AMD launches new desktop CPUs, cuts the prices of the rest @ VR-Zone

We spoke to Raj Suman, Euro product marketing director at distributor Avnet, to get confirmation of approximate street pricing and for his take. "This is a strong price move, indicating AMD's commitment to the channel, especially smaller system integrators," said Suman. "The market is soft right now but this has repositioned AMD well. The main battleground between AMD and Intel is the $135-$180 band."

AMD Phenom FX - Kentsfield Beater @ Reviewage

There's said to be two chips in the pipeline, the FX-80 at 4Ghz and the FX-82 at 4.4GHz. The FX-80 at stock out performs a 5.0GHz Kentsfield. The Deneb core apparently has a multiplier of up to 25x!

What's more interesting than the ridiculous, and admittedly bombastic, potential 5GHz stock CPU, which is still all rumor, is that the upcoming price-cut Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition is rated at 125W--the only thing really preventing people from buying that particular quad-core (it certainly wasn't the price). Although it's worth mentioning that the 6500+ isn't a Brisbane part, it's K10, an unlocked 2.3GHz processor, 65nm, 95W. I'm not hugely excited about it since it's likely only going to be available for the channel.