superchunk said:
Scoobes said:
No APUs are priced at $600+. Even the best APU chips are designed for mainstream and the lower end of the performance sector. The design is also just an update of the existing Bulldozer architecture rather than a complete overhaul.
The article also states 3.2GHz which is very conservative for a current AMD chip. The soon to be released top of the line APU (A10 5800K) is clocked at 3.8GHz. If anything, it almost seems too conservative as they're going for a low clock speed quad core which is only capable of 1 thread per core when the rumours of the WiiU and NeXtBox suggest Power7 CPUs capable of 4 threads per core.
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So a brand new chip would not be close or well over $600? Everytime I see a new CPU or GPU they are at or above that. Why would a APU be different?
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Even a top of the range AMD CPU (AMD FX 8150) is under $300. Only the top Intel CPUs (i7s) are currently more expensive. Even the best APUs are weaker and cheaper than a top of the range AMD CPU.
