AMD Vishera FX-series CPU gets pricetag

Hilbert Hagedoorn

Pricing of AMD's upcoming Piledriver-based "Vishera" FX-series processors have hit the web. These prices aren't official though, they are the pre-order prices from a store named BLT.*BLT...

AMD Vishera FX-series CPU gets pricetag

heffeque · 09-22-2012, 14:53 | posts: 4,009 | Location: Fortaleza, Brazil

Let's see what the price/performance is like. Hope AMD got this one right.

Kohlendioxidus · 09-22-2012, 16:30 | posts: 1,257 | Location: Germany

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Originally Posted by heffeque

Let's see what the price/performance is like. Hope AMD got this one right.

agree. If will exceed my X6 @ 3,9 GHz then I'm sold.

Neo Cyrus · **Memory**: 6GB DDR3-2000 9-9-9-24-1T

$250+... ridiculous. AMD really aren't aiming for competitive prices. They're hoping big numbers sell. Most people don't know clock speed and number of cores don't mean squat.

vbetts · 09-22-2012, 16:49 | posts: 10,226 | Location: Toledo Ohio

I'm just hoping that the price reflects the actual performance in a good way. Time to upgrade my machine!

j.chen · 09-22-2012, 16:51 | posts: 49 | Location: Toronto

so based on price... the performance is between an i7 and an i5?

let's hope so.

alientorni · 09-22-2012, 21:08 | posts: 79

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Originally Posted by heffeque

Let's see what the price/performance is like. Hope AMD got this one right.

can't be slower than bulldozer..

sykozis · 09-23-2012, 01:05 | posts: 13,506 | Location: US East Coast

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Originally Posted by Neo Cyrus

$250+... ridiculous. AMD really aren't aiming for competitive prices. They're hoping big numbers sell. Most people don't know clock speed and number of cores don't mean squat.

Or, maybe AMD is trying to cover the cost of R&D, production, shipping, etc.....

---TK--- · 09-23-2012, 01:17 | posts: 14,744 | Location: New Jersey, USA

these chip have to be real good for those prices, and not the 10-15% improvement over BD. Reviews should be out soon.

sykozis · 09-23-2012, 01:23 | posts: 13,506 | Location: US East Coast

regardless of performance, AMD has to cover costs and make a profit....

---TK--- · 09-23-2012, 01:25 | posts: 14,744 | Location: New Jersey, USA

never said they did not

sykozis · 09-23-2012, 01:29 | posts: 13,506 | Location: US East Coast

You guys are trying to gauge the price by the expected performance....but the performance makes little difference to the price. Even if they perform closer to the Athlon64 X2 5600....AMD still has to cover their expenses. Can't sell at a loss just because the performance sucks.

lucidus · 09-23-2012, 03:36 | posts: 3,272 | Location: UAE

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Originally Posted by sykozis

You guys are trying to gauge the price by the expected performance....but the performance makes little difference to the price. Even if they perform closer to the Athlon64 X2 5600....AMD still has to cover their expenses. Can't sell at a loss just because the performance sucks.

Could we please leave cost accounting 101 from this?

H83 · 09-23-2012, 11:33 | posts: 1,029 | Location: Mars

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Originally Posted by sykozis

You guys are trying to gauge the price by the expected performance....but the performance makes little difference to the price. Even if they perform closer to the Athlon64 X2 5600....AMD still has to cover their expenses. Can't sell at a loss just because the performance sucks.

Actually the performance makes most if not all of the difference. People don´t give a crap about the expenses a company has to incur to make their products. People only care about the features, performance and price of the products a company offers. So if the performance is weak AMD will just have to sell their CPUs at a loss or leave them on the shelves gaining dust...

I just hope they make competitive CPUs this time because Intel really needs some competition although i have to agree with the other opinions saying that the CPUs seem expensive, just like when Bulldozer CPUs were released...

---TK--- · 09-23-2012, 12:33 | posts: 14,744 | Location: New Jersey, USA

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Originally Posted by H83

Actually the performance makes most if not all of the difference. People don´t give a crap about the expenses a company has to incur to make their products. People only care about the features, performance and price of the products a company offers. So if the performance is weak AMD will just have to sell their CPUs at a loss or leave them on the shelves gaining dust...

I just hope they make competitive CPUs this time because Intel really needs some competition although i have to agree with the other opinions saying that the CPUs seem expensive, just like when Bulldozer CPUs were released...

Well said.

Ryu5uzaku · 09-23-2012, 12:55 | posts: 3,205 | Location: Finland

tbh if that 250$ performs inbetween i5 and i7 ivy np the price is nice :o

Mr_Freeze · 09-24-2012, 06:20 | posts: 2 | Location: Phoenix

I like my Bulldozer. Never had a problem.

GhostXL · 09-24-2012, 17:23 | posts: 4,928 | Location: PA, USA

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Originally Posted by Mr_Freeze

I like my Bulldozer. Never had a problem.

That is all that matters imo.

seronx · 09-25-2012, 01:35 | posts: 259 | Location: Arizona

Zambezi needs a 250-300 MHz boost over Vishera to beat it.
4.5 GHz Vishera = 4.8 GHz Zambezi

Basquedude · 09-25-2012, 02:28 | posts: 135 | Location: Cloud 9

http://www.obr-hardware.com/2012/09/...iver-last.html

Just an engineering sample. I expect retail with polished mobo bioses performance to be better.

I wont upgrade anyways. What I have now run anything I need optimaly. Ill wait till visheras go down in price in like a year or so.

DSparil · 09-25-2012, 02:49 | posts: 2,389 | Location: Tampa Bay, FL

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Originally Posted by seronx

Zambezi needs a 250-300 MHz boost over Vishera to beat it.
4.5 GHz Vishera = 4.8 GHz Zambezi

I'm not so sure about that. Either way, I have a feeling that even with Piledrivers improvements, it can be matched with a nicely overclocked Bulldozer. I am guessing overall performance boost may be around 8% (from what i'm reading) with Piledriver. So given that, I can pick up an inexpensive Cooler Master Hyper 12 and overclock my 6100 to 4.3 ghz or higher. Thats the theory anyway

tsunami231 · 09-25-2012, 05:31 | posts: 2,291 | Location: USA

as much as i hate AMD I would like to see them actual release something that can compete with intel cpu's which would drive prices down.

Basquedude · 09-25-2012, 05:45 | posts: 135 | Location: Cloud 9

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Originally Posted by tsunami231

as much as i hate AMD I would like to see them actual release something that can compete with intel cpu's which would drive prices down.

If I had a dime for everytime I heard the "drive prices down" thing.
Why do you hate AMD?
Did you know that intel is in bed with the military industrial complex?......