AMD Trinity to launch on October 2nd

[inf64]

Source.

In an e-mail to subscribers of AMD’s channel news letter last Friday, AMD announced that it’s 2nd generation APUs will be launching on October 2nd. To quote the news letter verbatim, “October 2nd marks an exciting new chapter in modern processing history!” AMD also urges readers to be the first to order on October 2nd, before delving into the specific advantages of Trinity. Touting more cores, higher clock speeds, and improved overclocking; AMD tells readers to, “Break the 1GHz barrier on the GPU!”

Also AMD hints that FM2 offers "longevity" for "future upgrades which could mean Steamroller support. If GPU OCs to 1+GHz then Trinity will be the best iGPU on desktop for a long time.

PS Does this mean Vishera NDA lifts up around the same time?

 

[Hubb1e]

The best thing about this is that FM2 will stick around.

I think trinity will be a very nice processor for mainstream consumers and general workloads as long as they get the higher clocked versions.

 

[AtenRa]

NDA ends October the second

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=33985190&postcount=3

 

[Chiropteran]

Looking forward to this.

 

[Arkaign]

The best thing about this is that FM2 will stick around.

I think trinity will be a very nice processor for mainstream consumers and general workloads as long as they get the higher clocked versions.

As long as they get the higher clocked versions, and some decent ram to go with it. It's not really all that expensive any more, but it's a shame even to match Llano with 1333 and below. 1600, 1866 are really affordable, and deals can even be had on faster stuff from time to time. These kinds of chips are extremely sensitive to memory speed, and 1333 and 1066 (shudder) really gimp them horribly.

It's honestly more of an issue with notebooks though. I've seen A6 and A8 based units with 1066 ram, sad.

 

[Centauri]

My NewEgg Preferred account is ready (and has been waiting since July...)

 

[happysmiles]

atleast they can enjoy 5 months of Trinity before Haswell brings the fire and doom of satan.

 

[Red Hawk]

About dang time.

 

[AtenRa]

FM2 boards on ASUS site

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_Socket_FM2/AMD_A85X

 

[frozentundra123456]

Source.
Also AMD hints that FM2 offers "longevity" for "future upgrades which could mean Steamroller support. If GPU OCs to 1+GHz then Trinity will be the best iGPU on desktop for a long time.

PS Does this mean Vishera NDA lifts up around the same time?

Wow, "best igpu on the desktop" what a thrill. If you really need a good gpu, add a discrete card. Otherwise almost any igpu is good enough.

 

[Eeqmcsq]

I would love to see overclockers push the iGPU and see how much of a discrete GPU they can match.

 

[Centauri]

Hopefully this huge pause between OEM desktop release and now will have given board manufacturers enough time to nail down bugs and kinks; reading reviews on FM1 boards, especially those made shortly after launch, had me leery to touch any of them.

AMD needs this to be a good launch.

 

[Puppies04]

I would love to see overclockers push the iGPU and see how much of a discrete GPU they can match.

Oh they will match a discrete GPU just not a decent one, come back in 3 or 4 years for that.

 

[inf64]

Wow, "best igpu on the desktop" what a thrill. If you really need a good gpu, add a discrete card. Otherwise almost any igpu is good enough.

A10's GPU with 1+Ghz clock is going to be a tough nut to crack even for some discrete cards you can buy. And it comes "free" with the CPU,unlike the discrete you need to buy. Oh and if you do buy discrete you can buy one that does hybrid CF so you in fact get additional 50% speedup in many titles unlike with the combination that has no Trinity in it .

 

[Mallibu]

A10's GPU with 1+Ghz clock is going to be a tough nut to crack even for some discrete cards you can buy. And it comes "free" with the CPU,unlike the discrete you need to buy. Oh and if you do buy discrete you can buy one that does hybrid CF so you in fact get additional 50% speedup in many titles unlike with the combination that has no Trinity in it .

Weren't you the one who said games are [meaningless], and noone cares about them? Why do you get excited over a part (gpu) that only plays games?

No profanity in the tech forums
-ViRGE

 

[piesquared]

this is going to be a great little chip for desktop. There's plenty of CPU muscle and it has the world's fastest and feature rich gGPU by a very large margin. With the wide range of GPU accelerated applications available, Trinity is a class leading product for sure. Nothing from the competition can come close to it in terms of compute power and the gGPU, while the CPU will remain very competitive. It could very well have a leg up on Ib regarding power consumption and heat output as well thanks to the RCM.

