AMD FX Series Processors Up For Pre-Order

[namegame]

http://www.techpowerup.com/151949/AMD-FX-Series-Processors-Up-For-Pre-Order.html
At last, AMD's highly-anticipated performance desktop processors, branded under the FX-Series, are up for pre-order, letting buyers book their chips so they could have it up and running on release date. American retailer Bottom-line Telecommunications (BLT) has the FX-8150 and FX-8120 eight-core chips; and FX-6100 six-core chip up for pre-order. Its price for the FX-8150 is US $266.28, the FX-8120 is priced at US $221.73, while the FX-6100 is priced at $188.32. BLT ships over ground for free to the 48 contiguous American states.

The new FX-Series processors are based on AMD's brand new "Bulldozer" micro-architecture, and come in the AM3+ package. The FX-8150 will lead the first wave with its eight cores clocked at 3.60 GHz, 16 MB of total cache (4x 2 MB L2 + 1x 8 MB L3); followed by the FX-8120 at 3.10 GHz, also with 16 MB cache. The FX-6100 six-core processor is clocked at 3.30 GHz, with 14 MB cache (3x 2 MB L2 + 1x 8 MB L3). Market release is expected in October. You can be ready for the new chips by purchasing socket AM3+ motherboards, ideally those based on the AMD 9-series chipset, as they are already available in the market.

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[Mopetar]

Compared to the rumors that had the 8150 at under $200, this should indicate that the chip is at least somewhat competitive with Intel's offerings. Now the real question is whether or not the lower price is indicative of much lower performance than desired or AMD attempting to be extremely price-competitive to gain market share.

 

[sequoia464]

I have purchased from BLT before - had an issue with a processor - BLT went above and beyond to take care of me.

That being said - their prices aren't in sync with these that were posted here earlier at ExtremeTech

Link ... http://www.extremetech.com/computin...+(Extremetech)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

BLT is about $30 more on each processor type than what is listed at ExtremeTech. Anyone know what to expect when these actually are available??

 

[namegame]

I have been thinking about this since i posted it and i keep wondering why would you pre-order a cpu before you seen some solid benchmarks?I have read many post,thread's,articles and don't know what to believe yet...

 

[sequoia464]

I have been thinking about this since i posted it and i keep wondering why would you pre-order a cpu before you seen some solid benchmarks?I have read many post,thread's,articles and don't know what to believe yet...

Thinking the same thing here ... not quite certain what to think yet.

Hard for me to tell who is blowing smoke on these forums from those that know what can really be expected.

 

[JimKiler]

Thinking the same thing here ... not quite certain what to think yet.

Hard for me to tell who is blowing smoke on these forums from those that know what can really be expected.

I am finally calling it quits with AMD and ready to get a Sandy Bridge because

1. there are no leaks that are positive, and if this thing was an intel killer AMD would have released performance figures.
2. the delays.

 

[Auggie]

I am finally calling it quits with AMD and ready to get a Sandy Bridge because

1. there are no leaks that are positive, and if this thing was an intel killer AMD would have released performance figures.
2. the delays.

Man, that logic is rock solid. (Not really.)

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

I am finally calling it quits with AMD and ready to get a Sandy Bridge because

1. there are no leaks that are positive, and if this thing was an intel killer AMD would have released performance figures.
2. the delays.

Coupled with the module concept, the fact it has eight cores and a clock speed of 3.1-4GHz and is going against a CPU with four cores and a clock speed of 3.3-3.7GHz should tell you a lot. I'm thinking AMD's estimates on how much performance you lose from running two threads on a module are BS.

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

Man, that logic is rock solid. (Not really.)

Why would they need so many revisions to better clock speeds if the IPC wasn't a huge problem? Why is a CPU with EIGHT cores and EIGHT threads and a 3.1-4.0GHz clock speed going against a CPU with FOUR cores and FOUR threads and a 3.3-3.7GHz clock speed?

 

[JimKiler]

Man, that logic is rock solid. (Not really.)

No but we are already seeing AMD Radeon 7900 info and yet no BD. the writing is on the wall. I wish i was wrong but and I hope AMD can make a comeback.