AMD Breaks 8GHz Overclock with Upcoming FX Processor, Sets World Record

Wow'za, that is some serious speed there.

Way to Go absolutely incredible speed .cannot wait to see what these chips are going to do on high-end air,self-contained hydro, and high-end H2O ..Getting real hot with the FX buzz real quick :)

Agreed @rrplay!! It would be awesome to run a processor at 5GHz on high end air! Looking forward to it's release as most of us around here.

I'm wondering how long it will be before Intel tries to break this record. AMD 1090T 6 core is running in my PC right now so I'm happy to see them achieve this record.

mmmmmmmm........bulldozer.

Bulldozer might just beat out Sandy Bridge with these clocks.

AMD is looking good for sure. Kudos on the record that is how you win back market share.

wow, look at the stack of cpus :D lol. Impressive indeed.

8 Ghz is mind boggling. Congrats AMD, now when's our turn?

Inspector:

wow, look at the stack of cpus :D lol. Impressive indeed.

"Yeah. Insane."

 ------While out at an event in AMD’s Austin offices a couple of weeks back, we got a chance to get up close and personal with the company’s upcoming Bulldozer-based FX-line of processors.----

"Marco, how can you hold something inside for that long? When you said  "But the real Key to the story is that Bulldozer is Coming, and 990FX chipsets is where is its going to be at for Enthusiasts" I knew something was up. This is good because unlike Sandy Bridge(1155) which basically are limited to about 5- 5.1Ghz,, the FX series will be just like Intel's past Core i7's in terms of overclockability.  So Cooling's the limit."

"Now, theres the upcoming 2700K, to counter, could we maybe see 5.5 and up speeds? Thats going to be interesting. its an exciting day for tech and chips today and onward"

By the time we get a chance with the 8 Ghz. Who knows how many Ghz they will be on. X]

Looks like we will be seeing them pretty soon and maybe  likely to have a solid & stable  5.5Ghz + on better air-coolers & all threads  I wonder if those that already have the FX mobos are getting all 'gidly' ?

Congrats to AMD on the world record. This is amazing I wonder how many chips and mobos they blew up.

lets just hope 8ghz translates to 8 billion in the quarter that the chips are released.

Yeah, build that hype,.......

AMD! Release this quick! Or else...

I think history has shown us that if you over hype something its generally not as great as the hype, at all....

I hope AMD makes me eat my words....

FRubi:

I think history has shown us that if you over hype something its generally not as great as the hype, at all....

I hope AMD makes me eat my words....

To be fair, most of the hype is being justified as what AMD is showing us is a sign of confidence; I mean I don't know if the performace will outclass that of the competing intels but man, 8GHz; I'm impressed that it's able to get 8GHz simply through the usage of liquid nitrogen cooling; hell, I'd have to say that it's very, very, very impressive.

Now if only they'd release some 8GHz Bulldozer benchmarks.

Isn't that pretty.. Amd looks to set new speed records, while Intel goes after the tablet market and very low power requirements laptops/netbooks (apprently the future choice of consumers vs desktops). Let me know then these 2 cores reach 8.5ghz w/o overclocking & cooling necessary. It's quite easy now to just light up the other 2 cores @ 4.xghz under mild overclocking. So, unless they get a 8.5ghz x 4 (34ghz on one chip) cores going... what is such a big deal? Neverthelss, the PC industry is going to go off a cliff soon in demand. You see DDR3 ram prices plummeting right now... Guess who's next? The cpu companies...Innovate a mainstream product.Cut prices some now, or a lot more than you'll want to later on... your choice.

TSmith:

So, unless they get a 8.5ghz x 4 (34ghz on one chip) cores going... what is such a big deal?

It's just bragging rights. It's what some people do, (and HAVE been doing for years) and we all know that it's not gonna perform anywhere near to that speed with all of it's cores running in our own homes.

The fact that they got it so high with their methods speaks to the very real possibility the platform may be a nice over-clocking home rig for those of us who like to do the same thing on a lesser level.

TSmith:

Let me know then these 2 cores reach 8.5ghz w/o overclocking & cooling necessary

Keep coming back to HH and you'll know about it when it happens.

TSmith:

Isn't that pretty.. Amd looks to set new speed records, while Intel goes after the tablet market and very low power requirements laptops/netbooks (apprently the future choice of consumers vs desktops).

Um. Intel isn't giving up on making powerful PC processors and AMD is also going in the same route that Intel is, which is processors which are very low power in requirements; so you can say they haven't changed much really...

TSmith:

Let me know then these 2 cores reach 8.5ghz w/o overclocking & cooling necessary.

We will... In 5 years or so give or take.

TSmith:

Neverthelss, the PC industry is going to go off a cliff soon in demand. You see DDR3 ram prices plummeting right now... Guess who's next? The cpu companies...Innovate a mainstream product.Cut prices some now, or a lot more than you'll want to later on... your choice.

DDR3 RAM prices may be plummeting but there's still alot of demand for them, and the CPU companies are doing all that they can to innovate. They didn't call it the PC industry for nothing, and sure; even though it's moving somewhat towards a tablet direction; there's still going to be a place for both AMD and Intel in the future. I mean really, you think they focused mainly on staying the same when all you can do in the computer industry is move forward?

Loving the record breaking by the bulldozer but would still like to see it under a load. See what it can do. Can't wait to see some benchmarks and real reviews. So excited!!!

how would this impress you? Gamer or Video crucher?

I don't understand the need for faster instead of more multicores in a operational capacity.

overclocked speed != increased performance in user operation, IMO.

I bet the moment they start rendering with a 3D app, they would get instant BSOD...

And 2 cores only?

Pleasee....

This is sooo marketing BS...

CRex:

This is sooo marketing BS...

But they ~all~ do this. We know this already.

Most of us are waiting for the hands on results from the many reviewers that probably already have these parts and are testing them in 'real world' usage scenarios.

There will such reviews posted here soon enough, I'd say.