Amd's phenom still haven't grown into their FSB. now at like 3600 need to get to 5200. Don't count them out yet. The AMD x2 are the best in the dual core class. When the dual core compitetion was raging amd could always provide between 90 - 110 % efficiency against the intel duals for sometimes half the price.
I will take .1 - .3 GHZ less for 100$ less. That's simple. The Atholon XPs smoked the Base P4's by an even greater margin of performance and price.
I should make it clear that cash is king and price has much to do with choice.
If money didn't matter to me I would get some badass TYAN dual Q6600 server board just to play solitaire with.
AMD had a very large vision with the AM2+ series. I hope to see their vision realized.
Pros
-Backwards compatible with most AM2 boards (with a FSB, and ram limit) Does intel have the balls to try that?
-A promised 5200 FSB (the 3200 still beats intel in architecture and RAM perfomance)
-Better security encryption
Cons
-Still out performed by INTEL flagships. but that's nothing new.
Last edited by guymelef; July 28th, 2008 at 17:56..