Frys "Before months end."

[Redshirt 24]

Reluctant obligatory voice of doubt: if BD was indeed shipping, even in tiny quantities, wouldn't we have heard something from somebody by now? Not necessarily AMD itself, but some sort of halfway reliable leak? Hell, I want to believe it's finally out in the wild--for better or worse!--but the ongoing lack of reliable intel isn't helping one damn bit...

 

[NostaSeronx]

September 26th for Opterons <-- unknown source

 

[Epsilon-Zero]

Its going to be a sad day if BD fails hard.
Thus far the general feeling is that everything is not double rainbows and unicorns over at AMD.

With all the delays and a lack of marketing to tout their new champion, I think AMD really wishes they had something else to offer.

I could be wrong and this could be a ruse to take Intel by surprise, but in business its better to tell your partners you got something great to increase orders and demand.

I long for the days when AMD was really sticking it to Intel and creating a favorable environment for consumers, but I think we are all going to have to wait a while longer for that day to come again.

 

[Terzo]

Maybe the employee was trolling you? You said it was only a single box, right? So maybe it's just a(nother) cruel cruel lie.

Reluctant obligatory voice of doubt: if BD was indeed shipping, even in tiny quantities, wouldn't we have heard something from somebody by now? Not necessarily AMD itself, but some sort of halfway reliable leak? Hell, I want to believe it's finally out in the wild--for better or worse!--but the ongoing lack of reliable intel isn't helping one damn bit...

That's what I'm wondering. If it really is only a week away I'd assume AMD would make a final announcement. I mean, they announced when Interlagos began shipping, so wouldn't they do the same for Zambezi?

 

[Ken g6]

Was shown a sealed retail box

Shens! Everyone knows [post=32306048]they're gonna be sold in cans[/post]!

 

[Idontcare]

Yes, Frys employees seem to do this often.

I honestly have no idea what I am looking at here, obvious chick with hand to head in the foreground...wtf is the background and how does the pic itself relate to the overlaid text?

 

[trollolo]

I honestly have no idea what I am looking at here, obvious chick with hand to head in the foreground...wtf is the background and how does the pic itself relate to the overlaid text?

in the foreground we have a girl who is facepalming. she is "Ms. Jesse Slaughter" who posted pictures of her unmentionables to the interbutz. Several anons made fun of her abrasive attitude (frequent cursing) and her apparent lack of sexual conservatism (her lady parts were not unused). She got angry, and posted a video of herself crying. Her father, in the background, threatened to call the CYBER POLICE and said

CONSEQUENCES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.

 

[Terzo]

I honestly have no idea what I am looking at here, obvious chick with hand to head in the foreground...wtf is the background and how does the pic itself relate to the overlaid text?

Above pretty much sums it up, but if you want a more in depth explanation go here.

*edit*
Holy carp, I just read through that and so much **** has happened since the meme started. Sounds like she's been having a pretty tough time. I feel bad for her :/...the joke isn't gonna be as funny now.

 

[Idontcare]

in the foreground we have a girl who is facepalming. she is "Ms. Jesse Slaughter" who posted pictures of her unmentionables to the interbutz. Several anons made fun of her abrasive attitude (frequent cursing) and her apparent lack of sexual conservatism (her lady parts were not unused). She got angry, and posted a video of herself crying. Her father, in the background, threatened to call the CYBER POLICE and said

CONSEQUENCES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.

First off, well played my good sir

your commanding grasp of the English language is exquisite.

Second, thanks for the detailed explanation. Wow. The crap kids put themselves through these days. Is was so much easier to be a whore back in my day and not have any of it come back to haunt you 10-20 yrs later. Not so for the teens nowadays.

Above pretty much sums it up, but if you want a more in depth explanation go here.

*edit*
Holy carp, I just read through that and so much **** has happened since the meme started. Sounds like she's been having a pretty tough time. I feel bad for her :/...the joke isn't gonna be as funny now.

Thanks for the link. That IS crazy. I had no idea this meme existed. Now I understand the pic in its entirety. Can't believe her dad died, stuff's copulated up with that.

 

[subtraction]

lulul no goof for you. Well at least not any more.
Gawd the lul's that were provided to the /b/rothers of the world were of epic proportions.
Skype raid style prank phone calls were the epicness of all epic.
You know in WoW when you got your first epic and it was just like...

Basically thats how it went.

I stopped in MC I was unable to get any info.
The few people I know were not in today but I did ask a manager he said they had not received any stock and knew nothing of it.
But in regards to someone asking if it was only one that I saw at Frys...
It was multiple, yet I only got to finger one.
I did not mistake the others for another product.
The retail packaging was a much different color scheme than any other AMD retail boxed cpu.

