When Will We See a 3.6GHz Phenom II X4?
Posted 02/02/09 at 01:30:05 PM by Paul Lilly
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AMD can use any help it can get, and for awhile, the chip maker looked like it was going to get it from a 3.6GHz Phenom II X4 quad-core processor. Not only would that represent the fastest-clocked quad-core by either AMD or Intel, but it would also be the fastest-clocked processor regardless of cores.
German website News-AMD recently said AMD would release the speedy 45nm chip in Q2 2009, but it appears the site was mistaken. According to TomsHardware, the site went offline due to "incorrect interpretation," and is now back online with an updated release schedule. Rather than Q2 2009, the site says a 3.6GHz Phenom II X4 is likely by the end of the decade, which means potentially waiting until 2010.
In the meantime, AMD's Phenom II X4 950 (3.1GHz) is still expected to debut in Q2 2009 with support for socket AM3. The new chip will support DDR3-1333 memory, come with a 4GHz HyperTransport interface speed, boast 8MB of cache, and have a 125W thermal envelope.
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Respect..
Submitted by Joshua.Palasz on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 4:17am
I do respect AMD and how they are "trying" to get back into the game, but Intel is just too high on desktop performance...AMD, they should lean twords the laptop/netbook direction and beat them until intel jumps the gun for the Core I7 for mobile. Let Intel keep the desktop PC's boosting thier numbers; and have AMD with their newer 45nm chips and go into the laptop business and regain their population. Have speed for laptops thats all we need to stop this dispute on which CPU is better.
Submitted by sasquatch42 on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 3:36pm
AMD has the low end, they comletely pwn what Intel has up to the X2 7750 v PDC 5200
With Phenom II they have a portion of the midrange, AMD won't grab high end market for a while.
Submitted by AndyYankee17 on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 3:21pm
idk I think AMD definantly owns the low to midrange desktop CPU market
Submitted by jvc08 on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 8:50pm
this is only good news for people that like to use amd because it is amd.
whats the point?
it's slower compared to intels procs. to me, this is wasted info.
i am not going to abandon intel if the amd chip is slower than my i7...
Submitted by AndyYankee17 on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 4:01am
price:performance I think the AMD's would be better, although I do hate how you're more limited to maximum speed than with an i7
Submitted by sparkey247 on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 12:38pm
need i say more 670 was 3.8 out of the box, by the end of the decade intel is releasing 32nm chips and those are rumored to be 3.8 ghz on one volt.
Current Gen
Submitted by One4yu2c on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 7:15pm
I probably should have clarified, but I was talking about current-generation CPUs. P4s never got high enough for the clockspeed to overcome the super long stage pipelines, whereas clockspeed actually translates into meaningful performance for both AMD's and Intel's current architectures.
Submitted by AndyYankee17 on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 12:53pm
that what I was thinking, not to mention the LGA 775 P4's have the highest overclocks
Submitted by sasquatch42 on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 3:39pm
I am hoping that the AM3 Phenom II's can overtake the P4 as highest OC
It was the first quad to hit 6, very promising for a $200 chip that is clocked at 3 instead of 3.2 or 3.8
Submitted by N25PHILLY on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 12:20pm
...Intel makes is obsolete
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