AMD to Release FX-8770 & FX-9000 CPUs

[John P. Myers]

This is just retarded, but i'll tell you about it anyway and try to keep a straight face. *ahem*

AMD’s upcoming FX-8770 and FX-9000 CPUs will be based on the Piledriver architecture and feature a 220W TDP.

*cough*

Like the FX-8350 it's AM3+ socket, 32 nm lithography, same 8 'cores', same 8MB L3 cache, yada yada...

For your 220W TDP on the FX-9000 you get a base clock of 4.8GHz and a turbo of 5GHz. Coulda swore i PM'd someone about a 5GHz AMD chip about a month ago...

Still trying to keep a straight face, i will also tell you the price is expected to be $795

Good luck cooling it

[John P. Myers]

Lol...is this such a horrible idea from AMD that no one can even bring themselves to comment on it? :D

[litehouse43]

I shall prepare the dewars of liquid nitrogen.

[DrPop]

Lol...is this such a horrible idea from AMD that no one can even bring themselves to comment on it? :D

If I'm going to pay CA utility prices for 220W, it better perform equal to 1.75x an i7 3930K! :))

[Fire$torm]

I think AMD's BOD need to stop smoking so much crack before meetings......

[John P. Myers]

Update


There will be two extreme FX microprocessor modules available: FX-9370 clocked at 4.40GHz with 4.70GHz maximum Turbo Core frequency as well as FX-9590 clocked at 4.70GHz with 5.00GHz maximum Turbo Core frequency. The new FX chips will have eight Piledriver cores and will come in AM3+ form-factor. Nonetheless, given the fact that there are currently few mainboards that officially support chips with such high power consumption, the new chips are not drop-in compatible with existing infrastructure.And the best part:
Moreover, the chips will be available to system makers only, which suggests that they need more sophisticated cooling systems than typically utilized by end-users.