AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+

For all of you who complained of a paper launch, the X2 6000+ is now available at Newegg for $599. LINK

Yeah I saw that when I was looking around for new 65nm X2s last night. It's not so much out of hand as it is inaccurate.

Crap! You beat me by 3 minutes. I will be glad to see some benches with it. Though it should be the same as one FX74.

It's impossible to bench one FX74, so this will show us what the difference between one and two is.

SUP, any main diff between the FX-74 and the X2 6000? thanks l8er

Crap! You beat me by 3 minutes. I will be glad to see some benches with it. Though it should be the same as one FX74.

It's impossible to bench one FX74, so this will show us what the difference between one and two is.


No it's not. Anand did it in his QFX review. Every reviewer found that you can run one chip. Maybe that's why Newegg is selling them in packages of one.

It let's you run only one chip in a socket? :?

A little purpose defeating, but okay. I guess I read over that part.

The FX74 has an unlocked multiplier and extra HT links.

So you think that no one is buying AMD or have you slipped back to the crack pipe?

Why didnt they make this in 65nm? I dont see a reason to keep going with 90nm...

then I would go for a core 2 duo. Why would I want to stick with an old nm tech? in Intel, 65nm is pretty mature

--- the 6000+ snuck onto AMD's price list a week or so ago --- seeing stock now, yeah not a paper launch.... but no body was 'paper launch'-claiming the 6000+

However, 65 nm --- paper launch.

The chips they said would be in retail are showing up. 3600+ and 4000+ Brisbane is at Newegg.

It's hard to say why they aren't showing up in US PCs other than the foreign OEMs are getting them first. Someone did post that 3600+ was available in AUS and India weeks ago.

Since AMD is chasing volume not profits, this is reasonable as they will get more 3600+/4000+ chips out of the new process and a $115 dual core @ 65W will definitely be a HIGH volume part.

Another possible reason could be that they are collecting these up for the Vista launch. That would be a marketing coup since MS' phrase for this launch is
"Ready For A New Day"

I mean brand new EE chips for the new OS. It couldn't have been planned better if I had done it.
J/KBoy, AMD sure does a lot of stockpiling. First they saved them for back to school, now for VISTA. Doesn't really instill confidence in their abilities to supply the market.(can you say.."bitten off more than they can chew" )?

So you think that no one is buying AMD or have you slipped back to the crack pipe?
Hey Kalif, gimme back the crack pipe you biatch! lol

Now seriously, where did i say that no one is buying AMD??
But sure enough, in the high end desktop market there are not many reasons for an informed buyer to get anything from AMD.


I don't agree, the high-end is NOT OCing. It's being proportionately faster and more expensive. Though the per-clock comparison is about 15% (on average) over X2 we're talking about a chip that DEFINED gaming so we aren't starting from "BARELY ABLE TO."

I will be interested to see what 6000+ will do with 8800GTX.

Wow.. $599..

only 10% slower than an E6700 and just $100 more expensive

AMD is back in the game!

:?

in the game of losing