AMD comes real clean with 2010 desktop platform: Phenoms, Athlons, Radeons, oh my!

AMD got serious with its VISION guide to buying PCs last September, but we've yet to see it actually put into practice until today. In addition to a new spate of laptop chips, the company is finally coming clean with the desktop CPUs that we've seen whispered about, touched and even benchmarked for weeks now. Frankly, there's not much here we didn't know already, but we're guessing that AMD's just aligning its official launch with the plans of Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo and all the other big names that'll be introducing rigs based on this silicon in short order. Regardless, bargain gamers should greatly appreciate having the dual- and quad-core Athlon II range as well as the quad- and six-core Phenom II crew hitting the scene in official fashion, offering plenty of performance (for most, anyway) at a fraction of the cost of Intel's swankest Core i7 chips. And yeah, we're pretty stoked to see AMD getting its chips into so many desktops -- it's been awhile since there was even a semblance of an AMD / Intel balance in the customize-to-order sections of the world, and it's about time that changed.

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AMD 2010 Desktop Platform

AMD's new mainstream and enthusiast desktop platforms are designed to deliver superior performance while alleviating unnecessary spending associated with competing platforms. The new platforms are enhanced with the latest graphics technology for stunning HD digital media and immersive 3D entertainment, and multi-core performance for seamless multi-tasking, including the new six-core AMD Phenom™ II X6 processor. Examples of the benefits the platforms provide to consumers include the following:

· Share movies with friends 30 percent faster than with comparable competing PCs.[ix]

· Organize digital libraries 40 percent faster, using facial recognition to categorize photos, than competing desktop PCs.[x]

· Build a complete AMD-based system featuring the AMD Phenom™ II X6 processor with all the necessary components and monitor for less than the price of our competition's only six-core desktop processor.[xi]



Systems featuring these notebook and desktop platforms with VISION Technology from AMD will be available beginning today and through the end of the year from original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and System Integrators including Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI andToshiba.

[SomEngangVar Posted May 12th 2010 12:14AM]

5000 series or higher, eh?

Possibly new line of GPUs?

[elduderino Posted May 12th 2010 12:38AM]

@SomEngangVar

southern islands?
northern islands?

either way, i cant wait

[ClothoBuer6293 Posted May 12th 2010 12:14AM]

My 1.9ghz Athlon X2 64 cries itself to sleep tonight.

[chansthename Posted May 12th 2010 3:25AM]

@ClothoBuer6293

My computer would too but the Nvidia graphics is too busy sucking down electricity

[bob1000 Posted May 12th 2010 12:26AM]

Well, I think it's about time AMD gets with it. Especially in the notebook department.

[Smurf Posted May 12th 2010 12:29AM]

Intel fast. AMD cheap. Got it.

[TinWard Posted May 12th 2010 7:27AM]

@Smurf Bingo and when you find you have to buy two AMD machines to match an Intel one in performance, Intel are cheaper too.

I so want AMD to succeed and they kick Intel's ass in graphics but the CPUs are just so slooooow.

2011 will be AMD's chance for a comeback, not this year.

[prodigypv Posted May 12th 2010 12:44AM]

This is the thing that AMD needs for its microprocessor line...

[Johnny Rockets Posted May 12th 2010 12:59AM]

This article needs more Google, Apple, or Palm.

[simvalue Posted May 12th 2010 1:54AM]

@Johnny Rockets no need since its obvious that this chips can run flash :-P

[krische Posted May 12th 2010 1:01AM]

5000 series integrated graphics? Sweet jesus I just bought my card a few months ago.

[jamesvdm Posted May 12th 2010 1:19AM]

@krische Where does it mention that?

[krische Posted May 12th 2010 1:59AM]

@jamesvdm

Ah reading fail. I missed the word 'discrete' in the slide. Just assumed integrated since everything else on the slide is about their processors and motherboards.

[abrognlie Posted May 12th 2010 1:56AM]

As my desktop has a Phenom X4 CPU, and my wife's laptop has dual-core AMD processors with integrated ATI 4200 graphics, I say AMD/ATI is full of WIN!
My laptop has an Intel dual-core CPU with an ATI 4650 to kill graphics...

Competition is so good for the consumer I don't even know what else to say!