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Both chips are built on the same 45nm process as Deneb and come equipped with 6MB of shared L3 cache and 512KB of L2 per core. They are also expected to be compatible with AM2+ and AM3 motherboards, presumably after a BIOS update, and have an integrated DDR3 controller. Gigabyte has since taken down the information, but a separate leak from Bahrain-based retailer Advanti Online quotes the same specs and throws in pricing details for good measure.
Citing AMD as its source, the retailer's Facebook page lists the 2.8GHz Phenom II X6 1055T with a 125W thermal envelope and a $199 price tag. While there's no mention of the lesser 1035T model, an overclocker-friendly Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition processor running at 3.2 GHz will reportedly arrive priced at $295. Both chips will cost much, much less than an Intel 6-core CPU but should also perform on another level.
If the prices are indeed correct, the top of the line Phenom II X6 would go against Intel's freshly released Core i7 930, which is a 45nm Bloomfield quad core with a 130W TDP, 8MB shared L3 cache and running at 2.80GHz. The Phenom II X6 1055T, meanwhile, could fight it out with the Lynnfield Core i5 750 in the $200 price range.
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Very well done AMD.. im gonna build up a x6 beast when its released since i cant afford intel procs anymore =D
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A little something to say to this princeton prick...
What is better spending $400 dollars of my hard earned money for a p.o.s. Intel or get something THAT IS MEANT TO BE FOR PEOPLE ON A BUDGET!!! By people on a budget I obviously mean people that don't just go whine and cry all the way to the bank to get money out of the trust fund mommy and daddy set up for them when they were 2 years old with a balance of 1 mil.
You know that is a lot of money for a young Intel FANBOY to have. you might waste it all in about 5 "top notch" systems.
I like the color green and prefer to keep a little in the bank and on hand. Please use your brain and think about the purpose of AMD before whining about how much better Intel's parts are.
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To the other Intel fans and followers, I sincerely apologize for my assault and ask that you forgive my rudeness. Intel is a respectable company and great at what they do. That said AMD is also great at what they do. They are really working to ends of the greater purpose. One (Intel) for the most Extreme Computing and All Out Full On Red Eye Effects. The other (AMD) for everything else and Budget Values of the stuff Intel pulls off.
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Theyve been benched at 4.2 on air with 2 cores disabled. so if you take that route these chips can provide the best of both worlds (superthreaded or high clocks)
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Saw your post and you should be able to push the 940 to 3.5ghz with ease and run nb and htt at 2.0ghz. I am doing this on a lowly asus m3a32 mvp deluxe wifi board and as most know it is a pain in the butt to oc cause of the sb600.
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the fact is AMD is very easy to OC the new 6 core will be better than the intel at this even with out the extra 2mb in the long run I see AMD being the road to go unless you just have a lot of cash to burn on the intel chip.
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OR you could pay the same amount for a mid-end core-i7 quad core and STILL have greater performance than AMD hexacore.
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The clockspeed and whatnot doesn't even quite match up to Intels Turboboost and Hyper-threading. You can OC to 4.2 and have that wear on your PC, or not have to OC at all and have higher performance. It's not only the performance that is better, but Intel has better quality products since the begining.
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