AMD used an Intel CPU in Project Quantum - Repost sorry!

[X1XNobleX1X]

It looks like AMD have used an Intel CPU in Project Quantum, making AMD's super Powerful Dual Fury X System not even an all AMD System.  Has AMD lost faith in their own CPUs?

 

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As you can see in the video and picture above, AMD has used a Intel CPU in their new product "Project Quantum".

 

Yes, this maybe only for the prototype, we will just have to wait and see.

 

What are your thoughts? Comment below!

 

Source: http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/gpu_displays/amd_used_an_intel_cpu_in_project_quantum/1

[minibois]

Oh snap.

At least they are being real to themself. 

[Sidiox]

Makes sense though. The Intel cpus generally kick out less heat, heat that is the biggest problem in such a small enclosure.

[blu4]

Doesn't suprise me. All the Fury X benchmarks are done on intel CPUs.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Well duh.... AMD knows how their cpus perform and what it would take to power the Fury 

[bloader]

Perhaps it is just for the prototyping? With the supposed "Zen" CPU coming from AMD next year, they could just be waiting for the new AM4 platform and CPU to be ready.

[slightlyjaded]

Ummm. everyone knows that the benchmarks are written with intel CPU's and various shortcuts in mind right?....

 

Okay that's a little snarky. it hasn't been proven since the days on the pentum that intel rigged the vote.

[Ertman]

Well they were smart enough not to handicap themselves by using an AMD CPU.

[bogus]

But we are talking about AMD Radeon.

 

For now Intel offers the best solution on the CPU side to show the full potential of the AMD Radeon cards, so good for them.

You know companys don't have to be as pridefull as NVIDIA, where they know they fucked up and still stick by it because they think they know better.

[jaypee1121]

No surprises here. AMD has good relations to Intel. It's a different story with AMD and nVidia though.

[Misanthrope]

A bit sensationalist and click batie of OC3D since I know for a fact they've done this before: 

 

 

They know they have no competing CPU product for a high end work station or in this case, a really high end gaming pc

[dragosudeki]

They've already admitted that they don't compete with high end Intel CPUs, but they're working on surprising us with a comeback (hopefully it is a BIG comeback).

[dalekphalm]

Yeah this should surprise no one ever. This also isn't a big deal, or AMD losing "faith" in their products. AMD simply doesn't have a CPU at that high-end range. They're very well aware that an FX CPU would bottleneck the Fiji x2.

 

I would not be surprised at all though, if this actually shipped with an AMD Zen CPU, depending on when the AMD Radeon Quantum actually launches.

[JuztBe]

My very first though when they announced quantum what CPU are they running. And It was obvious, you don't want to put 220W TDP CPU in that little box. 

[dalekphalm]

My very first though when they announced quantum what CPU are they running. And It was obvious, you don't want to put 220W TDP CPU in that little box. 

Actually, that likely wouldn't matter at all. The Quantum is supposed to be watercooled, yes?

 

But in any case, the FX-9590 is still not as good as Intel's current i7 offerings in the gaming landscape, and AMD knows this. They're not intentionally crippling the Quantum, which is very humble and very good of AMD.

[JuztBe]

Actually, that likely wouldn't matter at all. The Quantum is supposed to be watercooled, yes?

 

 

I doubt that there are mAtx or iTx boards witch could reliably hold 9590 (could be wrong )

[dalekphalm]

I doubt that there are mAtx or iTx boards witch could reliably hold 9590 (could be wrong )

I don't see how the formfactor would be an issue. AMD does have quite a few mATX boards for the FX CPU lineup. Whether there are any ITX, I have no idea.

 

But, this is a custom built PC from AMD. If they wanted to stick an FX-9590 into it, with a custom built ITX motherboard, they could do it.

 

But this is entirely speculation. The pictures of the teardown point to it being an Intel based CPU.

[JuztBe]

I don't see how the formfactor would be an issue. AMD does have quite a few mATX boards for the FX CPU lineup. Whether there are any ITX, I have no idea.

 

But, this is a custom built PC from AMD. If they wanted to stick an FX-9590 into it, with a custom built ITX motherboard, they could do it.

 

But this is entirely speculation. The pictures of the teardown point to it being an Intel based CPU.

I did a quick search and I couldn't find any mAtx motherboard witch supports 220W CPU.

Unless it's custom build as you said, but I doubt that.

 

[Mew]

It's not the first time that AMD used Intel in their benchmark slides-

 

 

In Sid Meier’s Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ internal benchmark test at 3840x2160, the AMD Radeon™ R9 290X 8GB with Mantle outperforms the GeForce GTX 980 with DirectX® 11, NVIDIA’s highest-performing single-GPU graphics card as of October 20, 2014, by 45.38 average FPS to 44.89 average FPS using the Ultra in-game preset with 8xAA. Test system: Intel Core i7-4960X, 16GB DDR3-1866, Asus SABERTOOTH X79, Windows 8.1 x64, AMD Catalyst™ 14.9.2 Beta and ForceWare 344.16 WHQL.

 

Source: https://community.amd.com/community/gaming/blog/2015/05/12/amd-reigns-supreme-in-sid-meiers-civilization-beyond-earth