AMD 790GX: RV610 For Enthusiasts?

By Chris Angelini
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Benchmarks: Synthetic, Continued

SiSoft Sandra simply confirmed that our test platforms were set up correctly. Consistency in the CPU and multimedia tests was expected. The memory bandwidth numbers were also fairly flat, favoring the 790GX just slightly. But again, since it’s the Phenom processor sporting the memory controller, we’d expect similar results across all three motherboards.

Chris Angelini
Chris Angelini
Chris Angelini is an Editor Emeritus at Tom's Hardware US. He edits hardware reviews and covers high-profile CPU and GPU launches.
71 Comments Comment from the forums
  • kitsilencer
    Great review, and it's good to see that AMD is at last able to target more enthusiast markets competitively.
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  • cangelini
    kitsilencerGreat review, and it's good to see that AMD is at last able to target more enthusiast markets competitively.
    Thanks for the feedback Kit.
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  • eklipz330
    ^^^iseriously thought that was sarcasm, until i saw the authors name
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  • waffle911
    So... why does a page 15 and 16 of this article exist if there is no page 15 or 16 to the article?
    Take a closer look. What happened?
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  • YYD
    PCMark seems Intel biased, please read this:
    http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/atom-nano-review.ars/6

    Please change this benchmark suite or check if PcMark Vantage is unbiased.
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  • cangelini
    waffle911So... why does a page 15 and 16 of this article exist if there is no page 15 or 16 to the article?Take a closer look. What happened?
    That was strange. Should be fixed now.
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  • cangelini
    YYDPCMark seems Intel biased, please read this:http://arstechnica.com/reviews/har view.ars/6Please change this benchmark suite or check if PcMark Vantage is unbiased.
    Fortunately, with no Intel platforms tested, this should be a non-issue for the current situation ;-) In the future, you'll be seeing SYSmark, though.
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  • Seems past page 8 or something the links are corrupt.. can't fully read this article and getting error 404 - page not found.
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  • .. and now the article seems to be removed even from the main page!?!?!
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  • cangelini
    lacrits.. and now the article seems to be removed even from the main page!?!?!
    Alright, mystery solved. It's back up, sans the blank page. Thanks for pointing that out lacrits!
    Reply