For those not in the know, these processors are special Phenom II X4s that are hand-picked by AMD for maximum overclocking potential. Ironically, the fact they're high-leakage parts makes them less desirable to most other users. According to AMD, only about 100 TWKR processors exist in the world today.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-phenom-twkr-contest-overclocking,8166.html
Did they "focus" on them or did they already Know that with X Voltage they could get Y Speed? So when push came to shove they decided to just put it on the Market?
That principle was settled long ago. And AMD is not gonna be any exception. Its both scamming the consumer and breaking the marketing act.
Nice touch tho that you are willing to allow AMD to cheat people for ~6%. In my country tho, that will be a case by the consumer protection handled to the police for further charges.
Is that how AMD is advertising them?
Is AMD advertising this as the "world's first x86/x64 5GHz 8-core chip?"
Nobody is allowing AMD to cheat anything, but please call the police and don't forget to add this
and this "up to".
See above up to 5 GHz 8 cores. The architecture is implicit evidently.
Intel advertizes their atom chips turbo...The first slide is clear and accurate. The second is deceptive actually, because they hi-light both 8 cores and 5ghz, which you do not have at the same time. You can advertise 5ghz, but it is deceptive because no other cpu is advertised based on its max turbo, either from AMD or intel. Even the "up to" qualifier is not clear because it could be taken to mean all 8 cores turbo to 5 ghz, which is not true.
Intel advertizes their atom chips turbo...
Intel advertises many chips with their turbo frequency. For instance the 3770k is presented in a large font as a 8M Cache up to 3.90 GHz Processor
http://ark.intel.com/products/65719/
It is only when you go to the fine details in smaller font that you see the base clock of 3.4GHz. More examples
http://ark.intel.com/products/65520
http://ark.intel.com/products/52207
http://ark.intel.com/products/53450
http://ark.intel.com/products/65707
http://ark.intel.com/products/53474
http://ark.intel.com/products/65707
The latter models are particularly interesting because the difference between the base clock and the clock mentioned in the top of the page is close to 1GHz!
For instance the last link of above advertise in a large font as an up to 2.6 GHz processor, but the base clock is a mere 1.7GHz.
at least the 3770k will turbo on all the cores and run that speed,the way amd worded it makes people think they have an 8 core chip clocking all 8 cores to 5ghz when its fully loaded
at least the 3770k will turbo on all the cores and run that speed,the way amd worded it makes people think they have an 8 core chip clocking all 8 cores to 5ghz when its fully loaded
:thumbsup: Wow,wow...........what a fuss about AMD releasing a 5 GHz CPUNobody is allowing AMD to cheat anything, but please call the police and don't forget to add this
and this "up to".
See above up to 5 GHz 8 cores. The architecture is implicit evidently.
:thumbsup: Wow,wow...........what a fuss about AMD releasing a 5 GHz CPU
If they would release it I would buy it(if it is about 250 euro??). My 8350 does not have a heat problem at all, it bearly gets over 45C under load/gaming(not using Prime95 ofcourse=unrealistic).
If they are handpicked they might be real fun to use.
Biggest fuss was created by people who actually won't buy this thing (and they couldn't even if they wanted since it's not going to retail channel). First it's the "TDP" problem, then it's the price problem, after that it's "fake cores", then it's fake "Ghz marketing". I wonder what's next?
Precisely or in other word: I didnt cost AMD too much. 5 Ghz at nearly no costs ...They're hand picked chips that they already have produced. What's the big deal?
NDA not over yet?Hmm, galego your schedule says there were samples sent for reviewers in N. America. Where are the reviews?
If AMD was smart they would keep this massive niche TDP product segment and introduce some crazy SR based FX with 6 modules and 4.5+Ghz next year. For retail channel with massive price. It would be funny to watch the river of tears as thing thing would probably cream Haswell-E 8C in a lot of benchmarks .
Yes they are releasing this. This is the schedule
Prices are unknown.
Their imagination is unlimited.