New Athlon 64 FX To Counter Intel In November

DigiTimes is reporting that AMD plans to launch three Athlon 64 FX processors for its 4x4 platform in November to counter Intel’s Core2Extreme QX6700.

The three Athlon 64 FX processors will be marketed under the FX-70, FX-72 and FX-74 names and have clock frequencies of 2.6GHz, 2.8GHz and 3.0GHz, respectively, with all models having 2MB (2x1MB) L2 cache and a TDP (thermal design point) of 125W, the sources indicated.