AMD Game News: Power efficiency is making a difference!

[Dirk Broer]

Cheap Trinitys, so wait another 3 years?

[Dirk Broer]

Cheap Trinitys, so wait another 3 years?

Speaking about Trinity:

• When will it launch?
• Does it really need a FM2 board?
• Can it really use up to 2133 Mhz DDR3 without overclocking?
• Does it have a HD 76xx inside? or a HD 69xx? No kidding, read that on NordicHardware

[Dirk Broer]

When? 2Q2012 (A8 5500 and 5600, A10 5700 and 5800) 3Q2012 (A4 5300, A6 5400)
FM2 only? Yes, Trinity is a 904 pin CPU and uses a different pin-out as compared to the 905-pin Llano. The difference is subtle, but it is there.
Up to 2133? unclear, but very likely as Llano already can be set to use that memory-speed in overclock settings
On board Graphics: A10 HD 7660D, A8 HD 7560D, A6 HD 7540D, A4 7480D

[NeoGen]

Looking good those projections! Now I just wish they would come out twice as fast and cost only half of their usual ridiculous initial launch day cost.

EDIT: Yea... I know... not gonna happen