New FX chip?

For a moment, I was thinking this was the FX 7600P, but that's a mobile APU.

I don't remember a desktop APU with the FX moniker being hinted at before. FX 7900K, maybe? (A10-7850K is the highest desktop APU I can think of currently available.)

Or, another FX 9000-series?
 
I just hope it something good and not just an ultra binned 8350.
 
My dream would be a new APU Kaveri with 1024 stream processors like the PS4.

Of course I am dreaming.
 
I'm guessing this is just going to be one of the FX-9000 series CPU's re-bundled with an AIO cooler. I'm tempering my expectations.

I would LOVE for this to be one of the following:

A) Steamroller based FX chip for AM3+ to replace the 8350/9950

B) Steamroller based FX chip for FM2+, it would go nicely with the newly released FM2+ ROG board

It would be nice for AM3+ to have at least one more decent chip release until they move to a whole new platform and DDR4 but I doubt that, we shall see.

I would thing if this was something like my option A and B they would of released their info at CES or something and not just with a random twitter post.
 
Fx chip for fm2+ would be my guess. Could just be one of their 4/6 core cpus, overclocked to the moon for dead socket am3+.
 
oh goodie a cpu from amd thats not in the apu line..................i hope. i see no foreseeable future in apu's :( i like amd but with an apu i sorta get the feeling of being cheated or something
 
Kaveri performance is bottlenecked by memory as it is. Making the gpu portion larger won't help.
 
just maybe this has something to do with the Atomic 990FX mobo FULL COVERAGE WATER BLOCK :eek::
http://omgdgt.com/?p=43593
http://www.highdingreviews.com/tag/sapphire-super-pc-configuration/
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One realizes it is dreaming too much about next build project when one recognizes a rosewill blackcock ultra case from such a low quality photo:p
 
potoshop remove the light source and maybe you can see the side of the box
 
For all we know this is an existing FX processor but with a new AIO watercooling solution. I'll wait patiently for more information before I get excited.:)
 
tonyftw said:
Fx chip for fm2+ would be my guess. Could just be one of their 4/6 core cpus, overclocked to the moon for dead socket am3+.
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A 6-core FX on Socket FM2+ with no GPU might seem plausible, even a 4-core with no GPU. Clock it at 3.5, 3.7, or 3.9 GHz and toss in an AIO liquid cooler.

Bam! There's your "FX Steamroller" chip.
 
DASHlT said:
My dream would be a new APU Kaveri with 1024 stream processors like the PS4.

Of course I am dreaming.
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I wish they would do this, there is nothing stopping them.

Also get hybrid crossfire working right, they need to start making waves again, the tech is there, just freaking do it.
 
I hope this really is something new and innovative. AMD needs to get its act together and start serving up some real performance in the CPU line again.
 
We shall see.
However, they're going to focus on where they can make a profit, and that may not necessarily be the enthusiast.
It would be nice to see something competitive with the i5's at the very least and without being a furnace.
 
It could be an APU with a highly gimped GPU, (think 1 or 2 CUs) and use that extra thermal headroom to clock the hell out of the CPU cores.

A quartet of steamroller cores could compete with Haswell cores if clocked high enough. 4.5ghz steamroller versus 3.3ghz Haswell.
 
These things would have to be beasts. If they are vishera and can easily 4.8/5.2 ghz (would have to) and come at a decent price point?...with the aid of whatever tiny waterblock fits in that package BEFORE an aftermarket cooling solution? Interesting...
 
Phoenix333 said:
I hope this really is something new and innovative. AMD needs to get its act together and start serving up some real performance in the CPU line again.
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People say this, but I don't understand it. Intel is the one that had to course correct after AMD's Phenom. They had the money to though, and have continually released competitively priced chips that trade blows positively with AMD's chips. As far as the super high-end is concerned, your a moron if you are purchasing the top performing chips. The price inflation is ridiculous. Most everyone is targeting the sweet spot that AMD identified before they sacrificed their price/performance/enthusiast focus to push their APU evolution.

This has been done to death and pointed out a million times, but why does everyone compare the top AMD chip at any given day to the top Intel chip any given day. Like, why would ANYONE ever leave the car lot in anything but a bmw or better yet import a mazarrati or a buggatti? Their must be SOME other factor that we aren't considering here that really informs such decisions...

The top tier intel chips never outpaced the top tier amd chips as far as the intel prices far out-paced their performance benefit.
 
If you checked some news about AMD regarding where their future lies they already acknowledged that the future for them is ARM and spread their business according to a 50/50 model in the coming year+ .

After many many years of running into a brick wall called "intel" they finally made a move where they are not that vulnerable.

On performance from APU there is something called OpenCL this is where AMD shines it does not have any competition regarding this not even Intel. The problem is that applications and Operating Systems are not that far yet to make better use of it (there are some applications but not as much as we all would like to see).

If you know where AMD is going then a pure CPU seems less and less likely to have a platform what AM3+ was doing. Only in 2016 there will be some sort of solution but what it is exactly no one knows.

Nice find cageymaru

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/di...tml?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

found this link
 
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Wishing it weren't based on Piledriver - would love to get a nice AM3+ or even FM2+ upgrade over my December 2012 FX-8350.
 
