Phenom ii x6?

[raceway99]

Just wondering whats the chance of AMD releasing a desktop version of istanbul aka phenom ii x6?

 

[loneninja]

Currently there seems to be no plan of it, not sure why anyone would really want one for desktop either since there is almost no benefit to having it. You'll just end up with higher power consumption at lower clock speeds and less overclocking head room. Out side of a few professional aps performance would be worse all around than a Phenom II X4. Than there is the matter of cost, it'll be one expensive processor, an I7 would end up cheaper and put to better use in a desktop environment.

 

[raceway99]

ok was just curious thanks for the reply