AMD's X85 CPUs; ATI X1900 Price cuts

Beefcake · 03-06-2006, 06:35 AM

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30066

There are going to be three new dual core proccessors, all running at 2.6GHz, the 185, 285, and the 885. The 885 is at the ridiculous price of $2,145 USD. The 285 however is priced about the same as the FX-60 and the 185 isn't priced yet (and should cost less then the FX-60. The good thing about this is current CPUs price will drop.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30078

This is some great news, especially since I'm buying an X1900XT soon. Newegg is going to be selling X1900XTX in OEM versions for $499. Hopfully this will drop the X1900XT down to somewhere down to somewhere around 400 bucks or less since Newgg is selling OEMs at 450 bucks. Nvidia's going to have to do something otherwise ATI is going to pull ahead.

FghtinIrshNvrDi · 03-06-2006, 10:30 AM

good finds beefcake!

Ryan

Lord AnthraX · 03-06-2006, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Beefcake
The 885 is at the ridiculous price of $2,145 USD

thats more then my whole PC........wait whats the diffrence between the 3 if they are all running at 2.6?....

aliasaid · 03-06-2006, 11:18 PM

my guess is one would have 512kb l2 cache*2, the other 1mb*2, and the most expensive, 2mb*2!! KABOOM!

Beefcake · 03-07-2006, 08:03 AM

I will have to say that an extra 2mb l2 cache is not worth an extra $1,100 dollars. And dual core opterons never went under 1mb cache per core but there could be chance that is what they are doing.

SHAWN · 03-07-2006, 10:29 PM

I hope the prices drop alot cause I am waiting to purchase a CPU, Motherboard, and RAM. Everything else I bought already.

Nice find BTW

Vybuni · 03-07-2006, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lord AnthraX
thats more then my whole PC........wait whats the diffrence between the 3 if they are all running at 2.6?....

The difference between the 185, 285 and 885 (and all 1xx, 2xx, and 8xx) opterons is scalability. With the 185 or other 1xx opteron, you can have only one CPU. With the 285 (and 2xx), you can use two together and with the 885 (and 8xx), you can use 4. The 2xx and 8xx are only used in servers.

Green Radience · 03-08-2006, 05:34 PM

Haha, that was amusing, you guys not knowing what the Opteron 2xx and 8xx were, heh. Yea, 4 x Opteron 885 in one system...

Thats 8 cores right there. 8 cores fugging at 2.6GHz each.

cobalt817 · 03-09-2006, 03:17 PM

yeah, supermultitasking, great for servers. waste of time for a standard PC.

03-06-2006, 06:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
Beefcake Monster Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,807	AMD's X85 CPUs; ATI X1900 Price cuts http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30066 There are going to be three new dual core proccessors, all running at 2.6GHz, the 185, 285, and the 885. The 885 is at the ridiculous price of $2,145 USD. The 285 however is priced about the same as the FX-60 and the 185 isn't priced yet (and should cost less then the FX-60. The good thing about this is current CPUs price will drop. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30078 This is some great news, especially since I'm buying an X1900XT soon. Newegg is going to be selling X1900XTX in OEM versions for $499. Hopfully this will drop the X1900XT down to somewhere down to somewhere around 400 bucks or less since Newgg is selling OEMs at 450 bucks. Nvidia's going to have to do something otherwise ATI is going to pull ahead. __________________ G. Skill 2GB PC6400 @ 4-4-4-12 eVGA GeForce 8800 GTX (RMAing 4870 X2) WD Caviar SE16 640GB \| Seagate Barracuda 250GB External GIGABYTE GA-965G-DS3 -- Intel E6600 C2D Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer \| Steelseries 5Hv2 Headset CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W HannsG HG216D 22" widescreen LCD (1680x1050) Logitech G5 (Revised model) ----- Saitek Eclipse II keyboard

03-06-2006, 10:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
FghtinIrshNvrDi Wizard Techie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,475	good finds beefcake! Ryan __________________ I'm an unhyphenated American. System Specs: Intel Q6600 @ 3200 1.4v Abit IP35 Pro "The Snake" 2x2gb A-Data @ 800 Diamond HD 3870 512mb Great FORD TRUCK resource: http://www.fordtruckfanatics.com

03-06-2006, 11:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
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03-07-2006, 08:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
Beefcake Monster Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,807	I will have to say that an extra 2mb l2 cache is not worth an extra $1,100 dollars. And dual core opterons never went under 1mb cache per core but there could be chance that is what they are doing. __________________ G. Skill 2GB PC6400 @ 4-4-4-12 eVGA GeForce 8800 GTX (RMAing 4870 X2) WD Caviar SE16 640GB \| Seagate Barracuda 250GB External GIGABYTE GA-965G-DS3 -- Intel E6600 C2D Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer \| Steelseries 5Hv2 Headset CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W HannsG HG216D 22" widescreen LCD (1680x1050) Logitech G5 (Revised model) ----- Saitek Eclipse II keyboard

03-07-2006, 10:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
SHAWN FDISK Certified Tech Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,655	I hope the prices drop alot cause I am waiting to purchase a CPU, Motherboard, and RAM. Everything else I bought already. Nice find BTW __________________ Tech Forums Announcements: - Forum Rules - Profanity - Downloads: View CPU, RAM, Cache and Speed specs w/CPU-ID ~ Memory Tester ~ Fraps ~ Free Spyware Scan ~ Spy Sweeper - Trial ~ Free Virus Scan ~ Diskeeper (Defrag Tool) ~ Firefox Browser ~ How to do a Repair Install for Windows 2000/XP ~ CPU's: Intel vs AMD ~

03-08-2006, 05:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
Green Radience Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 662	Haha, that was amusing, you guys not knowing what the Opteron 2xx and 8xx were, heh. Yea, 4 x Opteron 885 in one system... Thats 8 cores right there. 8 cores fugging at 2.6GHz each.

03-09-2006, 03:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
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