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AMD Launches Athlon 64 FX-57

Posted by Hemos on from the tide-goes-in-tide-goes-out dept.

Kez writes "Today AMD release what could be the fastest x86 processor to date. The FX-57 is the first 90nm Athlon 64 FX from AMD, clocked to 2.8GHz, with 1MiB of L2 cache and support for SSE3. The memory controller has also been tweaked to support mismatched memory module sizes - something some enthusiasts have been crying out for. Hexus.net reviews the new processor, which, in gaming benchmarks, walks all over any of Intel's offerings." There's going to be plenty of reviews I'm sure - if you've found other links, please post them below.

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  1. w00t by qw0ntum · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know I can't wait to do spreadsheets in 2.8Ghz, 64-bit glory. >_> That aside, this is still a pretty awesome development.

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  2. Re:Toms Hardware Review... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Although Toms has
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