09
Oct

AMD Price Cuts On Desktop CPUs

AMD has cut down the pricing of its single-core Athlon 64 and dual-core Athlon 64 X2 processors. The cuts range between 5-28%. The firm also introduces their new Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition. Here is a list of new pricing after the break.

  • Athlon 64 X2 6400+ - $220
  • Athlon 64 X2 6000+ - $167
  • Athlon 64 X2 5600+ - $146
  • Athlon 64 X2 5200+ - $125
  • Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition - $136
  • Athlon 64 X2 5000+ - $115
  • Athlon 64 X2 4800+ - $104
  • Athlon 64 X2 4400+ - $89
  • Athlon 64 X2 4200+ -$78
  • Athlon 64 X2 4000+ -$68
  • Athlon 64 4000+ - $58
  • Athlon 64 3800+ - $50
  • Athlon 64 3500+ - $45
05
Oct

MSI announces AMD Barcelona motherboard and server barebone

Micro-Star International (MSI) has announced the K9NU Speedster motherboard and P1-106 server barebone, which support the recently launched AMD Quad-Core Opteron processors (Barcelona).

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02
Oct

Phenom FX to launch at 2.8GHz+

A few independent sources have confirmed that AMD is working hard to launch a 2.8 if not even a 3.0+ GHz Phenom FX Quad core in 2007. AMD can finally get the clocks at higher speeds than the modest 2.5 GHz, so this will finally give Intel a good reason to reconsider its roadmaps.

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