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FX-57 Launch... Tomorrow?

It will be pretty damn soon, considering both CH and SD 55's are in the very low $800 range.
 
Yeah...I saw on a couple of places that it is supposed to be tomorrow also.....guess we'll just have to wait and see.....hopefully it will drop the prices on some of the other chips for people :)
 
Kritter said:
Would I really see a big difference between an fx-55 and 57?
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Do you have an FX-55 right now?

The FX's are... not useless for the price without phase change, but, that's where they really shine (and they shine as bright as 4,026 suns!) If you aren't using phase, I'd like to point you towards the 4600+ or 4800+ if you're looking to spend that kind of money.

I think the 57 would be a pretty decent chip since it does 2.8ghz at 1.4v with probably as much overhead as the 55 has over stock. I think it would be a decent upgrade if you can sell the 55 for $700 or 750 and you're using phase.
 
I do like to overclock... But I havent got past air cooling devices.

You'll have to excuse me for my idiocy of AMD products, I've been living an intel lie for a few years now.
 
Kritter said:
I do like to overclock... But I havent got past air cooling devices.

You'll have to excuse me for my idiocy of AMD products, I've been living an intel lie for a few years now.
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For air cooling then you have a couple of great choices.

There's the 4200+ (which I'm getting) that should be good for 2.5-2.6ghz on air. It's a dual core, 2.2ghz, 512kb cache per core A64 X2. This is about $580. There's also the 4400+, which is about $640. It is of the same clockspeed but has 1mb of cache per core. There are no benchmarks yet comparing the performance cache gives to X2's, so who knows what the difference is. In my experience with A64's... the bottlenecks of 512kb cache are removed by the 2 cores and dual channel, but meh.

Then for single core, there's the 3200+ venice. It's $200 and is good for about 2.7-2.8GHz unless you get a lemon.

Another single core goodie is the 3700+ San Diego. Think of this as an FX chip at 2.2ghz and less OC'ing overhead. Like the 3200+ venice, its good for 2.6-2.7ghz. It costs about $350.
 
I am familiar with overclocking and its benefits/consequences. I've had some motherboards crap out on me(start with shit, end up with shit). But never once lost a cpu. Infact, I have one of my systems up from 3.2GHz to a stable 3.85GHz on air. Supprisingly enough, its a prescott.

How hot do FX chips get when OC'd substantially? I've always been told AMD chips run much cooler than intel.
 
Kritter said:
I am familiar with overclocking and its benefits/consequences. I've had some motherboards crap out on me(start with shit, end up with shit). But never once lost a cpu. Infact, I have one of my systems up from 3.2GHz to a stable 3.85GHz on air. Supprisingly enough, its a prescott.

How hot do FX chips get when OC'd substantially? I've always been told AMD chips run much cooler than intel.
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FX's are around -40C or -60C when OC'd substantially :p

When not under phase, if you are responsible, they will get in the upper 50's load and idle in the mid 30's.
 
Interesting data.

How about an 4800+ vs fx-55. Where is the value at for someone like me?
 
Kritter said:
Interesting data.

How about an 4800+ vs fx-55. Where is the value at for someone like me?
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If you're like me, the 4800+ would be the best value. What exactly will you be doing with the system?
 
I'm a multitasking gamer. Sometimes I play graphical intensive games, sometimes I encode files, sometimes I edit images, sometimes I program, sometimes I work on game server configurations and run them, etc.
 
Kritter said:
I'm a multitasking gamer. Sometimes I play graphical intensive games, sometimes I encode files, sometimes I edit images, sometimes I program, sometimes I work on game server configurations and run them, etc.
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But will it give me the same power in games like Half-Life 2, Doom 3, or even BattleField 2?
 
Well, right now i have an AGP 5900XT. I know it wont work on an NF4 board. But I plan on getting a top-o-de-line card.

NVidia or ATi is up to fate.(or fairly one sided benchmarks)
 
Kritter said:
Well, right now i have an AGP 5900XT. I know it wont work on an NF4 board. But I plan on getting a top-o-de-line card.

NVidia or ATi is up to fate.(or fairly one sided benchmarks)
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The 7800GTX is definately the way to go if you're buying RIGHT NOW. If you're buying at the end of this year or Q106, then the R520 might be out and you can make the decision then. But, that's closer to the release of Socket M2.
 
I figure this summer i'll be making more than enough for a top notch computer and asociated periferals. I absolutely hate how top of the line equipment loses alot of it's value after a month.
 
Kritter said:
I figure this summer i'll be making more than enough for a top notch computer and asociated periferals. I absolutely hate how top of the line equipment loses alot of it's value after a month.
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It doesn't, really. I got me 3700+ a few months ago for $300, and I managed to sell it (quickly) for $230. Also, a 6800GT I got a while back I managed to sell (to the same person ^_^) for $250. I paid $300 or so for the 6800GT as well.
 
The FX 57 is going to be fast. Period.

Compare FX55 to FX57.... only 200Mhz more. Not too noticable if you ask me. It will be faster yes, but not too much. You probably wont really even notice.

I suggest an Athlon X2. Single Core CPUs are dated now. Sure, everyone will say "Their are not many multi threaded programs now" well they are right. However If I am spending 1000$ on a CPU, it better last me a long time. And in our near future, everything will become multi threaded. Its just the nature of the beast
 
some peoples' attitudes would be that if you have $1000 to spend on a processor in the first place, then you'd probably have another $1000 to drop on a processor in 6 months. IE, if I don't have $1000 to drop on another chip in 6 months, then I really have no business spending that sort of cash now. Just my attitude on money from a penny pinching dad :eek:
 
No signiificance gaming/benchmarks gains if it run <3.2Ghz....compared to 4000 SD. It will be totally different though when it scales to 3.4Ghz with 2Gb. memory.. ;)
 
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