sure. The company itself also said some time ago that it will first launch processors in Socket 754 packaging with only one memory-channel.

Performance huh? Can't wait to see.

 

[Wingznut]

I'm almost certain that it is one of their Hammers... My best guess is that it is the 1mb cache A64, but I don't know for sure.

 

[stevejst]

I am really looking for "attractive" price/performance ratio.
Like $2,200 Opteron 844 that scales so well.
If you put together two (i.e. $4,400) in a dual board ($500) you can actually get the memory bandwidth of Pentium HT 3.2 GHz.
Or $300+ Opteron 142 so fast that actually outperforms XP 2100.

Hey but seriously, I see great sales figures for the new line of AMD processors, I guess the guys in Intel are shivering cold already.

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: stevejst
I am really looking for "attractive" price/performance ratio.
Like $2,200 Opteron 844 that scales so well.
If you put together two (i.e. $4,400) in a dual board ($500) you can actually get the memory bandwidth of Pentium HT 3.2 GHz.
Or $300+ Opteron 142 so fast that actually outperforms XP 2100.

Hey but seriously, I see great sales figures for the new line of AMD processors, I guess the guys in Intel are shivering cold already.

I think you need a hobby.

 

[stevejst]

Have one already.
Read this.
Collecting AMD humour.

 

[MDE]

Just freaking give up. You're not helping yourself at all. At least AMD doesn't change sockets\slots as often as Intel. Even if they're switching to a 939 to 940, only early adopters will buy now, and people with that much money might as well just buy an Opteron right now (which BTW uses a 940 socket actually leaving an upgrade path).

 

[stevejst]

At least AMD doesn't change sockets\slots as often as Intel.

Then get used on the new reality. In about a month you'll have sockets 462, 754, 940, and perhaps even 939.

 

[touchmyichi]

Originally posted by: stevejst
I am really looking for "attractive" price/performance ratio.
Like $2,200 Opteron 844 that scales so well.
If you put together two (i.e. $4,400) in a dual board ($500) you can actually get the memory bandwidth of Pentium HT 3.2 GHz.
Or $300+ Opteron 142 so fast that actually outperforms XP 2100.

Hey but seriously, I see great sales figures for the new line of AMD processors, I guess the guys in Intel are shivering cold already.

First off, that is the Opteron. We are waiting for the Athlon 64, which will probably preform and be priced different. I could honestly care less about the opteron. And if you wanted to make it comperable, then you would compare it to a pentium 4 Xeon. Its ridiculous that you are comparing desktop processing to workstation processing. AMD has thrown us some killer deals and there's a reason why everyone is so into these chips. I am very satisfied with my amd rig and do not regret the purchase at all. And it wasn't too long ago when amd was beating the tar out of intel (as far as preformance and pricing goes) before the northwood. Just remember, it can happen again. You never know.

 

[Ecliptic]

Originally posted by: Ecliptic
essentially it is a barton with defective l2 cache. amd shuts off the defective half and sell it as a 256k l2 cache processor instead of 512.

That comment was based on this article. Its all speculation and no one outside of amd knows what FX.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: stevejst

At least AMD doesn't change sockets\slots as often as Intel.

Then get used on the new reality. In about a month you'll have sockets 462, 754, 940, and perhaps even 939.

Shh, you're not meant to point that out.