AMD Adopts Headspreaders (again)

[thorin]

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They had them on the K6-x series and now it looks like they might bring them back.

Thorin

 

[Chadder007]

Maybe this is how they are getting the new 2800+ ???

 

[ElFenix]

i wonder how many people will lap theirs?

 

[PG]

That looks great. Less people will break cores, which has been a gripe of some for a long time.

 

[Wingznut]

I wouldn't exactly be counting on this being true (until we hear about it at a more reliable source)... Something just doesn't look right about it.

 

[nagger]

I don't know about you guys but I looked at the pictures and it seems a bit faked.

For instance why is the heatspreader at the same level as the green stuff (the packaging material) ?

Isn't it supposed to be a bit raised? Like the ones on the P4 and the Clawhammer?

 

[Insane3D]

That looks great. Less people will break cores, which has been a gripe of some for a long time.

You really don't hear much about chipped cores anymore. The early Socket A heatsinks were not the best, and a good deal of them were just S370 adaptations. The newer HSF and clip designs have really cut down on people chipping the core. I really can't recall any recent threads about chipping cores...

🙂

 

[Ryan]

REPOST! 🙂

 

[thorin]

My bad on the repost but what's with the @^#&*! Subscriber links? 😛

Thorin

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: thorin
My bad on the repost but what's with the @^#&*! Subscriber links? 😛 Thorin

Bah, I'm too lazy to change them......... 🙂

 

[thorin]

Originally posted by: Wingznut PEZ
I wouldn't exactly be counting on this being true (until we hear about it at a more reliable source)... Something just doesn't look right about it.

Ya I think I agree....I was looking at them again and the one with the spreader is a 1800 model but it's an AX....thoroughbreds are supposed to be AXDA.

Thorin

 

[LostHiWay]

They're fake. Just open the pic up in photoshop and zoom in really close on the writing. You can see very clearly it was pasted on. They did a decent job however.

 

[Wingznut]

First thing I noticed was that the IHS is the size of the pcb. Add in the fact that the "AMD" logo is raised lettering, which would make a not-so-good surface for the hs.

I'm convinced it's just a Photoshopped P4.

 

[CTho9305]

It looks a LOT like a P4. Notice the bottom left corner.