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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. AMDZone by luna69 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Probably the best place to look for info:
    http://amdzone.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=New s&file=article&sid=3165&mode=thread&order=0&thold= 0

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  2. Toms Hardware Review... by drumgeek · · Score: 5, Informative

    Toms Hardware Review

  3. Just in Case... by unts · · Score: 4, Informative

    Coral Cache: http://www.hexus.net.nyud.net:8090/content/reviews /review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD0xMzE3

  4. 1MiB != 1024KB by Stalin · · Score: 5, Informative

    For a definition of MiB see this wikipedia article -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebibyte

    And here is a random review that includes the actual cache numbers -- http://www.gdhardware.com/hardware/cpus/amd/athlon 64/fx57/001.htm

  5. Re:To think... by Thomas+DM · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well AMD's production capacity isn't as big as Intel's - that's one of the big issues. AMD has an agreement with Intel to use x86, but this means that AMD may only outsource a limited amount of its production to foundries. But the new fab in Dresden, Germany will soon be opened to boost AMD's production capacity.

    Intel also has big deals with huge system builders such as Dell and HP.

  6. Re:Why would one get this by LurkerXXX · · Score: 4, Informative

    Pull up task manager and look at how much CPU usage you have when your machine is just sitting 'idle', not running a game or other CPU intensive app. If you have a higher end CPU, it's probably maybe averaging 1-2%. That's not a lot of stuff to toss on the other CPU. The FX chip will run at much more than 2% faster than the dual-core chips available now, so it's the better option for games (99.9% of which won't take advantage of 2 CPUs). In a couple years when more games are written for SMP systems, then the dual-core will be the way to go.

  7. Re:Ugh by bhtooefr · · Score: 4, Informative

    Also, the 940 boards have to be 6-layer (costs more), and they have to have ECC (IIRC), whereas 939 can be 4-layer, and use cheaper, faster non-ECC memory.