AMD and Intel have fought for the dollars of the computer enthusiast and gamers for a long time. It used to be years ago that the gamer leaned towards the AMD processors because AMD had faster and more overclockable hardware. Intel didn’t let that sit long and today AMD has nice parts and lower prices than Intel frequently, but Intel wins out in the high-end with processors that offer higher performance than AMD in many instances.
AMD has reintroduced one of its high-end lines of processors specifically aimed at the enthusiast and gamer. The line of processors have been unveiled at E3 and is called the FX series. The first of the new FX platforms is called Scorpius and will use the currently shipping 9-series chipset mainboards and AMD Radeon HD 6000 series graphics cards along with the upcoming Zambezi unlocked 8-core processor. One more image after the break.
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