Anyone seen this yet?

whats the point in AMD making a triple core cpu?...Intel have Quad.

are they making a Quad?..if they are its probably going to cost alot more than the intel quad.
 
ThatGuy16 said:
They are making a quad, it comes out in november
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I don't think that AMD quad cores is coming out on November

Please read this

AMD’s upcoming RX780 chipset, the little brother of the RD790 has now been approved by the PCI SIG and is now even closer to be released, in advance to Phenom’s arrival. The RX780 will basically be a RD790 with less PCIe lines and will only have one PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slot. The ‘lower-end’ chipset will still support every AM2+ CPU and will feature the new HyperTransport 3.0, will have DDR2-1066 support and will be initially paired up with the SB600 southbridge.

AMD has pushed back the release of its new chipset line-up so it will come just before it starts shipping Phenom processors, something that is likely to happen in December. The bulk of the Phenom series (Phenom X4, X3 and X2) will be released in Q1 2008.
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source
http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.php?shownews=16145&catid=2
 
The triple core processor isn't a true tri-core. It is a quad core with one core "disabled". They haven't said why yet as far as I know, but I suspect they are using quadcores with one bad core and marketing them as tri-cores. Amd cant afford to just throw away processors that didn't quite make the cut, so they disable the bad core and name it a tri-core and sell it for a bit cheaper.

Kind of like intels old celeron d's that essentially were p4's whose cache didn't make the cut. Dont throw it away when you can just market it as something lower end and make more profit that way.

Thats the way I look at it. Because if the fourth core worked, it would be a waste of money to just put it on there, which they stated it was intact. Me thinks that last core doesn't work so they market it as a lower product.


Just my theory.
 
From the way AMD is marketing the tri-core, it is a true tri-core,not a quad with 1 disabled. Did you read this info about disabling one core somewhere or are you just pulling that out of your ass?
 
Nightrain said:
The triple core processor isn't a true tri-core. It is a quad core with one core "disabled". They haven't said why yet as far as I know, but I suspect they are using quadcores with one bad core and marketing them as tri-cores. Amd cant afford to just throw away processors that didn't quite make the cut, so they disable the bad core and name it a tri-core and sell it for a bit cheaper.

Kind of like intels old celeron d's that essentially were p4's whose cache didn't make the cut. Dont throw it away when you can just market it as something lower end and make more profit that way.

Thats the way I look at it. Because if the fourth core worked, it would be a waste of money to just put it on there, which they stated it was intact. Me thinks that last core doesn't work so they market it as a lower product.


Just my theory.
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pretty accurate. well put.
 
Penryn is mobile, the next Merom....

I wanna see Wolfdale with it's 6Mb cache... And Yorkfield quads with 12Mb Cache..

Wolfdales might even beat the Conroe in OC'ing...

I can't wait for the new architecture to be revealed in Nehalem!!
 
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33895/135/

Theres a link for you, maybe not the best, but im sure you won't be content with what I said until amd comes out for some reason, wants to look like crap and says, "ummmm ya, we haven't been hitting the market too hard lately, and we really need profits soooo.... instead of just throwing away some quads that didn't hit the mark, we will sell you a tri-core that is really a quad that had a flawed core". Which won't happen even if it is true.

Anyways, no one knows EXACTLY what it truly is, how its truly made, or why they chose it for exact reasons. Its all speculation for now anyways...

So theres a link. Next time Nexolus, just ask for a link if its something that you didn't know, or was speculation that you hadn't heard yet. Theres no need to just be an ass about it. Im a standup guy, just ask and I'll tell you.
 
Nightrain said:
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33895/135/

Theres a link for you, maybe not the best, but im sure you won't be content with what I said until amd comes out for some reason, wants to look like crap and says, "ummmm ya, we haven't been hitting the market too hard lately, and we really need profits soooo.... instead of just throwing away some quads that didn't hit the mark, we will sell you a tri-core that is really a quad that had a flawed core". Which won't happen even if it is true.

Anyways, no one knows EXACTLY what it truly is, how its truly made, or why they chose it for exact reasons. Its all speculation for now anyways...

So theres a link. Next time Nexolus, just ask for a link if its something that you didn't know, or was speculation that you hadn't heard yet. Theres no need to just be an ass about it. Im a standup guy, just ask and I'll tell you.
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I don't much like the idea of that, for some reasons and for some reasons I do... Like apps that require or will utilize dual cores, can utilize two cores while another app can only utilize one core. Puts a whole different spin on Affinities.
 
I think the tri cores are going to tank. To me its either go dual or quad... thats just me lol. Unless coming out with a tri core leads to a 6 core.
 
ThatGuy16 said:
I think the tri cores are going to tank. To me its either go dual or quad... thats just me lol. Unless coming out with a tri core leads to a 6 core.
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That's what I was thinking... But by that time Intel will be finalizing the design on the "Octo's" (8). I really don't think AMD wants to research 5-6 core designs at the same time... So, IMO, crap, absolute crap....:rolleyes:
 
If they price it aggressively I think it will do well in retail portions of the market. For guys like us it wont do to well I don't think.

But if they can put it in the price range of a decent budget, families will probably jump at 3 cores compared to 2, but may shy away from 4 due to price. It might fit very well in a retail portion, but other than that I dont think it will do to well.
 
Nightrain said:
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33895/135/

Theres a link for you, maybe not the best, but im sure you won't be content with what I said until amd comes out for some reason, wants to look like crap and says, "ummmm ya, we haven't been hitting the market too hard lately, and we really need profits soooo.... instead of just throwing away some quads that didn't hit the mark, we will sell you a tri-core that is really a quad that had a flawed core". Which won't happen even if it is true.

Anyways, no one knows EXACTLY what it truly is, how its truly made, or why they chose it for exact reasons. Its all speculation for now anyways...

So theres a link. Next time Nexolus, just ask for a link if its something that you didn't know, or was speculation that you hadn't heard yet. Theres no need to just be an ass about it. Im a standup guy, just ask and I'll tell you.
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i wasn't meaning to be an ass. i read it afterwards just now and it did seem kinda asshole-ish... lol sorry about that.

that kinda sucks though, but i bet they'll make a nice profit with it like you said. i can see it now, people voiding their warranties so they can re-enable the 4th core to see if it still works lol
 
An entire lineup of chips, thousands upon thousands, are defective so they're cut back, disabling the defective core, and marketed as the tri-core? Hmm, doesn't sound likely to me. If AMD is making so many defective chips, they are in trouble indeed, their fab process must be broke. And why just one core? If the problem is so apparent, the chances of more than one core being defective is inherently obvious; Quads marketed as dual's would be forthcoming as well. I think of it like video cards, as one example. If a certain manufacture has created more of something, than there is demand of that something, the manufacture will disable features (pipes/etc) and present it at a lower price, to reduce downtime of sales.

Just my ideas :)
 
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