CPU/Chipset News

[SunnyChahal]

This quarter AMD took some 6% off Intel's market share and right now, they are on a roll, especially with Phenom II X4 series. With P2 X2 550 and Athlon 2 X2 250 on heavy sale right now, they are going to have another rocking quarter.

Till Intel releases Core i5, AMD will keep on eating up Intel's market share.

I heard that AMD has been facing losses. How's the scene now?

[desiibond]

They will be back into profits this year. luckily, recession hasn't effected much for them and they released Phenom II at the right time.

[comp@ddict]

^ Saving moeny like any thing to get a decent gfx card...

Saved money till now - 6850rs..

Goal - 12000rs

to buy gtx260 or hd4870.

Wish me all the best.

Put Goal to Rs. 13,000

And don't buy any of these. Buy HD5850(shud be around 10k) when it launches in October, precisely on the 22nd.

LOL, my b'day is on Oct 23rd, and Win7 will launch on 22nd.

[damngoodman999]

Put Goal to Rs. 13,000

And don't buy any of these. Buy HD5850(shud be around 10k) when it launches in October, precisely on the 22nd.

LOL, my b'day is on Oct 23rd, and Win7 will launch on 22nd.

DirectX 11 is just around the corner...and so are some new graphics cards.

ATi Radeon HD 5850:
QUOTE
GPU: RV870
Fabrication Process: 40nm
Graphics Clock: 800 MHz
Memory Clock: 1200 MHz / 4800 MHz effective
Memory Interface: 512-bit
Memory Size: 1024 MB
Memory Type: GDDR3
RAMDACs: 800 MHz
Stream Processors: 1200
HDCP Support: Yes
HDMI Support: Yes
Connectors: 2 x dual-link DVI-I 1 x S-Video Out 1 x HDMI
Bus Technology: PCI Express 2.0
Form Factor: Single Slot Design
Power Connectors: 2 x 6-pin

ATi Radeon HD 5870:
QUOTE
GPU: RV870
Fabrication Process: 40nm
Graphics Clock: 1100 MHz
Memory Clock: 1750 MHz / 7000 MHz effective
Memory Interface: 1024-bit
Memory Size: 2048MB
Memory Type: GDDR5
RAMDACs: 800 MHz
Stream Processors: 1200
HDCP Support: Yes
HDMI Support: Yes
Connectors: 2 x dual-link DVI-I 1 x S-Video Out 1 x HDMI
Bus Technology: PCI Express 2.0
Form Factor: Dual Slot Design
Power Connectors: 2 x 6-pin

Catalyst 10 is for HD58XX series - Also will be expecting 15K above for HD5850

Release date - January - March 2010 expected

[SunnyChahal]

They will be back into profits this year. luckily, recession hasn't effected much for them and they released Phenom II at the right time.

Means AMD isn't going anywhere I'm releived.
When is Fusion coming?

[SunnyChahal]

Will the new 5800 series card work on my current motherboard?
Will they support DirectX 11?

[damngoodman999]

Will the new 5800 series card work on my current motherboard?
Will they support DirectX 11?

Ya sure no probs - BTW check ur Benchmarks on the AMD overdrive !!

What is the temperature of ur processor !!Idle & Load ??

[SunnyChahal]

Ya sure no probs - BTW check ur Benchmarks on the AMD overdrive !!

Yes, I'll do that later.

What is the temperature of ur processor !!Idle & Load ??

Idle- About 45 C.
Gaming(load) - 51-52 C . Max was 54C with FarCry 2.

Is this channel only for news or can we also discuss stuff here? Like CPU performance, temperatures and all.

[desiibond]

Fusion may be in 2011

[SunnyChahal]

^
Oh, that's a pretty long time.

[vamsi_krishna]

@comp@ddict, thanks.


Will definitely follow your advice.

[comp@ddict]

^^

ATi Radeon HD 5850:
QUOTE
GPU: RV870
Fabrication Process: 40nm
Graphics Clock: 800 MHz
Memory Clock: 1200 MHz / 4800 MHz effective
Memory Interface: 512-bit
Memory Size: 1024 MB
Memory Type: GDDR3
RAMDACs: 800 MHz
Stream Processors: 1200
HDCP Support: Yes
HDMI Support: Yes
Connectors: 2 x dual-link DVI-I 1 x S-Video Out 1 x HDMI
Bus Technology: PCI Express 2.0
Form Factor: Single Slot Design
Power Connectors: 2 x 6-pin

ATi Radeon HD 5870:
QUOTE
GPU: RV870
Fabrication Process: 40nm
Graphics Clock: 1100 MHz
Memory Clock: 1750 MHz / 7000 MHz effective
Memory Interface: 1024-bit
Memory Size: 2048MB
Memory Type: GDDR5
RAMDACs: 800 MHz
Stream Processors: 1200
HDCP Support: Yes
HDMI Support: Yes
Connectors: 2 x dual-link DVI-I 1 x S-Video Out 1 x HDMI
Bus Technology: PCI Express 2.0
Form Factor: Dual Slot Design
Power Connectors: 2 x 6-pin

LOL

This is it:

HD5870
1200 Stream Processors
40nm
1.2Billion or more transistors
64 ROPS
DX11, OpenGL 3.1, OpenCL
1/2GB GDDR5 @ 1100MHz(4400MHz)/1200MHz(4800MHz)
256-bit Memory Interface
2x6 pin power connectors

[desiibond]

wow. 1200 S(c)tream processors, 1GHz memory, 1024bit wide memory, 1GHz clock. Freaking awesome.

