AMD Roadmap

[Spydermag68]

Can someone point me to a road map to the next Phenom II processors are coming out.
Specifically any thing faster the the 955.

 

[lopri]

PII 965 has been reportedly listed on some of the e-tailers in Europe. Other than that, nothing much is known for PII.

On the other hand, Athlon II series is rumoured to debut soon, with all flavors of X4/X3/X2.

 

[Viditor]

Originally posted by: lopri
PII 965 has been reportedly listed on some of the e-tailers in Europe. Other than that, nothing much is known for PII.

On the other hand, Athlon II series is rumoured to debut soon, with all flavors of X4/X3/X2.

Ummm...I'm answering this on an Athlon II 550 X2. They've been out for awhile now...
Mine is 3.1 GHz (mild OC to 3.34), 7mb cache, 2 active cores. I didn't activate the other 2 disabled cores because most of the stuff I use on this system is single thread (games, office, etc...), so higher clocks on 2 cores is better for me.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

The 550 is actually a Phenom II X2, not an Athlon II X2. He's also right in that there will be Athlon II X3 and X4 chips, which are different than the Phenom II X3 and X4 in that I believe they lack L3 cache (or maybe they have a much smaller one).

 

[evolucion8]

Originally posted by: cusideabelincoln
The 550 is actually a Phenom II X2, not an Athlon II X2. He's also right in that there will be Athlon II X3 and X4 chips, which are different than the Phenom II X3 and X4 in that I believe they lack L3 cache (or maybe they have a much smaller one).

Actually those don't have L3 cache at all. They're called Athlon II processors codename Regor which are real dual cores, not defective quad cores, which consumes less power and dissipates less heat, those disguised Quad Cores have the codename Callisto. (Also there's an Athlon X2 codename Kuma.)

 

[waffleironhead]

regor(athlon2 x2) is for sale at newegg already. The 240,245,250

 

[richierich1212]

965 may be released as early as the 13th

 

[Phynaz]

Originally posted by: Viditor
Ummm...I'm answering this on an Athlon II 550 X2.

As others have said, no you're not.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

Originally posted by: evolucion8

Originally posted by: cusideabelincoln
The 550 is actually a Phenom II X2, not an Athlon II X2. He's also right in that there will be Athlon II X3 and X4 chips, which are different than the Phenom II X3 and X4 in that I believe they lack L3 cache (or maybe they have a much smaller one).

Actually those don't have L3 cache at all. They're called Athlon II processors codename Regor which are real dual cores, not defective quad cores, which consumes less power and dissipates less heat, those disguised Quad Cores have the codename Callisto. (Also there's an Athlon X2 codename Kuma.)

Isn't that what I said? I threw in the caveat parantheses because I was only 95% positive with my initial statement "they lack L3 cache".

Well, in retrospect I could have been more specific, aand I can see how you would take my statement in another direction. I know the Athlon II processors are a different core, but it's my understanding they have the same (or similar) tweaks as the Phenom II processors except AMD just left out the L3 cache when designing/manufacturering them.

And the Athlon X2 Kumas are Phenoms with a couple of cores disabled.

 

[Viditor]

Originally posted by: Phynaz

Originally posted by: Viditor
Ummm...I'm answering this on an Athlon II 550 X2.

As others have said, no you're not.

Thank God you were there to confirm what everyone else said...very helpful. :roll:

This was my bad for not checking the distributor...
However, my point stands about Athlon II already being in the market. The 250 is an Athlon II chip and has been out for some time.

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[evolucion8]

Originally posted by: cusideabelincoln
Isn't that what I said? I threw in the caveat parantheses because I was only 95% positive with my initial statement "they lack L3 cache".

Well, in retrospect I could have been more specific, aand I can see how you would take my statement in another direction. I know the Athlon II processors are a different core, but it's my understanding they have the same (or similar) tweaks as the Phenom II processors except AMD just left out the L3 cache when designing/manufacturering them.

And the Athlon X2 Kumas are Phenoms with a couple of cores disabled.

Don't get mad, I wasn't correcting you, I was just being more specific since your post was a bit dubious due to "the lack of L3 cache or they have a much smaller one" sentence.

 

[richierich1212]

Originally posted by: Viditor

Ummm...I'm answering this on an Athlon II 550 X2. They've been out for awhile now...
Mine is 3.1 GHz (mild OC to 3.34), 7mb cache, 2 active cores. I didn't activate the other 2 disabled cores because most of the stuff I use on this system is single thread (games, office, etc...), so higher clocks on 2 cores is better for me.

Only 3.34? Cmon you can go a lil higher and undervolt at the same time, and/or unlock those cores.

 

[Phynaz]

Originally posted by: Viditor

Originally posted by: Phynaz

Originally posted by: Viditor
Ummm...I'm answering this on an Athlon II 550 X2.

As others have said, no you're not.

Thank God you were there to confirm what everyone else said...very helpful. :roll:

This was my bad for not checking the distributor...
However, my point stands about Athlon II already being in the market. The 250 is an Athlon II chip and has been out for some time.

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Distributor?

I don't get how somebody that posts on an enthusiast board doesn't seem to know what cpu is in his computer, but whatever...