Fair point and some excellent alternatives been mooted. I think AMD are positioning this for the server market (though would love a nice cheap desktop with thi

Fair point and some excellent alternatives been mooted. I think AMD are positioning this for the server market (though would love a nice cheap desktop with this chip. With that they are levridging there only real asset in branding and I feel it will not water down but help the Opteron range live on, given they are moving away from the x86 area.