AMD announced today during a conference call that a new platform will be created and focused on just for the enthusiast desktop market. AMD has long been driving high-performance features on its Athlon family of processors and according to a number of surveys, most gamers are swaying towards AMD systems rather than Intel systems for gaming, or other application intense applications. Called 4×4, AMD”s new platform brings along dual-socket motherboards.
If this sounds like your cup of tea, you may want to know that the motherboard is only designed for FX AM2 chips. At this point in time, only the FX-62 is released. $2,000 for the machines CPU”s? That”s not enthusiast, that”s hardcore enthusiast. Check out the full posting at DailyTech.