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Hello,

It has been a while since I bought an AMD chip but it may be time again
soon. Can someone tell me what is different about the FX chips vs. the 64
3000-4000? larger cache?

thanks
 
Hello,

It has been a while since I bought an AMD chip but it may be time again
soon. Can someone tell me what is different about the FX chips vs. the 64
3000-4000? larger cache?

thanks
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Not really , the Athlon 64's are available with 1MB and 512K cache.
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9485_9487^10248,00.html

but all FX's are 1MB, and the fastest FX is always clocked higher then
the fastest Athlon 64 you can buy.
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9485_9488^10756,00.html

AMD's PR analogy....
CPU MHz + Cache size + Dual Channel(s939) = ####+
CPU MHz + Cache size + Single Channel(s754) = ####+

Ed
 
boe said:
Hello,

It has been a while since I bought an AMD chip but it may be time again
soon. Can someone tell me what is different about the FX chips vs. the 64
3000-4000? larger cache?

thanks
Click to expand...

The frequency multipliers are also unlocked on the FX chips in both
directions, whereas the standard 64 is unlocked downward only. With the
exception of the 4000+, the 64 has half the cache as the FX. At the
present time the FX chips are based on the 130nm process and some of the
other 64's have gotten a die shrink.

The 4000+ is an interesting chip, it's basically a FX-55 with the upward
multiplier locked. The only difference is it runs at a slightly lower
frequency. A minor adjustment in FSB and you have a lot of ooomph from
the 4000.
 
thank you
Timbertea said:
The frequency multipliers are also unlocked on the FX chips in both
directions, whereas the standard 64 is unlocked downward only. With the
exception of the 4000+, the 64 has half the cache as the FX. At the
present time the FX chips are based on the 130nm process and some of the
other 64's have gotten a die shrink.

The 4000+ is an interesting chip, it's basically a FX-55 with the upward
multiplier locked. The only difference is it runs at a slightly lower
frequency. A minor adjustment in FSB and you have a lot of ooomph from
the 4000.
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Thanks
Ed said:
Not really , the Athlon 64's are available with 1MB and 512K cache.
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9485_9487^10248,00.html

but all FX's are 1MB, and the fastest FX is always clocked higher then
the fastest Athlon 64 you can buy.
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9485_9488^10756,00.html

AMD's PR analogy....
CPU MHz + Cache size + Dual Channel(s939) = ####+
CPU MHz + Cache size + Single Channel(s754) = ####+

Ed
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