http://xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/displ [...] 45313.html
http://anandtech.com/c puchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3050&p=12

woooooooooooooohooooooooooooooo

Nice ^_^...Read some of it in dif reviews today...But always good to have more thorough info ^_^...

Nice to see that the 2.3 ghz and above barcelona cpu's will be available this year...That's atleast some good news for amd.....Now if only we had some actual benchmarks >_<

I hope this will silence the people who claim AMD doesn't have a chance to come back with Barcelona, 3 Ghz is a nice step up from the pessimistic max of 2 Ghz that many claim these chips to have.

At launch it will be up to 2 ghz....So we won't see the higher clocks. At least that's what it said in the article if I remember correctly (Skimmed through it...going to give it a full read tomorrow..about to sleep). But the 2.3 to 3 ghz models will be available this year..which is a great thing since it was planned to be a q1 2008 scenario..but not anymore ^_^

but isnt 5.9(vista score) a little low for barcelona @ 3.0 ?

5.9 is the maximum score for Vista. So it's another benchmark that once again says little on the true (or lack of) performance of the Barcelona core.

5.9 is not that bad.
I have a 5.0

Not tht bad? Got that right.


The only stock CPU's that get 5.9rating atm I believe are the Intel quad cores.

well , if i am right , there was a notebook , with a desktop X6800(dual core) , 7950GTX ,2GB DDR2 800, 3x250 H.D.D , and it got 5.9 too ,

They've probably got a phase changer on it to get it to 3GHz

I wouldn't call the Vista score a benchmark; I believe it just recognizes the number of cores and clockspeed and then gives you a score.

So if 5.9 is the best score possable does that mean all future processor upgrades will be a waste?
Phenom FX the only processor anyone will ever need, forever.

I read that Miscrosoft will eventually increase the maximum value when the market will progress.
With newer super fast CPU/Video card, that index will probably increase soon.
So, there will be more room.

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http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/W [...] 61033.mspx
As newer, faster hardware becomes available, Microsoft will increase the top end of the rating scale to allow scores of 6.0 and higher. That means the score you see today will have the same meaning at any point in your computer's lifetime. For example, even if the top end of the WEI range increases to 8.0, my computer's base score will remain at 2.2 if I don't make any hardware changes.

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Excuse my sarcasim, I know M$ will update the values.
I just think it is funny to use a Vista score as a "benchmark"

well, this is Phenom which is Agena and not Barcelona. Barcelona is still launching at 2.0 GHz and going to 2.6; this is the desktop part which I think is going to launch higher than 2.0 GHz, at least that's the plan...

Windows score is a poor benchmark to tout, they were merely showing that they have a fast part. It was stock cooling, too, by the way...

But the production part at 3.0 GHz is still said to be a little while away. At least they can demo a working fast sample, though, which is better than the situation with Barcelona.