AMD Bulldozer News and Discussion
...nice sense of humour!!!
coderunknown
Retired Forum Mod
Hey come on guys.......... I don't have any amd stuff. What will i do?
"change ur old
what will you call it? AMD summer bonanza? or Fusion Xchange offer?
Piyush
Lanaya
Fusion Xchange Offer sounds more catchy
coderunknown
Retired Forum Mod
but it may have some ill effects. some super minds from Bhabha ARC may come there to Xchange their old Fission reactors for a new Fusion one
furious_gamer
Excessive happiness
vickybat
I am the night...I am...
^^Zambezi will compete not only with socket 2011 but also 1155 sandybridge processors. Some more powerful 1155 cpu's are also due for launch and might show up in more than 4 cores avatar.
Zambezi has to be really good because it has two tough competitions to beat.
Early previews show 8 cores zambezi to be some 50% powerful than i7 950.
Source - This and This
Zambezi has to be really good because it has two tough competitions to beat.
Early previews show 8 cores zambezi to be some 50% powerful than i7 950.
Source - This and This
max_snyper
Maximum Effort!!!!!!
Any news on the motherboard specification for am3+ because a lot has been talked about the zambezi processors but no critical detail about the motherboards such as
1.will it support pci-e 3.0(in the future,they are still supporting 2.0 duh)
2.will it have a usb 3.0 native support
3.overclocking potential
4.form factor
5.i hope the mobo/proccy combination doesnt cost a bomb.(price point)
as when intel was about to launch sb they had all the configs ready 3~4 months back.
1.will it support pci-e 3.0(in the future,they are still supporting 2.0 duh)
2.will it have a usb 3.0 native support
3.overclocking potential
4.form factor
5.i hope the mobo/proccy combination doesnt cost a bomb.(price point)
as when intel was about to launch sb they had all the configs ready 3~4 months back.
Too good to be true.
max_snyper
Maximum Effort!!!!!!
If this time amd is able to bring the price point to current ph ii x6 top end level(12~15K) then the zambezi will be killer processor this year.
i'll get one right away if the price is right.
lets see at what price point mobos for am3+ are launched...a long wait(>3months).
i'll get one right away if the price is right.
lets see at what price point mobos for am3+ are launched...a long wait(>3months).
vickybat
I am the night...I am...
^^ Thats highly unlikely dude. Zambezi will be much more expensive than current x6. Maybe more than 20k for the slowest processor and top end will exceed 30k or maybe more.
Amd themselves had said that this time around they will eye the top end market and wont play the value game anymore.
Amd themselves had said that this time around they will eye the top end market and wont play the value game anymore.
max_snyper
Maximum Effort!!!!!!
^^^ lets see dude amd has till now not mentioned the price point of zambezi lineup..they are first launching desktop processors in Q2 so lets hope for the best!
previously u mentioned they are competing against lga 2011 & lga 1155. so they will keep that in mind when selecting the price range.
then too if they are able keep below 18k price range wats the problem have fun.
still its too early to speculate.
previously u mentioned they are competing against lga 2011 & lga 1155. so they will keep that in mind when selecting the price range.
then too if they are able keep below 18k price range wats the problem have fun.
still its too early to speculate.
blademast3r
In the zone
Cool.. good thing about amd is that buyers can be sure that these mobos will support proccys for atleast another 3 yrs! unlike intel who believe in changing the processor sockets for breakfast lunch and dinner!
Piyush
Lanaya
does it mean that our athlon II/phenom II AM3 CPUs can be run on AM3+ boards?