Quad FX canceled, upgrade path unclear

Vikingod · Nov 30, 2007, 02:09 PM

Source: Tech Report
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When AMD introduced its Quad FX dual-socket enthusiast platform one year ago, the entire proposition was a tough sell, because Intel had a single-socket quad-core solution that combined superior performance with lower power consumption than AMD's offering. The folks at AMD, however, played a couple of cards to sweeten the deal.

The first of those was an unequivocal statement of resolve: the dual-socket enthusiast platform, they told us, was a long-term technology direction for AMD. They drew a distinct contrast to Intel's "V8" assemblage of vanilla workstation-class parts. Quad FX would be the beginning of a line of dual-socket products truly aimed at PC enthusiasts, with the sort of tweakable, gaming-ready hardware enthusiasts prefer.

BlueMak · Nov 30, 2007, 02:35 PM

Good move.

Nov 30, 2007, 02:09 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Quad FX canceled, upgrade path unclear Source: Tech Report ______________ When AMD introduced its Quad FX dual-socket enthusiast platform one year ago, the entire proposition was a tough sell, because Intel had a single-socket quad-core solution that combined superior performance with lower power consumption than AMD's offering. The folks at AMD, however, played a couple of cards to sweeten the deal. The first of those was an unequivocal statement of resolve: the dual-socket enthusiast platform, they told us, was a long-term technology direction for AMD. They drew a distinct contrast to Intel's "V8" assemblage of vanilla workstation-class parts. Quad FX would be the beginning of a line of dual-socket products truly aimed at PC enthusiasts, with the sort of tweakable, gaming-ready hardware enthusiasts prefer.

Nov 30, 2007, 02:35 PM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Good move. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*