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AMD Bundles News: Ashes of the Singularity and Total War: WARHAMMER
AMD is pleased to announce its new AMD FX 6-core or FX 8-core CPU games bundle from participating retailers. Eligible customers will have access to both Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation as well as Total War: WARHAMMER.
In Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation, the human race is under assault by machines who seek nothing short of total annihilation. Take command of an entire world's resources to build up vast armies, research new technologies and destroy all who stand in your way!
A strategy game of legendary proportions, Total War: WARHAMMER combines an addictive turn-based campaign of epic empire-building with colossal real-time battles.
- AMD FX 6-/8-core CPU Bundle:
- Games: Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation and Total War: WARHAMMER
- Bundle duration: March 14th - June 10th 2017
- Available with: AMD FX 6-/8-core CPUs
- Offer value: AOSTE: £29.99/TW:W £39.99
AMD is also offering a free DOOM game code with purchase of a Radeon RX 480 graphics card from participating retailers. DOOM returns as a brutally fun and challenging modern-day shooter experience. Combine your arsenal of futuristic and iconic guns, upgrades, movement, and an advanced melee system to knock-down, slash, stomp, crush and blow apart the advancing hordes in brand new single and multiplayer modes. Radeon RX 480 owners can enjoy up to 125 FPS at 1080p ultra settings.
- Radeon RX 480 Bundle:
- Games: DOOM
- Bundle duration: February 21st - May 21st 2017
- Available with: Radeon RX 480
- Offer value: £39.99
Bundles are available during the set time frame or while supplies last. Whichever comes first.
AMD Bundles Civilization VI with Radeon RX 480 - 11/23/2016 10:06 AM
It looks like AMD is bundling Civilization VI with the purchase of a Radeon RX 480. Some board partners have started the promotion, users are eligible for the game just with the Radeon RX 480 4B or 8...
AMD Bundles Total War Warhammer With Radeon R9 390(X) and FX processors - 05/18/2016 05:15 PM
AMD is excited to share the news of their latest game bundle, where qualifying purchases of AMD Radeon R9 390 Series graphics cards or AMD FX 8-core processors will include a Free Total War: WARHAMMER...
AMD Bundles DiRT Rally With Radeon R9 390 or R9 390X graphics cards - 11/06/2015 03:14 PM
AMD has announced that starting November 1, qualifying purchases from participating retailers of an AMD Radeon R9 390 or R9 390X graphics card will receive a free copy of DiRT Rally....
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#5406488 Posted on: 03/14/2017 06:15 PM
Thought I'd gone back in time there for a minute
They're trying to clear those old FX processors out I think (wonders how many they've got.....). My good old FX6300 is still going and I still think it was underrated CPU - cheap and not unreasonable perfomance.
Thought I'd gone back in time there for a minute
They're trying to clear those old FX processors out I think (wonders how many they've got.....). My good old FX6300 is still going and I still think it was underrated CPU - cheap and not unreasonable perfomance.
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#5406518 Posted on: 03/14/2017 06:50 PM
Thought I'd gone back in time there for a minute
They're trying to clear those old FX processors out I think (wonders how many they've got.....). My good old FX6300 is still going and I still think it was underrated CPU - cheap and not unreasonable perfomance.
And great in overclock too. I had mine at 4.5GHz on air and was quite fast.
The old FX are still a great deal for the guys who have an AM3 board and no money to switch to Ryzen and DDR4 memory. Moving from an Athlon to a 6-8 cores FX is a big jump in performance.
And if one doesn't want to overclock, the system doesn't need a powerful PSU or an expensive motherboard. So they can be still a very good upgrade for cheap computer builds.
Not to say that now there will be plenty of them on ebay.
Thought I'd gone back in time there for a minute
They're trying to clear those old FX processors out I think (wonders how many they've got.....). My good old FX6300 is still going and I still think it was underrated CPU - cheap and not unreasonable perfomance.
And great in overclock too. I had mine at 4.5GHz on air and was quite fast.
The old FX are still a great deal for the guys who have an AM3 board and no money to switch to Ryzen and DDR4 memory. Moving from an Athlon to a 6-8 cores FX is a big jump in performance.
And if one doesn't want to overclock, the system doesn't need a powerful PSU or an expensive motherboard. So they can be still a very good upgrade for cheap computer builds.
Not to say that now there will be plenty of them on ebay.
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#5406530 Posted on: 03/14/2017 07:02 PM
Sold an 8320e on Ebay a few weeks back and managed to get a fair price for it.
Sold an 8320e on Ebay a few weeks back and managed to get a fair price for it.
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#5406537 Posted on: 03/14/2017 07:08 PM
what... liek a week old summich and soon to expire bottle of mayo?
im sorry im sorry...
Sold an 8320e on Ebay a few weeks back and managed to get a fair price for it.
what... liek a week old summich and soon to expire bottle of mayo?
im sorry im sorry...
