New Athlon FX Dual-Core CPU!!!

2006-01-11 15:48:38

#1

BlackLegion42: Damn Command and Conquer Generals...; +62|6951|Rochester, NY

Ya, AMD yesterday introduced their FX-60 Dual Core CPU Chip. It is currently the most expensive and powerful chip AMD ever made. Running on a 2.6 GHZ Toledo (OC'ed X2), it has a lot of power. Also, according to both anandtech and tom's hardware, the chip is leading almost every catagory in first, owning the newly released 65nm Intel EE 955. Also in games, it is also in the top first and second, just a few fps short against the FX-57 in DOOM 3 and BF2, so gaming in terms of this dual-core is good.

But this might be the end to the 939 Socket FX, X2 and 64 line, with the 60 as the last flagship chip. AMD is currently working on a new socket mobo that now supports the much awaited DDR2 SDRAM slots and make their 3rd generation Athlon 64 CPU's by putting the X2, 64 and FX lines into 65 nm dies technology, take that Intel!!!, and the FX utilizing that technology would probably all dual-core, so the FX 57 would be the last single-core in the FX line.

The FX-60 would not last long as once the new mobos are released late this year, they would also release the FX-62 Dual Core, which is just the same as a 60 but using 65 nm technology and DDR2 Memory.

Currently: the FX-60 is at 1000 dollars US and the 57 is at 860 dollars 860.

Links to articles:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/sh … spx?i=2668

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/10/ … e_assault/

Last edited by BlackLegion42 (2006-01-11 15:50:16)

2006-01-11 15:53:49

#2

Scarymother: Member; +1|6964

Yeah, and anyone who buys it for gaming is an idiot with too much money.

2006-01-11 15:54:08

#3

joemah: Member; +6|6963

Imagine the FX-60 with that new Quad SLI 7800 GTX nvidia just showcased.....so much power.

Now imagine how much that would all cost.

2006-01-11 15:57:21

#4

BlackLegion42: Damn Command and Conquer Generals...; +62|6951|Rochester, NY

joemah wrote:
Imagine the FX-60 with that new Quad SLI 7800 GTX nvidia just showcased.....so much power.

Now imagine how much that would all cost.

Total ownage there in BF2, but also owned your wallet :p

too bad that Socket 939 is discontinuing soon, but the 65 nm die on the next gen of Athlon would definitely kick Intel ass. Fine, let them dominate CES and MacWorld, once AMD rolls out their goods, Intel would flee back to their drawing boards for the rest of the year.

2006-01-11 16:11:58

#5

IBKCKNURASS: Corrosion Inhibitor; +172|6958

imagine if there were actually games and progs that used the dual core 64 processor for anything....lol

2006-01-11 16:28:16

#6

Maj.Do: Member; +85|6973|good old CA

^qft

2006-01-12 11:16:37

#7

hubris: Member; +0|6987

I have the FX-60. I have connections so my wallet didn't take a hit. So far there's no huge improvement with BF2 from my 64 3200+ Venice core. I'm guessing my biggest bottleneck now is my gfx card, X800 XL.

2006-01-12 12:56:45

#8

Landepaukku: Finnish bush-man; +23|7058|Finland

hubris wrote:
I have the FX-60. I have connections so my wallet didn't take a hit. So far there's no huge improvement with BF2 from my 64 3200+ Venice core. I'm guessing my biggest bottleneck now is my gfx card, X800 XL.

If you got enuff money to buy it almost immediatly, you ought have the money to buy 2 7800 gtx 512mb

2006-01-12 16:09:23

#9

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6993|PNW

The FX-57 is still more directly powerful than the FX-60, but the release of the $1000 FX-60 means the FX-57's going to go down to little over $800. Seriously, if you are going to upgrade to something that expensive this year, wait for the Socket AM2 AMD FX-62, as the FX-60 represents an effective farewell to socket 939 upgradability.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2006-01-12 16:25:05)

2006-01-12 16:14:00

#10

-_{MoW}_-Assasin: Member; +13|6949|Australia

it was actually last week, but its basically a X2 4800+ with 200 more mhz and an unlocked multiplyer

2006-01-12 16:53:08

#11

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6993|PNW

"AMD will not be switching to a 65nm fabricating process for its CPUs in 2006. Although the company has announced the development of 65-nanometer manufacturing technology with IBM, it's unlikely that AMD will be able to re-tool its plants to implement the new process with this year's CPU releases. As such, it's probable that the company will not release a new CPU architecture in 2006 either."

This article has been showing up on numerous websites. I'm not sure what to make of it, since I've seen more articles scattered here and there on the net that conflict with this information.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2006-01-12 17:04:58)

2006-01-12 17:05:09

#12

gunnaboy: Member; +26|6939

I think i will make do with my A8N32 SLI Deluxe mobo, Athlon64 x2 4400+ cpu and the 2 XFX 7800GTX 256mb(490clocked) graphics cards.

2006-01-12 22:01:20

#13

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6937

w00t!!! no cpu multiplier lock1!!!

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2006-01-13 16:30:09

#14

hubris: Member; +0|6987

Landepaukku wrote:
hubris wrote:
I have the FX-60. I have connections so my wallet didn't take a hit. So far there's no huge improvement with BF2 from my 64 3200+ Venice core. I'm guessing my biggest bottleneck now is my gfx card, X800 XL.
If you got enuff money to buy it almost immediatly, you ought have the money to buy 2 7800 gtx 512mb

Umm... the cpu was given to me. No, I don't have the money to buy 2 7800 GTXs. No, I can't get anyone else a new cpu.

2006-01-13 17:55:06

#15

gunnaboy: Member; +26|6939

Landepaukku wrote:
hubris wrote:
I have the FX-60. I have connections so my wallet didn't take a hit. So far there's no huge improvement with BF2 from my 64 3200+ Venice core. I'm guessing my biggest bottleneck now is my gfx card, X800 XL.
If you got enuff money to buy it almost immediatly, you ought have the money to buy 2 7800 gtx 512mb

BE CAREFUL buying the 512MB graphics cards at the moment some of them are getting recalled due to problems with them. DO YOUR RESEARCH FIRST before you buy!!!

2006-02-13 15:53:18

#16

Badvock: Squishing Your Head; +1|6898|Bolton UK

One thing u gotta remember guys is that the current crop of games like FEAR, Quake 4 etc and to a lesser extent BF2..... they are NOT cpu dependent having a 3200 or an fx60 (I just bought one along with a few extra bits) will make little if any difference to the frame rates you will get at higher resolutions. However upgrading from a 6600gt to two 7800 gtx's will make a huge difference. If you want good fraps then look to your graphics card and not too hard at your cpu.

Last edited by Badvock (2006-02-13 15:54:08)

2006-02-14 03:21:15

#17

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6937

so 65nm and ddr2? cant wait

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