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Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday introduced three new AMD FX microprocessors for enthusiasts and slashed prices of existing high-end products. The move will make the FX-series chips slightly more competitive than they are today, but will hardly radically improve AMD’s positions on the market of central processing units.

Three new AMD FX chips are the FX-8320e (eight-cores, 3.20GHz/4GHz frequency, 16MB cache, 95W TDP), the FX-8370e (eight-cores, 3.30GHz/4.30GHz frequency, 16MB cache, 95W TDP) and the FX-8370 (eight-cores, 3.30GHz/4.30GHz frequency, 16MB cache, 125W TDP). The new processors are not as fast as the code-named “Centurion” FX-9590 or FX-9370, but they are compatible with regular AM3+ mainboards. Moreover, the new AMD FX E-series processors feature 95W thermal design power, which makes them useful for systems in smaller form-factors.

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All new AMD FX microprocessors are based on the code-named “Vishera” design and the Piledriver micro-architecture. The chips are made using 32nm SOI process technology at GlobalFoundries do not differ significantly from CPUs launched almost two years ago. Still, keeping in mind that GlobalFoundries’ 32nm process technology might get a little bit better than it was in 2012, it is imaginable that new chips offer better overclocking potential.

Separately, AMD also slashed prices on virtually all FX processors. The most expensive model – the FX-9590 – now costs $229 in retail and $199 in mass quantities. The most advanced mainstream model – FX-8370/FX8370e –  is priced at $199 in retail and at $189 in mass quantities. AMD positions its FX-series chips as competitors for Intel’s Core i5 and Core i3 processors. The company does not plan to fight Intel’s Core i7 offerings with its FX-series products.

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KitGuru Says: Keeping in mind that AMD does not want to compete against Intel’s “Devil’s Canyon” offerings, it is pretty obvious that the new models and prices will hardly improve popularity of the FX line up among enthusiasts who always want higher performance. Those, who want to have truly high performance will probably stick to Intel’s Core i7 “Devil’s Canyon” or even “Haswell-E” chips. Those, who want to have PCs with decent performance, but do not want to use expensive mainboards and cooling systems will not get the FX-9000 “Centurion” products. Meanwhile, the regular FX-8300-series chips are not popular among customers or system makers in general because of moderate performance and and two years of availability (those, who wanted an FX-8300-series chip have probably got one already). Perhaps, only 95W models will pose interest to those, who want to have a low-power AMD-based systems with maximum performance that AMD has to offer… Anyway, stay tunes for a fully-fledged review of the new AMD FX chips.

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AMD FX-8370 nearly breaks world’s clock-rate record at 8.7GHz https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/unannounced-amd-fx-8370-nearly-breaks-worlds-clock-rate-record-at-8-7ghz/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/unannounced-amd-fx-8370-nearly-breaks-worlds-clock-rate-record-at-8-7ghz/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2014 22:53:54 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=209650 The Stilt, a famous Finnish overclocker, has managed to boost clock-rate of the yet-unreleased AMD FX-8370 microprocessor to whopping 8722MHz, which is just 72MHz lower than the world’s record CPU frequency. To overclock his eight-core FX-8370 chip to 8.72GHz, The Stilt had to increase the core voltage to 2.064V and used a system featuring Asus …

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The Stilt, a famous Finnish overclocker, has managed to boost clock-rate of the yet-unreleased AMD FX-8370 microprocessor to whopping 8722MHz, which is just 72MHz lower than the world’s record CPU frequency.

To overclock his eight-core FX-8370 chip to 8.72GHz, The Stilt had to increase the core voltage to 2.064V and used a system featuring Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z mainboard, 8GB of memory operating in dual-channel mode at 2218MHz, Asus Radeon R9 290X Direct CU II graphics card as well as liquid nitrogen cooling. The overclocker managed to boost default clock-rate of the FX-8370 processor (4.10GHz) by more than two times, an extraordinary result.

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What is especially important is that The Stilt managed to overclock his FX-8370 central processing unit with all eight cores (four dual-core Piledriver modules) active. By contrast, the record 8794.33MHz frequency was achieved by an FX-8350 chip with only two active cores (one dual-core Piledriver module).

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While AMD’s FX chips are based on the two years old code-named “Vishera” design, stepping 0, revision OR-C0, it should be noted that GlobalFoundries’ 32nm process technology might get a little bit better than it was in 2012. As a result, it is possible that over time chips like the FX-8370 will actually beat the world's record of 8794MHz.

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KitGuru Says: The overclocking potential of the new AMD FX processors may be an interesting thing to investigate. If newer chips can actually work at higher frequencies without any problems, it may mean that eventually AMD could offer faster FX products even based on the current architecture.

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AMD to please overclockers with new FX, Athlon X4 chips next month https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/amd-to-please-overclockers-with-new-fx-athlon-x4-chips-next-month/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/amd-to-please-overclockers-with-new-fx-athlon-x4-chips-next-month/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:49:44 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=208356 Advanced Micro Devices plans to introduce four new microprocessors designed for enthusiasts and overclockers on the first of September. Three new AMD FX and one new Athlon X4 central processing units will address PC enthusiasts with different budgets, but will not necessarily offer unbeatable performance. Next month AMD plans to introduce two all-new AMD FX …

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Advanced Micro Devices plans to introduce four new microprocessors designed for enthusiasts and overclockers on the first of September. Three new AMD FX and one new Athlon X4 central processing units will address PC enthusiasts with different budgets, but will not necessarily offer unbeatable performance.

Next month AMD plans to introduce two all-new AMD FX chips: the FX-8370 and the FX-8370E. The novelties sport four dual-core Piledriver modules (eight cores in total), 4.10GHz/4.30GHz frequencies, 8MB L2 cache, 8MB L3 cache as well as dual-channel DDR3 memory controllers. The FX-8370 features 125W thermal design power, while the FX-8370E’s TDP will be 95W. Additionally, AMD plans to introduce a more energy-efficient version of the FX-8320 (eight cores, 3.50GHz/4.0GHz), the FX-8320E, with TDP reduced to 95W. The new chips will cost from $140 to $190 in mass quantities.

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The new FX products are aimed at “mainstream” AMD AM3+ platforms as well as new breed of energy-efficient performance systems that require microprocessors with lowered power consumption. The FX-8370 will not break performance records since there are code-named “Centurion” FX-9590 and FX-9370 chips with even higher clock-rates, but those products are not compatible with a lot of AM3+ mainboards.

In addition to the new FX models, AMD will also unveil its first Athlon X4 chip based on the code-named “Steamroller” micro-architecture (“Kaveri” design with disabled graphics core and some other capabilities) and compatible with the FM2+ platforms. The AMD Athlon X4 860K will feature two dual-core Steamroller modules (four x86 cores in total), 3.70GHz/4.0GHz frequencies with unlocked multiplier, 4MB L2 cache and 95W thermal design power. The new chip will cost around $80 in mass quantities.

The Athlon X4 860K is designed for enthusiasts in budget with FM2+ mainboards. AMD probably wants the chip to compete against Intel Corp.’s Pentium G3258 anniversary edition processor, but it remains to be seen how successful will the Athlon X4 860K be against its dual-core rival based on the Haswell micro-architecture.

The Athlon X4 860K is made using general-purpose 28nm process technology at GlobalFoundries. That technology was not designed to reach extreme clock-rates, but to provide maximum transistor density. Therefore, it will be interesting to see how good will the chip overclock even with its graphics core and some other blocks disabled.

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KitGuru Says: Although microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices are not exactly what mainstream performance enthusiasts choose these days, it is nice to see that AMD is not giving up.

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