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[Dragoon20005]

AMD today unveiled its most powerful member of the legendary AMD FX family of CPUs, the world's first commercially available 5 GHz CPU processor well not truly 5GHz but 4.7GHz with turbo boost to 5GHz, the AMD FX-9590. These 8-core CPUs deliver new levels of gaming and multimedia performance for desktop enthusiasts.




Based on the previous spec sheet of the CPU

the TDP is a whooping 220W compare to the FX8350's 125W

the die as shown below






pricing wise it might be close the i7 Core-4770K maybe slightly lower


sources here

http://www.techpower...-processor.html

http://www.techpower...s-5-00-ghz.html

http://www.anandtech...of-the-ghz-race

http://vr-zone.com/a...9590/36691.html

[Badconduct]

Eh..?

I dunno.... hard to justify that type of purchase... let's see the benchmarks.

[Dragoon20005]

serious issue with that high TDP

Intel 84 W vs AMD 220 W

we will need to run a water cooler since air cooler isnt going to help

i sure hope AMD make a correct move with more speed

but i do wish for a pure 8 core 16 threads from AMD

[The Gunman]

TDP of 220W?!

I'm currently running a water cooling set-up and even I'd be hesitant to use a chip that hot!

[Smokeyjedi]

my 8350 is @ 4.760ghz @1.373V ,im pushed up there and am surely pushing more than 225W easy.in fact my asus dcu2gtx460 1gb and this piledriver crush my 650W PSU and will overload if I push much further than 4.8ghz, and 800Mhz core 4000mhz ddr5 with small volt increase GPUside, Id like to see if it is in fact more efficient, and clock for clock raw benchmark comparison is obviously required alongside it. If it was revamped again like the vishera, for that 10-15% clock for clock speed this could be interesting. If it literally is a binned 8350(no refinement whatsoever) Ill give it 1 big Meh!

Edited by Smokeyjedi, 11 June 2013 - 08:27 PM.

[Dragoon20005]

err i think you miss a point we are actually talking about the heat generated by the CPU

not how much the CPU draw in wattage

TDP is Thermal Design Power

[Smokeyjedi]

Dragoon20005, on 11 June 2013 - 08:35 PM, said:

err i think you miss a point we are actually talking about the heat generated by the CPU

not how much the CPU draw in wattage

TDP is Thermal Design Power

Isnt wattage converted into heat............less heat means more efficient architecture................so if it runs less hot, and or pulls less wattage @ 4.8ghz+ this could get interesting for Intels lineup. Here is hoping for more than the last binned 8350s http://www.youtube.c...IQ&feature=fvwp

Edited by Smokeyjedi, 11 June 2013 - 08:55 PM.

[p8ragon]

it's still slower than intel clock for clock

Read somewhere that a 5ghz amd is equivalent to a 3.8ghz haswell or something (assuming no multithreading)

(Honestly though, you don't need anything higher than a ~3.4ghz i5 or i3)

Edited by p8ragon, 11 June 2013 - 09:41 PM.

[Dragoon20005]

well the idea of going AMD is getting bang for your buck

the bulk of the Intel build is spent on the CPU and mobo combo leaving you with little for GPU

but in AMD you still have spare to invest on a bigger GPU

AMD selling point has always been gaming on a budget

[The Gunman]

Dragoon20005, on 11 June 2013 - 10:20 PM, said:

well the idea of going AMD is getting bang for your buck
the bulk of the Intel build is spent on the CPU and mobo combo leaving you with little for GPU
but in AMD you still have spare to invest on a bigger GPU
AMD selling point has always been gaming on a budget

You'd be spending the money saved on double heat-sinks to cool this thing!

[reiGngehoWn]

You are still using single heatsinks? Meh!

It all depends on the performance/$. Also, are these informations from AMD? Maybe someone ist just trolling around with the TDP

edit: nvm ... http://www.amd.com/u...-2013jun11.aspx

Edited by reiGngehoWn, 12 June 2013 - 01:22 AM.

[CHWarpath]

Dragoon20005, on 11 June 2013 - 05:18 PM, said:

AMD today unveiled its most powerful member of the legendary AMD FX family of CPUs, the world's first commercially available 5 GHz CPU processor well not truly 5GHz but 4.7GHz with turbo boost to 5GHz, the AMD FX-9590. These 8-core CPUs deliver new levels of gaming and multimedia performance for desktop enthusiasts.




Based on the previous spec sheet of the CPU

the TDP is a whooping 220W compare to the FX8350's 125W

the die as shown below






pricing wise it might be close the i7 Core-4770K maybe slightly lower


sources here

http://www.techpower...-processor.html

http://www.techpower...s-5-00-ghz.html

http://www.anandtech...of-the-ghz-race

http://vr-zone.com/a...9590/36691.html

You should take out the "gaming" part because GPU>x86 ALL DAY LONG. I'm not sure who decided to revive 1995 era thinking in 2013 but x86 does very little for your gaming since the PCI slot, AGP slot and later PCI Express slot was produced for desktops. This might be changing with AMD Kaveri CPU's later this year though with GDDR5 support.

[CHWarpath]

p8ragon, on 11 June 2013 - 09:39 PM, said:

it's still slower than intel clock for clock

Read somewhere that a 5ghz amd is equivalent to a 3.8ghz haswell or something (assuming no multithreading)

(Honestly though, you don't need anything higher than a ~3.4ghz i5 or i3)

Yes Vishera cores are slower than Haswell cores because AMD is still using 32nm and intel has already moved to 22nm for their CPU's. Very few titles (Skyrim, Starcraft II) require x86 to run well, the rest of the games require a powerful GPU. GPU>x86

[kesuga7]

holy shazam - 8 Cores at 5 GHZ (Got mine a good quad core 2.3 ghz processor myself :s )

so i take it , its a "GENERATION" ahead of the Xbox one / Playstation 4's - 8 cores at 2.3 GHZ or something like that (not bashin consoles tho)

Next-Gen-Tech

Edited by kesuga7, 12 June 2013 - 01:21 AM.

[IrrelevantFish]

reiGngehoWn, on 12 June 2013 - 12:24 AM, said:

Maybe someone ist just trolling around with the TDP

I wouldn't call it "trolling," per se. I'd just call it wrong. That figure is unconfirmed and appears to have been estimated assuming that all eight cores are running at 5GHz at the same time.

And since the Piledriver architecture only allows four cores to operate at the maximum Turbo-boost settings simultaneously, that is a stupid assumption.

Anyway, here's hoping this gives AMD a boost. They sure need it, and we sure need them. They're the only real competitor for Nvidia and Intel, and competition is the catalyst for innovation.

[Cid F]

220W TDP! No way!

[Flapdrol]

A massive tdp, but I'd be very surprised if it actually uses something close to that. Very much a worst case.

[Nasinil]

I already use a decent fx8350 and hell it wont hit more than 30% in normal gaming. I love that prozessor for CAD renderings though bringing the cores on maximum usage.

[Viper69]

AMD have always been notorious for running hot. In fact my old MOBO from a few builds back had to have a northbridge cooler on it because of the radiant heat from the CPU. From then on I have been running intel because I am not a fan of running hot or die.

[Corvus Antaka]

imho the 3570K is right now still the best bang for the buck and runs a cool 32 degrees with an active cooling solution without OC, with OC Im only hitting 49 degrees.