AMD 3GHz K10 breaks 30,000 in 3DMark06

Mathew Everett (Sledgehammer70) No summary

August 28, 2007 2:23 PM ET in News, ,

Benchmarks have finally been found for AMD’s new K10 architecture processor. Barcelona, which is due to ship in less than two weeks. The chip in the test was a mighty 2.5GHz Agena FX and was running with a pair of 2900XT cards. While the test was brief, they were able to overclock the chip to 3GHz and shattered the 3DMark06 top score, breaching the 30,000+ mark.

Their testing was cut short because their vehicle was broken into and the setup (along with thousands of dollars of camera equipment and laptops) was stolen. However, this early bench, if accurate, makes it sound like AMD’s new K10 architecture is going to be a home run for the company.

18 Comments:

  1. Zuntar
    28 Aug '07, 6:58 pm

    I so hope this isn't BS, I guess only time and people with alot more $$$ then me will tell.

  2. Sledgehammer70
    28 Aug '07, 7:02 pm

    No BS in this story

  3. mas0n
    28 Aug '07, 10:04 pm

    So do we know yet if this is going to be a paper launch on September 10th or what?

    I struggle on a daily basis to keep from buying the Q6600.

  4. Sledgehammer70
    28 Aug '07, 10:17 pm

    Barcelona server chips will be released on Sept 10th and they are already in the wild from what I have heard. Phenom chips will see the light of day in early 08' maybe before than if AMD pushes them out.

  5. RyderOCZ
    28 Aug '07, 10:20 pm
    Quoting Sledgehammer70

    No BS in this story

    Accept that he may have ran 3D05 instead of 06

  6. Sledgehammer70
    28 Aug '07, 10:24 pm
    Quoting RyderOCZ

    Accept that he may have ran 3D05 instead of 06

    Talked with Theo myself.. He is nabbing another chip to prove his and Fuggers findings.

  7. Qeldroma
    28 Aug '07, 10:43 pm
    Quoting Sledgehammer70

    Talked with Theo myself.. He is nabbing another chip to prove his and Fuggers findings.

    I certainly hope so- the story is a little thin if it has just moxie and no evidence.

    My son's eagerness, the long product wait and what I think will be the initial consumer price of the Barcelona is what pushed me to get the Q6600 @ $300 last month.

  8. Sledgehammer70
    28 Aug '07, 10:48 pm

    Yeah.. AMD really needed Barcelona 6 months ago... Intel is putting the hurt to them even if their quad core is just 2 dual cores glued together.

  9. Thrax
    28 Aug '07, 10:58 pm

    It really doesn't matter how the result is achieved any more.

  10. Leonardo
    28 Aug '07, 11:46 pm
    No BS in this story

    The Inquirer misses the mark sometimes, but not over something like this. If they claim they spoke with someone or took a certain action - they did.

    Their analysis and speculation is sometimes off; in such cases their articles will make it fairly clear that such is indeed speculation and/or analysis.

  11. lemonlime
    29 Aug '07, 12:14 am

    Very interesting. Looking forward to some more healthy competition in the higher-end CPU market.

  12. Leonardo
    29 Aug '07, 12:17 am

    Despite trusting the Inquirer, and despite what I posted above, I'd feel more positive about this if there were some pictures. I almost wonder if The Inq is playing a practical joke to prove a point. I wouldn't put that past them.

    The dog ate my homework...in Leipzig...before I could take pictures. Maybe so. We'll see.

  13. RyderOCZ
    29 Aug '07, 12:22 am

    Leo,

    Theo did have his laptop, several USB Drives, a CPU or two, and a load of expensive photog gear stolen out of the back of his VW. Window smashed and all, the proof could have gone out the window

  14. Leonardo
    29 Aug '07, 12:31 am

    Oh, I'm not saying that it couldn't happen. Sometimes dogs DO eat homework.

  15. Qeldroma
    30 Aug '07, 12:54 am
    Quoting Leonardo

    Oh, I'm not saying that it couldn't happen. Sometimes dogs DO eat homework.

    That went out with the 90s- my teenagers used it up.

    I'm not sure why AMD has pushed things out so far. Personally- I think they are dangerously close to missing their window of opportunity- much like the 2xxx series video cards.

    The reasons I've seen have more to do with supply chain and availability than anything else. If that’s the case, however, by the time it shows up everywhere, is anyone going to

    1. see a worthwhile performance difference?
    2. afford it?
    3. care?

    Also, the battle seems so caught up in the server market, that I've lost sight of any relevant AMD information pertaining to the rest of us (in the consumer market). I'm sorry, I personally just can't get excited about $1-2000 enterprise level silicon.

    I WILL say that AMD desperately needed some solid good news and I think this article might have helped their stock go up +5% today.

  16. Thrax
    30 Aug '07, 1:13 am

    I can get excited about workstation Xeons based on the Penryn; they're priced competitively with today's Core 2s.

  17. Qeldroma
    30 Aug '07, 1:36 am

    I think you are referring to this

    While Intel has been a price leader in the server CPU market, I'm still not sure about the $erver motherboards, the regi$tered RAM, the pin-mod overclocking, etc. I found when I tried to price-kit together a Cloverton 2-CPU. Still, I've got to admit, the above is better than what I thought.

    The article I saw was this, and it's a little scary to think of 4 of these on top of the cost of the necessary system you would need to run them on.

    Regardless, my thought is if AMD has any clear performance edge, you're not going to see bargain prices like those out of them.

  18. Leonardo
    30 Aug '07, 1:37 am

    Consumer level? No, there's nothing about AMD to get excited about at this time. But server applications and the enterprise arena! Sure, I can get excited about that. Strengthening in that market is just what AMD needs, and needs badly! If they can't break back into the lucrative corporate sales, their financial solvency going forward is doubtful. Simply put, the enterprise market would financially enable AMD to service the consumer market. Let's hope the "K10" is adopted by enterprise as readily as was the original Opteron.

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