The NDA has lifted and the reviews are flooding the Web. That’s right folks, the first wave of AMD’s Bulld0zer-based FX-Series CPUs have finally landed! We’ll save our commentary on the processors for a few more days, but right now check out the following reviews: Tom’s Hardware – “AMD FX-8150 Review: From Bulldozer to Zambezi [...]
Bulldozer
According to a post by the folks over at Donanim Haber earlier today, AMD is finally set to launch, after a number of delays, their FX-Series Bulldozer CPUs. Not only do we now have a realistic launch date, we also have the supposed launch prices with the FX-8150 coming in at $245 USD, the FX-8120 [...]
At an event in Austin, Texas a couple of weeks ago, overclockers managed to take one of AMD’s upcoming FX-Series CPUs, thought to be the FX-8150, to a record-breaking 8.429GHz by using liquid nitrogen followed by near-absolute zero and very rare liquid helium. Very impressive! If you would rather hear about practical overclocking, the overclockers [...]
Here comes some interesting news for you! Earlier today, CPU World posted an article regarding three AMD FX-Series CPUs that were listed for pre-order at the not-so-well-known retailer, Bottom Line Telecommunications. The CPUs that are listed are the 95W FX-6100, which comes in with a pre-order price of $188.32 USD, and the 125W FX-8120 and [...]
The launch of AMD’s Bulldozer-based FX-series CPUs has seemingly been full of delays. Unfortunately the drama continues today as X-bit Labs is reporting, via “ a source close to the company”, that we may not be seeing Zambezi until mid-October, rather than staying on pace with the rumoured ”late summer” release (and an initial launch rumour of June). While this [...]
For a couple of months we have known that AMD’s 2012 platform line-up would involve the introduction of the “Corona” platform on enthusiast and high-end desktop systems and the “Virgo” APU platform on mainstream and budget-friendly machines. Well, thanks to yet another rumour, by 4Gamer.net this time, we have further confirmation as well as a very welcomed roadmap [...]
With AMD’s Bulldozer-based desktop CPUs set to hit shelves sometime in September, we have some exciting news! At this years Gamescom trade show in Germany, AMD has made an appearance with their 8-core FX-8150P processor. Using the gorgeous white 600T chassis from Corsair, AMD was seen showing off their upcoming flagship CPU running a demo [...]
We are, hopefully, just a matter of weeks away from the launch of AMD’s flagship Bulldozer-based Zambezi processors (branded FX). While we have covered plenty of news and rumours regarding these CPUs, we thought it would be beneficial to provide an overall summary of some of the great features of Bulldozer. Thankfully, Hassan Mujtaba from WCCF [...]
We may be just a couple of months away from the upcoming launch of AMD’s Bulldozer-based FX-Series desktop CPUs that will be available in four, six and eight-core flavours, but we have an interesting tidbit to share. Toady, according to a rumour shared by Softpedia, it looks like there may be a three-core variant that will [...]
Over the last month we haven’t been reporting on any of the rumours regarding AMD’s upcoming Bulldozer/Zambezi/FX-series CPUs because frankly, it’s tough to separate truth from fiction. Well, the folks over at WCCF Tech have been keeping up with the rumours and their most recent post provides some details on what we should expect over the [...]
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