I voted for "A small step forward for AMD, may not be enough"
It may not be the fastest CPU, it's not even the cheapest, but it does finally bring consumers a CHOICE in terms of quad core. Sure, Intel is still the better choice IMO, but that won't stop many people buying Phenom. You have your existing AM2 users, your diehard AMD fanboys, and just plain Joes that have no idea about CPUs whatsover and will inevitably get a few buying Phenom just for the simple fact that it's on the market.
Not bad new CPUs but not worth the wait. Intel already has a bunch of chips that stomp the crap out of AMD's newest. Disappointing, I think AMD/ATI is going to be in trouble, which sucks cause somebody needs to keep nVidia and Intel honest and competitive. With all the talk about how the new AMD chips were going to be the first "true" 4 core CPUs I expected more. Must suck to get your butt kicked by an "un-true" chip.....
hmmm i think AMD should have kept quiet when criticizing Intel's "quad core" which is essentially two dual cores on the same chip.
AMD was all hoohaa about their "native quad core design" and how all 4 cores can exchange data without leaving the die.. but seriously
its top of the range isn't beating the 6600.
hmmm i think AMD should have kept quiet when criticizing Intel's "quad core" which is essentially two dual cores on the same chip.
AMD was all hoohaa about their "native quad core design" and how all 4 cores can exchange data without leaving the die.. but seriously
its top of the range isn't beating the 6600.
Put four of em in a server vs. four Penryns and you'll see.
Hold on now Baron, I'm one of your supporters, but Phenom is the desktop quad. You shouldn't have to stack 4 of them in a system to get comparable performance.
Message edited by Thanatos421 on 11-20-2007 at 07:13:32 PM
I am still curious how they will do once they test them on the 790 chipset that supports the H3. Also, if vista is the last Windows OS to support 32 bit, then I would also like to see how it does with a 64 bit OS. I don't think things look good for the phenom, but I don't think we have a complete picture either.
This from the December issue of PC Pro - a British computer magazine:
From Greg White, AMD vice president of the desktop division: "This innovation is a direct result of the industry's first true, native quad-core design, coupled with AMD's manufacturing flexibility, to create multicore processors in two, three, or four core configurations on a single die of silicon."
And from Paul Ottelini, Intel CEO: "We see a distinct advantage in having all the cores on our die work."
Not really. The Barcelona chips scale beyond belief. I would wager that 4 Penryn quads would have a hard time keeping up with 4 Barcys clock for clock. But, that's a different arguement. Phenom is a desktop chip. Noone can expect typical gamers to buy SMP boards just to get equal performance to Intel.
I think it's big dissapointment, phenom is like this canadian chick i dated, she looked like tyra banks(b4 she became a pig), had a sinfully hot body, and danced like a superfreak, so i anticipated getting this poon for a month thinking it was gonna be the bomb, when i finally got it, not only was it lame, but it was the lamest pussy i ever had. I see phenom as that lame pussy that i waited for for nothing.
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