"Today sees the launch of AMD's attempt to at least restore parity in his new domain of quad-core processing, if not to take the lead in the extreme enthusiast market place, with what had originally been dubbed their '4x4' platform. The 4x4 moniker was all about building a system capable of running four CPU cores with four graphics boards, but for whatever reason this branding has slipped away, to be replaced by the phrase 'Quad FX'.

While we don't have anything Quad FX-related to benchmark here at Elite Bastards, the technology behind the platform is worthy of at least some discussion, mainly because it takes such a different approach to quad-core processing than Intel's effort. So, let's talk about Quad FX, and just how AMD have tackled the issue of moving beyond dual-core."