3.0GHz Phenom and 3-Way CrossFire Spotted

MojoKid writes "AMD revealed the clock speed of the Agena-based processor they showed to the press today yesterday in conference, and clocks in at 3.0GHz. There has been a lot of speculation that AMD wasn't able to push early Phenom samples to frequencies this high, but here is proof that at least some Phenoms clocked at 3.0GHz do exist. You may also notice that the system hit a Windows Experience index score of 5.9, which is the highest score possible. It should be noted that AMD talked about 4-way CrossFire as well (a 3-way CrossFire is shown online), and that the company has continued plans to produce discreet GPUs at all performance levels (mainstream — enthusiast), even after Fusion arrives."

Heat Issues

[i_am_socket]

Looking at the picture in the beginning of the article, I don't think I want any system that requires a minimum of 5 case fans and a chipset fan.

If that's what they need to hit 3.0 GHz, they're better off going with watercooling.

Re:climbing back or post mortem movement?

[Anonymous Coward]

"Of course, those fans could be just to cool the three AMD graphics cards."
No shit, Sherlock.

Re:Heat Issues

[kurokaze]

I imagine that has more to do with the vid cards than the CPU itself. Notice that the CPU seems to cooled by a typical HSF unit.

Re:climbing back or post mortem movement?

[FuturePastNow]

Those three graphics cards alone are probably going to need a 750 Watt power supply. Add in the processor and other components, and the system in those pictures is likely running on 1000W.

Meh. No amount of performance is worth that. Not to me, anyway.

Awesome

[u0berdev]

Although I lean towards Intel, it's good to hear some more positive news about AMD/ATI. Lately it seems that everyone is making AMD/ATI sound like a company that is falling behind and failing to deliver any product that compares to Intel's latest offerings. Some have even suggested that AMD could drop out of certain portions of the consumer market to focus on things such as low-power server chips. I, for one, hope that AMD/ATI's upcoming Phenom and other offerings blow Intel out of the water. Why? Cause competition is always good, for consumers that is.

Re:"windows experience index" wtf?

[GaratNW]

And the fact that a majority of the world still uses XP and/or Vista.. that little fact just *whoosh*.. right past ya. You should have just run it rhough the "/. article filter" that removes all references to Windows, and makes repetitive jokes about "5.9 should be enough for anyone".. you know, that ever paraphrased quote that was never actually made by Bill or anyone at Microsoft but is continually attributed to them for cheap shots that have no substance that typically get modded funny.

Of course, someone was foolish enough to mention anything about Windows in a tech article, so it goes reason that 90% of the comments would be about the Windows Experience score, rather than the substance of the article. Vista sucks. Ok, agreed. But seriously, humor aside, slashdot sounds more and more like tech savvy ditto-heads every day.