AMD unveils Athlon FX-57 gaming processor


The AMD FX-57, based on the San Diego core, is AMD’s first FX product manufactured in 90 nm. The chip is clocked at 2.8 GHz and is first in the product line to support DDR1-533 memory. New is also support for SSE3 instructions. As other San Diego cores, the chip integrates 1 MByte L2 cache. The Thermal Design Power is 104 watts. The FX-57, based on the San Diego core, is AMD’s first FX product manufactured in 90 nm. The chip is clocked at 2.8 GHz and is first in the product line to support DDR1-533 memory. New is also support for SSE3 instructions. As other San Diego cores, the chip integrates 1 MByte L2 cache. The Thermal Design Power is 104 watts. The FX-57 is priced at $ 1031 highest price for any current desktop processor on the market ever.


More details at Tom’s Hardware