AMD's last hurrah for its 90nm AM2 X2 processors appears to be the Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Black Edition.

Operating at 3.2GHz, carrying 2MiB L2 cache, and fitting inside the same thermal envelope as the current X2 6000+ - 125W TDP - the retail processor will, apparently, ship in a black box. Black is synonymous with death in many cultures, so is the final rattle from an architecture that has served AMD well but is now showing its age against price-cut Intel Core 2 Duo/Quads? We think so.

The fastest-clocked X2 processor should be available at the end of the month, in limited quantities, and, presumably, at an attractive price point.

Would you buy one at, say, £150? Let us know your thoughts in the HEXUS.forums.