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PC - New AMD CPUs/GPUs soon - View Post

CPUs:

CPU Core Cores Clock Speed L2 Cache L3 Cache TDP Release Date
Phenom II X4 955 Deneb 4 3.2GHz 2MB 6MB 125W April
Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 4 3.0GHz 2MB 6MB 95W April
Phenom II X4 925 Deneb 4 2.8GHz 2MB 6MB 95W April
Athlon X4 605e Propus 4 2.3GHz 2MB None 45W Q2
Athlon X4 600e Propus 4 2.2GHz 2MB None 45W Q2
Athlon X4 615 Propus 4 2.7GHz 2MB None 95W Q3
Athlon X4 605 Propus 4 2.3GHz 2MB None 95W Q3
Phenom II X2 550 Callisto 2 3.1GHz 1MB 6MB 85W May
Phenom II X2 545 Callisto 2 3.0GHz 1MB 6MB 85W May
Athlon X2 4xx Regor 2 2.xGHz 2MB None 65W Q3

Highlights:

- AMD will have an entirely DDR3-supporting lineup (Socket AM3, which is backwards comaptible with AM2+) and a 200MHz clockspeed bump on the high-end allowing it to beat the Q9550 by my estimates.

- 45W quad-cores FTW!

- Those Callisto dual-cores are quad-cores with two cores disabled. Hence the higher TDP and insane L3 cache. The Regor dual-cores are real dual-cores. Also, since you can unlock a Phenom II X3 to an X4 with a BIOS hack...

GPUs:

GPU Process Shaders Core Clock Memory Clock Memory Type Release Date
RV740 (Radeon HD4750?) 40nm 640 650MHz 900MHz GDDR5 April 6th
RV790 (Radeon HD4890?) 55nm >=800 850MHz 975MHz GDDR5 April 6th

Highlights:

- The RV740 will perform between the current HD4830 and HD4850, for under $100. The RV790 will be under $200, probably as low as $180 juding by the recent HD4870 pricecut to $145 and the HD4850 to $125.

- Nvidia is doomed. They're launching G92 rebrands to counter (a chip which first launched in 2006 as G80), but RV740 will match them for a much cheaper price and RV790 should put parity with GT200 on the high-end but about $200 cheaper...

- RV790 is 55nm due to leakage issues on the 40nm process. These will likely be resolved before the next round of high-end chips in Q4.