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AMD Ships First Dual-Core FX CPU

AMD Ships First Dual-Core FX CPU

GHoosdum Rob Updegrove 10 Jan, 2006 at 8:52am ET Article published in Tech

AMD has begun shipping its first dual-core FX-series CPU, the FX-60, which runs each core at 2.6 GHz. Each of the processor’s cores sports 1 MB of L2 cache.

Having to date maintained that dual-core CPUs brought no special benefit to gamers, AMD said it now believes there are sufficient multi-threaded titles coming to warrant the upgrade. It also pointed to better dual-core support in key driver software, such as that supporting the latest graphics cards.

Intel, by contrast, pitched its first dual-core products at gamers. While few games take advantage of the second processing core, it admitted, the extra processor allows gamers to continue running software they might otherwise disable to ensure maximum game performance, such as anti-virus code.

Intel’s latest dual-core gaming CPU, the 65nm, 3.46GHz 955, has just been added to the company’s price list at $999. AMD’s chip costs $1,031.

Submitted by: dragonV8

Source: The Register

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Comments

  1. GooD
    10 Jan 2006 ~ 10:22am GooD *droll* :buck:

    Lets wait until next year when price will drop lol :thumbsup:
  2. Sledgehammer70
    10 Jan 2006 ~ 10:23am Sledgehammer70 Good find! I have been following this FX 60 and from the Transitor count and the clock speed I really think they can break all records. the question is how is the new X2 5000+ going to stock up to the FX60? I heard they will be around the same price... but for the M2 socket set... I guess we will have to wait and see.

    I really do think the M2 series chips are just going to be jaw dropping... in performance, I heard rumors that AMD's chips have been making better use of the DDR2... as with Intel you didn't see that much increase in performance. I guess once again we will have to wait and see.

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