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    Fx 57-gone?

    Hey scan

    was looking to order a fx 57 from scan but to my suprise they seem to have been completly removed from the cpu section? product recall? fx 55 seems to be there...

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    More likely no-longer available, as it's been replaced by the FX-60.

    We've a small number of the FX-55 available

    The original intention of the FX chips was for only one model to be available at any time (although occasionally there are cross-overs...)

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    understood, just was hesitant about buying fx 60 as "rumor" has it thats its slower....

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    The single core speed is slower, by 200mhz I think, but essentially the FX-60 is 2 x FX-55's side by side.

    You'll see more of a difference when multi-thread software is more readily available (or when using loads of apps )

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    I'd go for the FX60 over the FX-57 any day. Depends what you intend to do with it though.
    Dual core seems to be the way to go, and as soon as there's enough market force, I can see software will really come to take advantage of it.

    I can now play CSS, have a video playing on another screen, and have various other bits going on, where ye olde FX55 used to get hammered. Admittedly, I never bothered to overclock, but I saw a big improvement personally.

    Who's this for anyway? Looking at your other thread, it would appear:
    1. You've got a nice X2 4200, and
    2. You're skint
    Last edited by FatalSaviour; 09-02-2006 at 05:19 AM.

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    • R0xy0urs0x's system
      • Motherboard:
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      • Memory:
      • 4gb DDR2 PC 8000 @ 5-5-5-15 1066mhzs
      • Storage:
      • 2x36gb Raptors Raid 0, 1x200gb, 2x500gb IBM Raid 0
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    hahah so true, i build pcs for people and theres one guy that wants a £2,000 pc building just looking at the options

    thanks for the advice

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