 

[inf64]

Weren't you the one who said games are [meaningless], and noone cares about them? Why do you get excited over a part (gpu) that only plays games?

Games and applications are two aspects of PC performance. The ones who are going to buy this CPU are casual gamers,not hardcore ones. Think your uncle who has a son, a student who games every weekend and plays new Diablo etc. People who want to play games at absolute maximum quality are not the target of this product. Intel has much more pricier products to milk money from folks like this.

And yes, games on a 3770/3570K/FX/SB machines are BS since these machines can do actual productive work . Here is where FX is very competitive since it does have a horsepower to run modern threaded workloads and this trend in programming is just going to gain more momentum. Buying one of these CPUs just to game and have great FPS is wasting money since these CPUs can do much more.

 

[grimpr]

this is going to be a great little chip for desktop. There's plenty of CPU muscle and it has the world's fastest and feature rich gGPU by a very large margin. With the wide range of GPU accelerated applications available, Trinity is a class leading product for sure. Nothing from the competition can come close to it in terms of compute power and the gGPU, while the CPU will remain very competitive. It could very well have a leg up on Ib regarding power consumption and heat output as well thanks to the RCM.

And you know what?, it will be great fun to overclock too, something Intel fanboys like to forget, that the entire celeron/pentium/core i3 line is locked.

 

[frozentundra123456]

this is going to be a great little chip for desktop. There's plenty of CPU muscle and it has the world's fastest and feature rich gGPU by a very large margin. With the wide range of GPU accelerated applications available, Trinity is a class leading product for sure. Nothing from the competition can come close to it in terms of compute power and the gGPU, while the CPU will remain very competitive. It could very well have a leg up on Ib regarding power consumption and heat output as well thanks to the RCM.

Is this a post or a press release for AMD???


Inferior CPU performance to last generation intel and an igpu that can be beaten by a mid range discrete card. Big deal.

 

[Yuriman]

Games and applications are two aspects of PC performance. The ones who are going to buy this CPU are casual gamers,not hardcore ones. Think your uncle who has a son, a student who games every weekend and plays new Diablo etc. People who want to play games at absolute maximum quality are not the target of this product. Intel has much more pricier products to milk money from folks like this.

And yes, games on a 3770/3570K/FX/SB machines are BS since these machines can do actual productive work . Here is where FX is very competitive since it does have a horsepower to run modern threaded workloads and this trend in programming is just going to gain more momentum. Buying one of these CPUs just to game and have great FPS is wasting money since these CPUs can do much more.

Total nonsense. I take offense to your implication that my decision to get an i5, even though I primarily just play games on my PC, is BS. Games actually DO take advantage of the additional CPU horsepower an i5 or FX can provide. Guild Wars 2 (just as an example) runs like crap on existing AMD APUs, and it has as much to do with the weak CPU as it does the weak iGPU.

That said, I agree that Trinity is a great budget option to get for a casual gamer. It's exactly the chip I would pick if buying for a nephew.

 

[piesquared]

Is this a post or a press release for AMD???


Inferior CPU performance to last generation intel and an igpu that can be beaten by a mid range discrete card. Big deal.

I'm willing to bet that it performs equally or wins in many of cPU oriented applications that matter, compared to the other products in its class. The vast majority of global consumers couldn't care less about the performance in isolated benchmarks. The experience to tbe end user is all that matters and Trinity will give a much more satisfying experience. Its definitely the more balanced architecture.

 

[Mallibu]

And you know what?, it will be great fun to overclock too, something Intel fanboys like to forget, that the entire celeron/pentium/core i3 line is locked.

The whole fun in overclocking was to take a middle-low class CPU and get high-end performance, "making fun" at the others who paid 400$+ for the same performance. With AMD however you get a low end cpu, spend money for a custom cooler, spend for a better PSU, overclock it and still get low end performance. That is called wasting time and money, not fun.

 

[Centauri]

Funny. I thought the fun in overclocking always had and still does come from taking something that was rated at a certain potential, and pushing it past that...

 

[Dice144]

If you polish a turd what do you get?

 

[Mallibu]

Funny. I thought the fun in overclocking always had and still does come from taking something that was rated at a certain potential, and pushing it past that...

Exactly. What I'm saying is there's no potential, when you buy an fx 4100 instead of i3 2320, spend hours and money in cooling tweaking etc. and still end up with lower performance. The point was to surpass your competitive processor in same/higher cost segment else you are just making a bad value buy.