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Amir Abbas
AMD’s Phenom X4 desktop CPU’s can’t really keep up with Intel’s Penryn quad-cores, though they aren’t far behind. I don’t understand why AMD keeps releasing CPUs that aren’t at least on par with Intel’s array. Yes, they might be a tad cheaper but, they are also a tad behind, so what’s the idea AMD?
However, let’s not forget about the triple-core Phenoms. These could cut it with a nice price/performance factor, if AMD knows how to handle the price war. Speaking of whitch, the Phenom X3 8x00 tri-core CPUs have been officially released and should be available shortly. AMD kept their promise with the Q1 release, launch them in the second to the last day of the quarter.
The good news about the triple-core Phenoms is that they perform almost as well as a quad-core and they clearly cost less. In this sense, Phenom X3 is nothing more than K10 with one core disabled, but AMD believes that this CPU has a great future, especially when paired with the latest AMD 780G chipset.
The Phenom X3 family debuts with the 8400 and 8600 models. 8400 is clocked at 2.1 GHZ, while 8600 works at 2.3GHz and both of them are clearly B2 revision. Anyhow, at these clocks, there is no bug that can affect the CPUs.
ZT Systems already announced that they will be the first to launch a Phenom X3 8400 powered system - ZT Affinity 5202Zi. Actual prices for these CPUs remain to be seen when they become widely available.
However, let’s not forget about the triple-core Phenoms. These could cut it with a nice price/performance factor, if AMD knows how to handle the price war. Speaking of whitch, the Phenom X3 8x00 tri-core CPUs have been officially released and should be available shortly. AMD kept their promise with the Q1 release, launch them in the second to the last day of the quarter.
The good news about the triple-core Phenoms is that they perform almost as well as a quad-core and they clearly cost less. In this sense, Phenom X3 is nothing more than K10 with one core disabled, but AMD believes that this CPU has a great future, especially when paired with the latest AMD 780G chipset.
The Phenom X3 family debuts with the 8400 and 8600 models. 8400 is clocked at 2.1 GHZ, while 8600 works at 2.3GHz and both of them are clearly B2 revision. Anyhow, at these clocks, there is no bug that can affect the CPUs.
ZT Systems already announced that they will be the first to launch a Phenom X3 8400 powered system - ZT Affinity 5202Zi. Actual prices for these CPUs remain to be seen when they become widely available.
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