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AMD Phenom X3: One too little or one too much? - TechAmok
AMD Phenom X3: One too little or one too much? - [hardware] 06:15 PM EDT - May,26 2008 - post a comment
Madshrimps
posted a review on the Phenom X3 8450 and compared it to the AMD X4 and
Intel C2D. Here's an excerpt:
All in all, I'm surprised in a positive way with the AMD X3 triple core
processor. Yes, gaming performance is a little behind, but the difference is
very small, games which support multi cores will get a nice boost with the X3,
unfortunately the list of games that efficiently support more than 2 cores is
very short. Three cores is innovative and in fact a brilliant move from AMD,
because Intel is not capable of producing triple cored CPU's as they work with
native dualcores (a quadcore = 2 x dualcore glued together).
AMD Phenom X3 8450
+ Pricing
+ An extra core in comparison to the 45nm Wolfdale
+ Performance/Price Ratio
- Gaming performance lower than expected
- Locked multiplier doesn't make it very overclocking friendly
- Low base frequency of only 2.1Ghz
Being a hardware enthusiast and overclocker, I'm not in favor of AMD's Phenom
series, because the overclockability is too low, HOWEVER, if people ask me for a
well-priced configuration that can play the latest games fluently and has no
issues handling video encoding instructions, I will recommend to at least
consider buying a Phenom. The motherboards are quite affordable, the processors
are actually cheap, the performance is good.
In the end, I have to admit that AMD's X3 move was clever and definitely should be seen by Intel as a worthy competitor for their Wolfdale series in regard of price/performance value.
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