It is hard to believe, but it has been since October 18th of last year since AMD released a faster speed grade. That CPU was the Athlon 64 FX55 which was released along with the 4000+, and came 5 months after the FX53 and 3800+. Then a picture of me, a bunch of our my lan party guys, and some model went up on the FX product page. Now back to the FX55 release. That was an astonishing 8 months ago, and is a far cry from 2000 when CPU releases were like full moons. You knew you were having one coming every month.

Since we have celebrating our 7th anniversary next month we couldn't wait, so we decided to give the Athlon 64 FX57 a coming out party a bit earlier than expected. Sure, it is an FX55 in sheeps clothing, but this FX55 comes with the San Diego core boasting SSE3, an improved 90nm process, and brings the FX line up to the latest CPU revision from AMD on an even keel with the Athlon 64 Venice cores, lower grade Athlon San Diego cores, and the Toledo core of the Athlon 64 X2. One would have to conclude that the FX57 would not be on a new process, and reports are that it is coming very soon...

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