The newest member of AMD64 processor family is designed to satisfy the needs of power-hungry gamers and enthusiasts. The expensive Athlon 64 FX-57 allows power-hungry users to experience the next generation of single-threaded games with intense and realistic graphic resolutions, according to AMD.

Because today's games are single-threaded, 3D gamers who seek to break the limits on application performance should revel in the single-core Athlon 64 FX processor. AMD plans to introduce a dual-core version of the AMD Athlon 64 FX processor when multi-threaded software games are available to take advantage of its benefits.

The chip runs at 2.8GHz, versus the 2.6GHz speed of the Athlon 64 FX-55, which previously was AMD's high-end single-core chip. Similar to the dual-core Athlon 64 X2 chips released in June, the Athlon 64 FX-57 is built using a 90-nanometer process for greater efficiency and lower manufacturing costs.

The Athlon 64 FX-57 also boasts a 1MB L2 cache and features a 2GHz HyperTransport bus. While the platform still offers no support for DDR2 memory, it tops out at DDR533. To use the new chip, you'll need a BIOS upgrade, but you won't need a new motherboard - it fits in any Athlon 64 board with the 939 socket.

'AMD recognises that today's games are single-threaded. Users who crave the absolute best performance on 3D games and extreme applications can experience realistic physics and lighting, as well as gripping artificial intelligence and sound, with the single-core AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 processor,' said Bob Brewer, corporate vice president, Desktop Business, Microprocessor Solutions Sector (MSS), AMD.

'Since the AMD Athlon FX processor was first introduced, AMD has consistently delivered the absolute best performing PC processor for games. Now in our fourth iteration, the AMD Athlon 64 FX family of processors continues to remain unmatched in the industry, designed to provide even the most demanding gamer with reduced memory latency and increased performance.'

'The AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 processor is the fastest CPU available for running Half-Life 2, and the AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 processor will be even faster,' said Gabe Newell, founder and president of Valve. 'I have an AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 processor in my personal gaming system, and I look forwarding to upgrading to the AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 processor.'

For prosumer and digital media enthusiasts, as well as those who run many software applications simultaneously, AMD recently launched the Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core processor. Designed for desktop and desktop-replacement laptops, these new dual-core processors 'smash the hourglass' icon by delivering performance improvements of up to 80 per cent on select digital media and productivity applications compared to single-core AMD Athlon 64 processors, claims AMD.

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