MotionBlur said:
Wishing it weren't based on Piledriver - would love to get a nice AM3+ or even FM2+ upgrade over my December 2012 FX-8350.
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If it was based on Piledriver then it would be a useless "upgrade". That would be like having a 2500k and wanting another Sandy Bridge upgrade.
 
misterbobby said:
If it was based on Piledriver then it would be a useless "upgrade". That would be like having a 2500k and wanting another Sandy Bridge upgrade.
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Note necessarily - my line of work I could benefit from more L2 Cache and/or more cores. A 12 core 8350 would be a perfect upgrade for me.
 
I'm pretty sure if AMD had some new 9+ core silicon in the works, we would at least know something about it beforehand. I'm guessing this is existing silicon designs just clocked like crazy. Either PD vishera or SR Kaveri
 
KazeoHin said:
I'm pretty sure if AMD had some new 9+ core silicon in the works, we would at least know something about it beforehand. I'm guessing this is existing silicon designs just clocked like crazy. Either PD vishera or SR Kaveri
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I'm hedging my bets it's an FX APU with the GPU cut out or disabled, and clocked high. To me it would make sense given there is an FX line for laptops, and there have been "divorced" APUs before like the 750K. So, likely there'll be an FM2+ version of such.

On the other hand, the downside is seeing an FX 9750 or something clocked at 5.0GHz right out the gate to counter Intel's claims of 5.0GHz on their own Devil's Canyon 4790K reaching that on air.
 
I'm pretty sure the Devil's Canyon chips can't hit 5.0 on air. That said, Haswell at 4.5 would require a 5.7 or higher Vishera to equal it.

4 steamroller cores at ~4.5 would be pretty good against the i5s of the world.
 
I think, all in all, a lot of us here that post on the AMD forum regularly would like to see a high-clocked Steamroller in a 2 module (4 core) or 3 module (6 core) processor that isn't held back by the power envelope of having an on-die GPU. Unlikely it'll be on AM3+ if this happens, but on an FM2+ board with PCI-E 3.0, integrated GPU disabled, 4.0 to 4.5GHz base speed, and 2 or 3 modules at 100W or 125W TDP would be something we'd all likely want to see. It'd likely be enough to tide AMD users until Excavator and its successor are released.

If this does end up being a 4.7GHz or 5.0GHz Vishera FX on AM3+ with an AIO cooler, I'd honestly be disappointed.
 
octoberasian said:
I think, all in all, a lot of us here that post on the AMD forum regularly would like to see a high-clocked Steamroller in a 2 module (4 core) or 3 module (6 core) processor that isn't held back by the power envelope of having an on-die GPU. Unlikely it'll be on AM3+ if this happens, but on an FM2+ board with PCI-E 3.0, integrated GPU disabled, 4.0 to 4.5GHz base speed, and 2 or 3 modules at 100W or 125W TDP would be something we'd all likely want to see. It'd likely be enough to tide AMD users until Excavator and its successor are released.

If this does end up being a 4.7GHz or 5.0GHz Vishera FX on AM3+ with an AIO cooler, I'd honestly be disappointed.
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I'd be disappointed enough to invest in Haswell-E
 
FX kaveri would be very interesting. Quad channel the memory to overcome the bandwidth limits? :)
Maybe a steamroller FX chip if not. Would also be interesting.
 
Yeah, it's confusing. Premium bins that can't sell anymore in market where AM3 no longer exists...awesome. Alternatively, these are unlocked FM2's without the gpu as someone else posited. Also interesting...
 
Darakian said:
FX kaveri would be very interesting. Quad channel the memory to overcome the bandwidth limits? :)
Maybe a steamroller FX chip if not. Would also be interesting.
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As much as quad channel would be awesome, the current motherboard range would not support it, even if it was enabled at the silicon level as some Die-Shots suggest.
 
KazeoHin said:
I'd be disappointed enough to invest in Haswell-E
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You would be disappointed in a Vishera that clocked around 5+ ghz out of package? Only the finest things for this guy, apparently...

Edit: Ungh..I still don't get this post! You would buy a Haswell-E over the prospect of a 5+ghz Vishera? The comparison is all wonky. Like, 'yeah, you wouldn't do that.' Yet you aren't taking a piss and think that is legitimately the proper choice? I don't get it. You are comparing the prospect of a 5ghz Vishera to the lackluster Haswell-E? It's not a joke, the only possibility is that you think it is...."It will only be twice as expensive and offer a 1 percent increase in most applications. For the the hardcore it will really shred some renders at a 10 percent performance increase. Glad you laid down a grand on that, am I right?"
 
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5+GHz is an awesome prospect, especially from an engineering standpoint, but I am a legitimate power-user. 3d rendering, photoshop, digital sculpting. That sort of thing. We have to be honest about AMD performance. My Phenom X6 at 4.2 is awesome, and kills most chips out there, BUT I can definitely see where my rig is lacking. If/when I upgrade, I want something that has tons of RAM, and AT LEAST 8 cores. Let's face it, 8 AMD cores are awesome against 4 intel cores. But when you have the option for 8 intel cores?
 
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