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#5406539 Posted on: 03/14/2017 07:11 PM
Oi! behave
Just checked, got £70 after fees deducted. As I said, fair.
Oi! behave
Just checked, got £70 after fees deducted. As I said, fair.
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#5406552 Posted on: 03/14/2017 07:25 PM
Thought I'd gone back in time there for a minute
They're trying to clear those old FX processors out I think (wonders how many they've got.....). My good old FX6300 is still going and I still think it was underrated CPU - cheap and not unreasonable perfomance.
Same here. The main reason I want to upgrade is power efficiency and noise reduction. Also I think there are some bad latency issues that seem to cripple my VR experience. I'll still keep my FX when I upgrade - I have a special purpose in mind for it.
But yeah, I'm not sure why AMD wants to be drawing attention to these older products. Maybe they want to make as much money out of them as they can before they release the Ryzen 5 series; once those come out, nobody will ever have a reason to buy any AM3+ CPUs, and whatever price drop AMD puts them at will prevent a returning profit.
Thought I'd gone back in time there for a minute
They're trying to clear those old FX processors out I think (wonders how many they've got.....). My good old FX6300 is still going and I still think it was underrated CPU - cheap and not unreasonable perfomance.
Same here. The main reason I want to upgrade is power efficiency and noise reduction. Also I think there are some bad latency issues that seem to cripple my VR experience. I'll still keep my FX when I upgrade - I have a special purpose in mind for it.
But yeah, I'm not sure why AMD wants to be drawing attention to these older products. Maybe they want to make as much money out of them as they can before they release the Ryzen 5 series; once those come out, nobody will ever have a reason to buy any AM3+ CPUs, and whatever price drop AMD puts them at will prevent a returning profit.
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#5406566 Posted on: 03/14/2017 08:00 PM
Agreed, they should be getting Ryzen 5 out so I/we can get them. Pretty please AMD....
But yeah, I'm not sure why AMD wants to be drawing attention to these older products. Maybe they want to make as much money out of them as they can before they release the Ryzen 5 series; once those come out, nobody will ever have a reason to buy any AM3+ CPUs, and whatever price drop AMD puts them at will prevent a returning profit.
Agreed, they should be getting Ryzen 5 out so I/we can get them. Pretty please AMD....
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#5406588 Posted on: 03/14/2017 08:36 PM
Im on FX-8320E since January, im thinking on move to RyZen after November or even wait for the 2nd gen, the first i want is a RX470 + FullHD FreeSync Monitor, all depends on my wallet lol
Im on FX-8320E since January, im thinking on move to RyZen after November or even wait for the 2nd gen, the first i want is a RX470 + FullHD FreeSync Monitor, all depends on my wallet lol
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#5406607 Posted on: 03/14/2017 09:08 PM
I am on FX8350@4.8 . Still doing great job. I do not pay any attention on FX prices , since i had it for free
I am on FX8350@4.8 . Still doing great job. I do not pay any attention on FX prices , since i had it for free
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#5407006 Posted on: 03/15/2017 12:00 PM
They bundle the two games that these cpus perform worse in.. for the Cherry on top they should've included civilization v
They bundle the two games that these cpus perform worse in.. for the Cherry on top they should've included civilization v
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#5407007 Posted on: 03/15/2017 12:08 PM
They're trying to clear those old FX processors out I think
They will remain in production until AMD says otherwise
They're trying to clear those old FX processors out I think
They will remain in production until AMD says otherwise
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#5407008 Posted on: 03/15/2017 12:14 PM
Yeah they're trying to clear stocks. Retailers in Romania have already been doing this for a while because the processors don't sell too well.
Not sure why they aren't trying to bundle something else than games with their old 8-core processors. Everyone knows they're not the best for gaming. I suppose rendering software and the likes are too expensive to be bundled with processors.
Yeah they're trying to clear stocks. Retailers in Romania have already been doing this for a while because the processors don't sell too well.
Not sure why they aren't trying to bundle something else than games with their old 8-core processors. Everyone knows they're not the best for gaming. I suppose rendering software and the likes are too expensive to be bundled with processors.
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#5407012 Posted on: 03/15/2017 12:26 PM
Or ROTTR and DOOM...
They bundle the two games that these cpus perform worse in.. for the Cherry on top they should've included civilization v
Or ROTTR and DOOM...
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#5407015 Posted on: 03/15/2017 12:30 PM
Nice one AMD, reminds me of the days when they bundled multiple AAA games with their gpus (I got 5 such games with my 7950). Although I think bundling these games with Ryzen would be more reasonable.
Nice one AMD, reminds me of the days when they bundled multiple AAA games with their gpus (I got 5 such games with my 7950). Although I think bundling these games with Ryzen would be more reasonable.
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did i read this correctly?
are they talking about AMD's FX series of CPUs?