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9100e Power-Saving System: 127 W under Full Load
For the low-power quad core, AMD offers the 780G platform, which features an integrated Radeon HD3200 graphics adapter. This platform is ideal for users who focus on CPU performance.
With the 780G platform, the Phenom X4 9100e is able to limit the overall power consumption of the system under full load to a sensational 127 W.
Currently, Intel is unable to offer a complete quad-core system that consumes less power than the AMD system. This is because Intel does not yet offer any chipset whose power consumption is the same as or lower than that of the AMD 780G chipset.
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custommadename People can still play games with this quad core. Sure, it's not as fast as a quad core from Intel, but it's evidently more than suitable to handle today's games. However, for about $200 it's a horrible value.Reply -
Just a quick question... at 1.8GHz is this chip even competitive with a higher speed dual core (even when considering 4 core vs 2 and considering multi-core optimized applications)?Reply
It'd be interesting to add in a Intel mid to high range dual core and look at the power consumption and performance vs the relatively low clocked quad. Dropping the clockspeed so low would seem to give back most of the games from having 2 extra cores (and would be worse for SW that cannot use 4 cores). -
JSP78 Im an Q9450 owner and to just drop the multipler on the QX9770 and use the same vid isent fair.Reply
My Q9450 VID = 1.1v, EIST drops VID to 1.0375v
C1 stepping, slawr l806a762
I bet thats gonna make it hard for the phenom to beat -
thuan Page 12 title is wrong. It's 9.8% not 8.8%. Just mention it, as it seems no one's noticed it yet.Reply -
royalcrown This just goes to show how crappy "Barceloney" really is.Reply
Consider the fact that one can buy an e8400 or 8500 which uses the same power, can keep up with AMD's quad cores (even when they are over clocked), and also DESTROY this thing at gaming. WHY exactly would I buy this piece of crap again Frank ?!?!
I guess if I ran Cinebench benchmarks all day and did NOTHING else, then this cpu would look good.
People that buy quad cores are not going to care about 35 watts, they want to brag about speed OR get their work done ASAP, and AMD is crap for that right now ! -
Reynod An excellent review Frank ... well done.Reply
Very impartial ... showing the strength's and weaknesses of the low power unit.
The overclocking limit of 2.4 would be interesting to explore further.
Can you elaborate on what settings you went to ... and the HTT frequency please?
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Reynod An excellent review Frank ... well done.Reply
Very impartial ... showing the strength's and weaknesses of the low power unit.
The overclocking limit of 2.4 would be interesting to explore further.
Can you elaborate on what settings you went to ... and the HTT frequency please?
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OMA Why did you underclock the l3 cache and memory controller? The ht link is ment to be overclocked, not underclocked! L3 runs the same speed as ht link not 2,4 ghz. Slow L3 is a big bottleneck in games.Reply -
skittle comparing power consumption of a 1.8ghz phenom with a stock q6600 and touting the phenom as the power consumption king is a very inaccurate conclusion. The articles here just keep getting worse and worse... seriously who hires these clowns?Reply