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2 cores only, which I feel is cheating.
by cultureulterior 15y ago
2 cores only, which I feel is cheating.
- loungin 15y agoI too feel it's worthless to simply 'boot up' with those frequencies. The whole point is to do _something_ with all that speed, like benchmarking, gaming, folding performance...
- granitepail 15y agoWhere did you read that? The article would seem to imply it was an eight-core chip they were working with.
- reeses 15y agoWatch the video (http://hardocp.com/article/2011/09/13/amd_bulldozer_fx_model_8150_cpu_overclocking_preview http://hardocp.com/article/2011/09/13/amd_bulldozer_fx_model...) at about 9:15, 10:25, and 10:55 (approximately). They show close-ups of CPUZ.
- cpeterso 15y agoThe article says they "clocked a prerelease eight-core AMD FX desktop processor to a zippy 8.429GHz".