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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. Whats Up With Hexus.Net? by Cryptacool · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is the third link in recent memory, and their server always goes down. Also for the most part their reviews are pretty bad, can't we wait to post these stories for a reputable site to have a review up?

  2. Re:My head hurts by Doctor+Faustus · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'll notice that the AMDs are cheaper. And I noticed that the 2ghz P4 I've got at work is slower than the 866mhz P3 it replaced.