 

[Rhoxed]

It was multiple, yet I only got to finger one.

I'm sorry guy, wish you could have fingered the whole bunch.

On a side note, thanks for the info - interested to see the performance even if I won't be picking one up this round.

 

[Idontcare]

The retail packaging was a much different color scheme than any other AMD retail boxed cpu.

:hmm: and you are quite positive it was zambezi, not the unlocked black edition of Llano for the desktop?

 

[busydude]

CONSEQUENCES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.

That guy was arrested for child abuse, IIRC, for punching his daughter in the face. ^^ Mugshot of him in I DONE GOOFED pic.

Sadly though, he recently died of heart attack.

EDIT: I see IDC picked up on it.

 

[subtraction]

:hmm: and you are quite positive it was zambezi, not the unlocked black edition of Llano for the desktop?

Just found a pic online here is what they looked like.

I really hope I am not enough of a returd to mistake that for any of AMD's other boxes!
So much so that I will suck you man part while you call me Shirley if I am wrong!

That guy was arrested for child abuse, IIRC, for punching his daughter in the face. ^^ Mugshot of him in I DONE GOOFED pic.

Sadly though, he recently died of heart attack.

EDIT: I see IDC picked up on it.

Sad?! More like hilarious.
I bet he also stripped his daughter of her front and back door virginity.
Maybe if he is lucky they will fix his teeth up in heaven before sending him to hell.
Religious comments without being religious is that allowed?

 

[badb0y]

 

[drizek]

Wasn't bulldozer supposed to come in a tin box?

Also, I think any real anandtech poster would have punched the Frys employee in the face and crowbar'd the CPU out of the display case to bring home and benchmark.

So unless you post some superpi soon, I'm just going to assume you're making it up.

 

[subtraction]

Oh please stop your getting my sphincter so wet...

Wasn't bulldozer supposed to come in a tin box?

Also, I think any real anandtech poster would have punched the Frys employee in the face and crowbar'd the CPU out of the display case to bring home and benchmark.

So unless you post some superpi soon, I'm just going to assume you're making it up.

Yes the one they had open was in a tin box.
They said the tin box was inside of the cardboard box?
Honestly I will try and go up there tomorrow after work and see if I can get more info.
As I know they didnt just open it to go "Dang thats what it looks like?! We better put it back in the box now and not benchmark it or anything with the plethora of setups we have just sitting here for testing components."

 

[RussianSensation]

That was from Fudzilla, which originally was taken from Donanimhaber.

October 12th

http://lenzfire.com/2011/09/amd-bulldozer-official-price-and-release-date-46209/

and

http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2011/2011092201_AMD_FX_processors_to_launch_on_October_12.html

The average Joe is going to love this: "Whoaaaaaa bro! 8 cores for $200 bucks!!! Double teh cores for less than Intelz!!! That's more cores than in my PS3! I am in."

 

[Tsavo]

I bought one today. Story in a few minutes.

 

[Neutralman]

The average Joe is going to love this: "Whoaaaaaa bro! 8 cores for $200 bucks!!! Double teh cores for less than Intelz!!! That's more cores than in my PS3! I am in."

That is pretty much what the majority of door-busting shoppers on Black Friday/Holidays will think when they see AMD vs Intel Cpu's for sale.

All they gotta do is add a "newly released" sticker on the AMD, that'll just seal the deal.

 

[nonameo]

I bought one today. Story in a few minutes.

But, do you have it in hand?

if so, BENCHMARKS!!!!

 

[Tsavo]

But, do you have it in hand?

if so, BENCHMARKS!!!!

I think he's FOS!

 

[MustangSVT]

will this be better than i5 2500k? performance/price wise.

 

[subtraction]

will this be better than i5 2500k? performance/price wise.

I was really hoping it would/will be but got impatient and went with Intel.
Really my own personal opinion is its going to be a flop.
Well at least they will get sales from the idiots who just see more cores and purchase without knowing much of anything. Using the more is better mentality.

 

[imaheadcase]

I figured but people were still seeming as if they had no idea what it could possible be? Still should have just stated the obvious for those whom did not know.

They also showed me a real slick looking aluminum box and said it will come in that? Me thinks an individual had perhaps done a little illegal unboxing? Maybe I will go back up and offer to suck on a certain part of their body in exchange for a box of my own?

Retail stores can open stuff, in fact they can put in on shelves if they want. They just can't SELL it till a certain date. The register just denies the sale.

I do it all the time at stores when we get shippers in wrapped up that says "Do not sale by" dates on them, first thing i do is cut a hole in cardboard and see whats inside