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jamesclarke555

27-06-2005 14:46

AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 Reviews...

AMD has lifted the wraps on the AMD Athlon 64 FX-57. At 2.8GHz it's their fastest clocked CPU to date which is reflected in the price.

Here's a quick list of the reviews that just recently hit the web.

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We evaluate AMD's newest gaming CPU, the Athlon 64 FX-57. At a 2.8GHz clock speed, and with a few more bells and whistles added, AMD is certainly turning up the heat on Intel.

Ramrod

27-06-2005 15:02

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Nice roundup JC :tu: :)

jtwn	27-06-2005 15:14

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If you're a victim of the "mine is bigger than yours" syndrome, then you might find it worth your while to drop in excess of a kilobuck on a new processor. Most of us can't or won't spend that kind of money on a CPU, even one as speedy as the FX-57.

Think that sums it up quite well. Great links btw :)

Richard M

27-06-2005 15:28

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Ridiculous price on this, people are better off going for the Athlon 4000 imo, or the FX55 if you want to overclock.

Ramrod

27-06-2005 15:30

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Originally Posted by Richard M

Ridiculous price on this, people are better off going for the Athlon 4000 imo

:smokin: :D

jamesclarke555

27-06-2005 15:37

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Originally Posted by Richard M

Ridiculous price on this, people are better off going for the Athlon 4000 imo, or the FX55 if you want to overclock.

Yeah, especially when you can get a 'San Diego' core FX-55 for a lot less money and it's basically the same CPU.

Monster Jedi

27-06-2005 15:40

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Rammys gonna buy me one for xmas;)

jamesclarke555

27-06-2005 15:43

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Originally Posted by Monster Jedi

Rammys gonna buy me one for xmas;)

But he's making a list and checking it twice :D

Monster Jedi

27-06-2005 16:21

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Originally Posted by jamesclarke555

But he's making a list and checking it twice :D

:bigcry:

zing_deleted

27-06-2005 18:16

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I personally do not understand Amds market stategy,They release dual core and a top end cpu in 5 minutes of each other, yes the top end has speed improvement but what does dual core have yes 2 cores, there competing against themselves for top end chips,they have the dual core to beat the a** off intel,I personally think they should have held off on this got the 3 gig beat then release a 3 gig 1 meg san diego

Richard M

27-06-2005 19:33

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But both chips are not for the same market.
If you're a gamer then you buy an FX or regular Athlon64, if you do stuff like 3DSMax/video editing/mathematical applications then you buy a dual core.
Simple really.

zing_deleted

27-06-2005 19:57

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But reviews ive seen (pc pro, micromart and others)have all proven that the dual core cpu has benifits to the gamer also,its never simple,most gamers I know use there pc for other things than games so as an allrounder imo the dual core wins hands down.My point is why a 2.8 Amd have been flirting with 3 meg for absolutely ages a 200mhz increase is imo inadequate improvement for a major new release

My opinion for dual core over single is this,If you play single player on a virgin system with nothing running in the background then fine,I play online, always with a virus scan and firewall amongst others in the background,gimmi a second core to do all this leaving 1 core to run the game unhindered(this is just my opinion between the 2)

AndrewJ

27-06-2005 20:55

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I am very warey about dual core its new technology and since when does new stuff work right?

I will stick to single core processors and buying them once they have run out there buggy infancy.

zing_deleted

27-06-2005 21:03

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Dual processer motherboards have been available for years, all they have done is put the 2 cores on one chip and built pathways to do the job(oversimplified I know) memory controllers on Amd 64 work fine so I do not see a problem

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