disolitude said:
Scoobes said:
AMD, still chasing the clock speed dream. I somehow doubt this will come close to the single threaded performance of a similarly priced Intel chip. There is literally no point in AMD competing in the high end of CPUs, Intel just have way too many advantages.
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Only advantage AMD have is price(not present here with this cpu), multithreaded performance and Steamroller which should yield 15-20% performance improvements while still using am3+ socket. People who invested in an am3+ mobo 3 years ago will certanly get their moneys worth.
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I'll bet you that an AM3 Steamroller will never be released.
The reason I know this is that server roadmaps have to extend further and be more reliable than desktop ones, and they don't show a Steamroller CPU without an APU. And the economics of a new die and socket validation for a $150+ desktop part that doesn't come out on server are unworkable.
