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AMD Centurion FX priced at 795$ coming ?
We have a nice and tasty filled with flavor and juicy rumor just before the weekend starts. Now it is known that AMD's FX processors have a bit of history. And also please do keep in mind that AMD will not confirm this officially whatsoever, we tried so consider it to be a steep rumor. But the rumor is that AMD will soon release an evolved FX chip. Based on the same 'Vishera' Piledriver architecture used in the current FX-8350. More after the break.
So the FX-8350 runs at up to 4.2GHz, this new FX, codenamed 'Centurion', is to be made available in very limited quantities and could be clocked at 5 GHz. As the colleagues over at Hexus reported this earlier today as well:
This so-called Centurion is guaranteed to run at 5GHz, on air, though we don't know exactly what voltage or supporting hardware will be required for this lofty speed. Here's the kicker; our sources indicate that this limited-edition chip is set to cost a whopping $795 - this is not a typo! Yup, back to the pricing of FX chips of old.
Okay so that is the rumor ... we're curious as always, and we'd love to know how much power a processor like that would consume if 5 GHz is guarranteed. But hey, fast is good .. bring it on AMD, bring it on !
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#4575379 Posted on: 04/12/2013 02:40 PM
Even AMD has once or twice (can't really remember) priced their top-of-the-line consumer desktop CPUs upward to the $999 mark, and yet some people are still convinced it's (only) Intel who'd price their CPUs through the roof.
But hey, at least it's now about $200 cheaper for their top-of-the-line!
Even AMD has once or twice (can't really remember) priced their top-of-the-line consumer desktop CPUs upward to the $999 mark, and yet some people are still convinced it's (only) Intel who'd price their CPUs through the roof.
But hey, at least it's now about $200 cheaper for their top-of-the-line!
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#4575407 Posted on: 04/12/2013 03:14 PM
Even AMD has once or twice (can't really remember) priced their top-of-the-line consumer desktop CPUs upward to the $999 mark, and yet some people are still convinced it's (only) Intel who'd price their CPUs through the roof.
But hey, at least it's now about $200 cheaper for their top-of-the-line!
I bought my FX62 AM2 for $710US back in the days...
Even AMD has once or twice (can't really remember) priced their top-of-the-line consumer desktop CPUs upward to the $999 mark, and yet some people are still convinced it's (only) Intel who'd price their CPUs through the roof.
But hey, at least it's now about $200 cheaper for their top-of-the-line!
I bought my FX62 AM2 for $710US back in the days...
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#4575418 Posted on: 04/12/2013 03:34 PM
Oh, you didn't get the FX-74?
I bought my FX62 AM2 for $710US back in the days...
Oh, you didn't get the FX-74?
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#4575434 Posted on: 04/12/2013 04:09 PM
For AMD to make such a price point, this must be mistaken as a server CPU. If not, then this means they finally beat Intel in just about every test (except power efficiency, I think we all know a 5GHz AMD at a higher fab size is not going to be more power efficient than any modern Intel CPU).
Cool name though - Centurion.
For AMD to make such a price point, this must be mistaken as a server CPU. If not, then this means they finally beat Intel in just about every test (except power efficiency, I think we all know a 5GHz AMD at a higher fab size is not going to be more power efficient than any modern Intel CPU).
Cool name though - Centurion.
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For that price, I would assume these are a rebranded server part, or something similar. No way it has just 8 cores for 800 dollars, even if it does do 5Ghz.