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The World's First 65 W Desktop Quad Core
As far as performance is concerned, AMD is lagging behind its competitor Intel. But, other than gamers, few users care only about performance.
New AMD Phenom X3 Vs. Phenom X4
We compare three and four core AMD Phenom X CPUs, along with a large number of Athlon 64 X2 and Intel Core 2 two and four core models.
AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition: New Hope?
AMD fans who want to overclock their processors can rejoice at news that the CPU maker is offering a Black Edition of its current fastest quad-core model.
Phenom 9700, AMD's 1st Quad-Core CPU
After a 1 year+ delay, AMD has released its first quad-core CPU, the Phenom, along with a new platform, Spyder. We ran all 3 Phenom models through our extensive benchmark suite. Check it out.
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770: Paper Tiger?
Intel introduced it's 45 nm Penryn technology 3 weeks ago. Today, on the same day AMD launched it's Phenom 9700 quad-core processor series, Intel announced the QX9770 (due Q1 2008). What's up?
Overclocking: Dual- vs. Quad-Core CPUs
When overclocking, are there significant advantages to using quad-core instead of dual-core CPUs? We do extensive testing using Intel's E6750 and Q6600 processors.
Intel's 45 nm Penryn CPU: 4 GHz Air Cooled
Four cores, 45 nm structures and overclocking up to 4 GHz make Intel's Penryn Core 2 CPUs faster and more efficient. How bad does it look for AMD?