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?

[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?

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.