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We've covered AMD Phenom's LTB bug to some degree in the past, but hopefully from this point forward, not much more will need to be said. The reason? AMD has finally begun shipping the B3-revision processors which rids the rare, but nasty bug.
Though the first shipment of CPUs goes to vendors, appropriately so, they should become available in the retail channel within the month. In addition to the bug patch, the processors should become more readily available, and will also be seen in frequencies ranging from 1.8GHz to 2.4GHz. The higher-clocked Opterons are in queue to begin appearing this fall.
Are these new releases going to save Phenom? It's hard to say, but it sure won't hurt. Coupled with the fact that we will not see higher-clocked chips until later this year and also the fact that current Phenom's don't boast great overclocking headroom, the enthusiast market might be slow to pick up on them. Unless prices begin to go down of course. Then things could change entirely.
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In addition to fixing the TLB race condition, AMD will finally increase the core frequency of the Opteron series on the B3 stepping. After the initial OEM orders are filled, channel vendors like Newegg and TigerDirect will carry the new Opterons in frequencies ranging from 1.8 GHz to 2.4 GHz. Vendor estimates put this e-tailer ship date in early April.
Source: DailyTech
Though the first shipment of CPUs goes to vendors, appropriately so, they should become available in the retail channel within the month. In addition to the bug patch, the processors should become more readily available, and will also be seen in frequencies ranging from 1.8GHz to 2.4GHz. The higher-clocked Opterons are in queue to begin appearing this fall.
Are these new releases going to save Phenom? It's hard to say, but it sure won't hurt. Coupled with the fact that we will not see higher-clocked chips until later this year and also the fact that current Phenom's don't boast great overclocking headroom, the enthusiast market might be slow to pick up on them. Unless prices begin to go down of course. Then things could change entirely.
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In addition to fixing the TLB race condition, AMD will finally increase the core frequency of the Opteron series on the B3 stepping. After the initial OEM orders are filled, channel vendors like Newegg and TigerDirect will carry the new Opterons in frequencies ranging from 1.8 GHz to 2.4 GHz. Vendor estimates put this e-tailer ship date in early April.
Source: DailyTech
