AMD FX-60 Dual Core - Page 2

Daniel ~ · #21 (**permalink**) 14th January, 2006, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by z3speed4me

prob the single greatest thing ive ever read on this thread...however, id get a csl then supercharge it haha...

anyway, yea i was REALLLLY thinkin about buyin a new board and makin an amd machine this week

but really restrained myself to wait for the new socket types to come out and go from there everything brand new, m2 socket, g71 or watever its called card....prob ddr2 finally with amd....oooo i cant wait!

We need you to reduce you signature graphic to the same size or less than out files and F@H banners.... A banner war is a terrible thing to see!

cadaveca · #22 (**permalink**) 15th January, 2006, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by dsio

AMD have finally released the last Socket 939 chip, in the form of the FX-60 dual core.

While the X2 series have brought dual core to the desktop market, the FX range has remained single core to this point, but the FX-60 changes that with its pair of 2.6Ghz cores, each with 1MB of L2 cache.

The FX-57 will continue to run beside the FX-60 as a single core option for quite some time, but it is doubtfull if any new chips will be out for the S939 platform unless they carry the Opteron or Sempron name.

Anandtech have benchmarks and a full writeup here http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2668

I called it!

Redroar · #23 (**permalink**) 15th January, 2006, 01:00 AM

Wow. That's one expensive piece of silicon that will be obsolete before the year is out.

I feel bile rising. I don't see where they can get off selling it for more than 3x the value of my car (an old *cough*1981*cough* Honda Civic that works fine. Except for the air conditioning, radio, the driver side window. Also it's manual transmission. But it gets 35mpg, no kidding).

I'm sorry I just got into a rant about my car, I'll try not to do it again. Expensive processor. Yeah. Sorry again.

Gizmo · #24 (**permalink**) 15th January, 2006, 01:05 AM

They get off selling it for that price because idiots with more money than brains and egos far too large for their own good (or anyone else's) are willing to pay it.

Daniel ~ · #25 (**permalink**) 15th January, 2006, 01:14 AM

Remember you heard it first here, and for once it wasn't me saying it! ":O}

dsio · #26 (**permalink**) 15th January, 2006, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by gizmo

They get off selling it for that price because idiots with more money than brains and egos far too large for their own good (or anyone else's) are willing to pay it.

Normally at this point, I would make a smart arsed remark, ridculing your Athlon XP-M, but rather than that, I'll save myself the trouble, and let William Shakespeare do the explaining for me.

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"O beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on"

-Shakespeare, Othello

I should really get a medal for making the most culturally significant post ever in the history of the internet, and better yet, making it relevant to a CPU.

Sometimes I even scare myself...

So, even a man that's been dead for 500 years can say that the only reason everyone (mainly K7 owners) hate brilliant new CPUs, is because they can neither afford, nor socket them.

Or perhaps I am being a smart arse after all?

Quoting William Shakespeare though... That was a James Bond moment there...

dsio · #27 (**permalink**) 15th January, 2006, 08:36 AM

If anyone needs me, I'll be looking at myself in the mirror and sniffing my socks.

Favu · #28 (**permalink**) 15th January, 2006, 08:37 AM

Damn modern CPUs...

cadaveca · #29 (**permalink**) 15th January, 2006, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by dsio

...and sniffing my socks.

explains ALOT!

dsio · #30 (**permalink**) 15th January, 2006, 09:00 AM

If yours smelled this good, you would too :P

Daniel ~ · #31 (**permalink**) 15th January, 2006, 02:10 PM

Just how is it that your so sure they don't?

And yes, James Bond moment....":O}

madcatmk3 · #32 (**permalink**) 17th January, 2006, 06:05 PM

I don't like the FX-60 and I have a s939. I just think it's to overpriced. It's cheaper to buy a good cooler and 4400+ and OC to the same speed.

dsio · #33 (**permalink**) 18th January, 2006, 03:18 AM

Overclocking is the point. A serious overclocker buys FX chips for the unlocked multiplier. The FX are binned as the best of the best, and will OC better, as well as having the unlocked multi.

It fills that void in the dual core lineup.

Áedán · #34 (**permalink**) 18th January, 2006, 04:13 AM

Hmm, should I spend US$2,300 on a PC system with a US$1,200 chip in it, or should I spend US$9000 on an E10K instead? Which would be faster? That is a tough question!

I shall wait for Socket AM2 and then see how things pan out from there.

dsio · #35 (**permalink**) 18th January, 2006, 04:50 AM

I would take the $2300 PC.

A $9000 E10K (had no idea it was so cheap) would be a riscy (pun indended) investment.

And it doesn't play Far Cry as well

Daniel ~ · #36 (**permalink**) 18th January, 2006, 04:55 AM

That's the first dented pun I've seen! I say dent and crush them, puns don't deserve our respect!

dsio · #37 (**permalink**) 18th January, 2006, 04:59 AM

lol what?

Áedán · #38 (**permalink**) 18th January, 2006, 05:00 AM

Sorry, I have no interest in Far Cry! Wonder how well an E10K could run BOINC/WCG?

Daniel ~ · #39 (**permalink**) 18th January, 2006, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by dsio

lol what?

(pun indended)

Daniel ~ · #40 (**permalink**) 18th January, 2006, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Áedán

Sorry, I have no interest in Far Cry! Wonder how well an E10K could run BOINC/WCG?

OK, now that you've convinced us you really do need this, how long till you can start crunching?