fudzilla.com - 1/28/2009
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Image Will get better The first AM3 bioses and boards from at least a one tier-one motherboard manufacturer currently have some performance issues with AM3 CPUs and DDR3 memory. At this time, DDR2 AM2+ platforms are usually faster, while at least according to AMD s power point presentations, AM3 ...
legitreviews.com - 1/27/2009
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legitreviews.com —
While we've had a number of engineering sample
motherboards floating around our test bench in recent weeks
the ASUS M4A79T Deluxe motherboard is the first retail AMD Socket AM3 motherboard to show up at our door step. Read on to see what this ...
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ASUS M4A79T Deluxe Motherboard Pictures - AMD Socket AM3
tweaktown.com - 2/1/2009
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tweaktown.com —
Introduction Okay, why are we here again?
Well, AMD has once again released a new CPU,
but this is using the same name as previous yet still fairly new CPU. Confusing? - I know; it is to me as well. One month ago to the day, AMD released what it ...
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AMD Socket AM3 Arrives
fudzilla.com - 1/24/2009
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fudzilla.com —
Image Quads and three-cores AMD is preparing to
launch many three and quad-cores based on new AM3
socket but they will all be based on Deneb / Heka architecture. AM3 finally brings overpriced DDR3 memory to Dragon platform, as DDR3 was exclusively ...
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AM3 comes in early February
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AMD AM3 With DDR3 Not Worth the Extra Cost
TweakTown News RSS Feed —
... there will only be a roughly 5% performance gain using an AM3 board over an AM2+. Does this bode well for AMD? In the end I do not think it will matter. The AM3 CPUs will run happily in an AM2+ board with DDR2. This means that some will buy them and run them in current boards waiting for DDR3 prices to drop. Others will not buy AMD anyway as they cannot compete performance wise with Intels current and even last generation CPUs, even if they do have a price advantage. Read more here . At this time, DDR2 AM2+ platforms are usually faster, while at least according to AMDs ...
AMD AM3 with DDR3 worth the extra cost?
TweakTown News RSS Feed —
... there will only be a roughly 5% performance gain using an AM3 board over an AM2+. Does this bode well for AMD? In the end I do not think it will matter. The AM3 CPUs will run happily in an AM2+ board with DDR2. This means that some will buy them and run them in current boards waiting for DDR3 prices to drop. Others will not buy AMD anyway as they cannot compete performance wise with Intels current and even last generation CPUs, even if they do have a price advantage. Read more here . At this time, DDR2 AM2+ platforms are usually faster, while at least according to AMDs ...
Wednesday Shortbread
The Tech Report: News —
... Intel bid for delay Lawmakers mull Internet, wireless tax credits TG Daily reports IBM to pay shareholders cash dividend after layoffs Ex-IBM exec to go to Apple as lawsuit settled TechRadar UK shares a rumor : Google to buy Skype DailyTech reports Facebook pulls away from MySpace in traffic Ars Technica's hands-on: Noovo , a confused social discovery service Fudzilla reports full-disk encryption coming and AM3 performance is not great [H]ard|OCP reports Galaxy Tech video cards now selling at Best ...
First AM3 Boards Have Performance Issues
AMDZone Frontpage —
Fudo reports that the first batch of Socket AM3 boards will have performance issues with DDR3. Reportedly the issues will be fixed with BIOS updates, and performance is expected to be 5% better than on DDR2 setups. ...
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tbreak.com 11/13/2008 — MSI announces AM3 support Published Yesterday The upcoming AMD 45nm Phenom™ quad-core processors are looking forward to the end of the year. All processors in these series are using Socket AM3 and AM2+ design, through the new nanometer upgrade ...
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gigabyte.com.tw 11/25/2008 — Taipei, Taiwan, November 18, 2008 – GIGABYTE, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards today is pleased to announce support for the soon-to-be-released AMD 45nm processors including socket AM3 and AM2+ on a full range of current ...
AMD Phenom II 720 X3 Black Edition Reviews
ocia.net 3/8/2009 — AMD has had a busy year thus far. With the launch of the Deneb core they have finally moved to the 45nm process and are breaking in a new socket interface at the same time. These chips, available in quad and tri core configurations just like the ...
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