Looks like my Thuban @ 3.8GHz core / 2.6GHz uncore is not going anywhere anytime soon unless it is for a Sandy Bridge rig.
The only silver-lining I can see (until a review is out) is that $115 quad-core BD might be a good low-end enthusiast chip only because it is completely unlocked compared to the i3 alternative. If a quad-core BD is far lighter in power consumption and thermals than the full-monty octo-core daddy even when overclocked, it might be a good alternative for enthusiasts looking for the traditional "low-end price, high performance overclocked" chip instead of what Intel (as Anand noted) is forcing on us ("no more Celeron 300A guys, give us more money for the privilege of overclocking to higher performance levels"). I hope there will be reviews about this in the next week or so. It's the only thing about BD right now that remotely interests me.
Looking forward to see how Interlagos sizes up in the server space. That's probably all that matters to AMD anyway, since the consumer market is better served by Ontario, Zacate, and Llano. If Interlagos gets beaten by MC just as how the FX-8150 gets whooped by the Thubans, well, I don't know what their excuse would be to their partners.
The only silver-lining I can see (until a review is out) is that $115 quad-core BD might be a good low-end enthusiast chip only because it is completely unlocked compared to the i3 alternative. If a quad-core BD is far lighter in power consumption and thermals than the full-monty octo-core daddy even when overclocked, it might be a good alternative for enthusiasts looking for the traditional "low-end price, high performance overclocked" chip instead of what Intel (as Anand noted) is forcing on us ("no more Celeron 300A guys, give us more money for the privilege of overclocking to higher performance levels"). I hope there will be reviews about this in the next week or so. It's the only thing about BD right now that remotely interests me.
Looking forward to see how Interlagos sizes up in the server space. That's probably all that matters to AMD anyway, since the consumer market is better served by Ontario, Zacate, and Llano. If Interlagos gets beaten by MC just as how the FX-8150 gets whooped by the Thubans, well, I don't know what their excuse would be to their partners.