This one definitely needs Phenom II X4 965 or core i7 to feed data

[hellknight]

The return of the Athlons and Phenoms . I just ordered 720BE and biostar TA790GXB mobo today with 790GX chipset. What card should I go for now, 4870 or GTX 260?? I think that 720 has enough horsepower to feed these cards with instructions..

[desiibond]

Go for GTX275 or HD4890 if you can shell out 14k

[vamsi_krishna]

OMG..

HD 4850 - 6.5k,

HD 4870 - 10k

HD 4890 - 12.8k

Prices have fallen a lot. HD 4850 which is equal to GF 9800+(?) is 6.5k while 9800 GTX+ is nearly 10k. Good going ATI.

[MetalheadGautham]

OMG..

HD 4850 - 6.5k,

HD 4870 - 10k

HD 4890 - 12.8k

Prices have fallen a lot. HD 4850 which is equal to GF 9800+(?) is 6.5k while 9800 GTX+ is nearly 10k. Good going ATI.

This is because nobody will buy them once they see the power savings from 40nm GPUs.

[desiibond]

True. They are rapidly clearing the stock to make way for 40nm.

[vamsi_krishna]

^ babai,Congrats on for completing 5k posts.....

Ontopic: Why nvidia haven't started price cuts?

[comp@ddict]

The return of the Athlons and Phenoms . I just ordered 720BE and biostar TA790GXB mobo today with 790GX chipset. What card should I go for now, 4870 or GTX 260?? I think that 720 has enough horsepower to feed these cards with instructions..

What's ur PSU?

If COrsair VX450W, then it's your choice among the following:

HD4870 1GB
or
HD4890 1GB

Personally, I prefer the latter.

[desiibond]

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/30/v...clocking-luna/

AMD's Phenom II X4 TWKR CPU for extreme overclocking lunatics

AMD has recently cooked up a little something they like to call the Phenom II X4 TWKR Black Edition, a hand-picked, limited edition processor that is designed to be overclocked "to the extreme." Currently labeled "Not for Sale," with no serial numbers and only one hundred of these bad boys in existence, just a few lucky folks have got their hands on one, so we've dug up some reviews (and previews) so you can see what the fuss is all about. According to the company, one of these guys could be pushed by 100MHz with air cooling, which doubles to about 200MHz with "extreme cooling." As far as impressions go, the reviewer at Neoseeker quickly decided that the units aren't meant to be overclocked on air only, and that dry ice isn't much better. Hot Hardware says pretty much the same thing. Though they weren't able to test with liquid nitrogen or liquid helium (the only way to get real speed) they did put a Koolance LN2 pot (and about 20lbs of dry ice) to the test for 4.73GHz. For best results, according to Tom's Hardware Guide, bench the processor at -190°C or cooler. But for the real overclocking experience you simply must check out the video of the "world renowned overclockers" K|ngp|n, chew*, and Gomeler as they run the gamut of "extreme overclocking techniques" after the break.

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha..._black_review/
http://www.tomshardware.com/pictures...enom-twkr.html
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1009/1/
http://hothardware.com/Articles/AMD-...-Edition-TWKR/

Note: this is a limited edition given by AMD to extreme overclockers and is not for sale. no support from AMD if the processor goes kaput

[hellknight]

@comp@ddict I have cooler master extreme 500 watt. Is that sufficient? Earlier I had no problems running 4400X2 with 8800GT alpha dog on a CME 390W PSU

[vamsi_krishna]

@hellknight, you are runnign a PSU which is more than sufficient to you. you can run even GTX 285 on 600w psu.

[hellknight]

Sorry.. it is Cooler Master 500 W extreme!!!

[j1n M@tt]

it's the same thing dude

[hellknight]

Thanx.. I hope i get nice frame rates while playing games and a boost in compiling softwares in Linux..

#include <offtopic.h>
How much power will the three fans of Cooler Master HAD 922 consume (230 mm * 2, 120 mm).. i'm going to order the cabinet tomorrow.. @sunny.. would you be kind enough to tell me how much did you get that cabinet for?

[vamsi_krishna]

I think a fan is going to take 5 or 12 W of power. I'm not sure about this.

[damngoodman999]

Thanx.. I hope i get nice frame rates while playing games and a boost in compiling softwares in Linux..

#include <offtopic.h>
How much power will the three fans of Cooler Master HAD 922 consume (230 mm * 2, 120 mm).. i'm going to order the cabinet tomorrow.. @sunny.. would you be kind enough to tell me how much did you get that cabinet for?

If u r running with CM 500 watts for HD 4870 or GTX260 & above with HAF922 there will be big problem !!

Get Corsair VX550 / GL650A / Antec650EA

[comp@ddict]

Dude. Get a Corsair VX450 or VX550 ASAP. I fear ur rig might just burn.

PHENOM II X42 BLACK EDITION UNDER HELIUM
The default frequency of this processor is equal to 2.0 GHz, it exactly explains the number 42 in the name. Number 4 speaks about a quantity of core, while 2 - about the clock frequency. According to some data, the overclocking potential of TWKR processor on 100 MHz is above average phenom II X4 955 Black edition with the use of air cooling, and 200 MHz above with the use of extreme cooling.



http://xtreview.com/addcomment-id-93...er-helium.html

[amitash]

eVGA releases its micro atx x58 boards...and boy it looks so cool:

http://www.evga.com/articles/00487/