Blairgowrie Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 AMD released its new native quad-core Phenom 9600 CPU and so-called "Spider" platform today. The AMD Phenom CPU is paced at 2.3GHz, with 512MB L2 cache for each of the four cores, and 2MB of L3 cache. The Phenom CPU continues to support DDR2 memory, and fits into socket AM2, AM2+ and the upcoming DDR3-centric AM3 socket. Built on the 65nm SOI process, each chip contains a staggering 450 Million transistors, and goes for under $300. Along with the chipset, AMD has introduced the 790 and 770 chipsets - highlights include Hypertransport 3, PCI Express 2.0, Crossfire, and dynamic power management. Initial AM2+ boards like the Gigabyte GA-MA790-DQ6 will support DDR2-1066, Quad PCIE 2.0, BlueRay full rate lossless audio, and feature the AMD SB600 southbridge. Is the AMD Phenom 9600 CPU faster than lightening? Is it slower than a slug? From the review data released today, it appears the 2.3GHz AMD Phenom 9600 is slower than the 3GHz Core 2 Duo E6850 in many benchmarks... except perhaps video rendering/encoding. Compared quad-to-quad, the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 chips are quicker. The only other question is whether consumers are really going to care if one CPU is "native" quad-core, the other just "quad-core." PCSTATS looks forward to testing the AMD Phenom CPU, but from the data we've seen today this CPU launch is disappointingly underwhelming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyKnight Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Bloody hell BG, did you write that or cut n' paste it? If you wrote it, could you come work for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairgowrie Posted November 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 If I had written it Greyknight, there wouldn't have been so many spelling mistakes. I know better to spell lightning correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold_Gambler Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 Seems like AMD is still playing catch-up... Hardly any software has been written to take advantage of dual core, let alone quad-core CPUs- I don't quite get the hype?!? I haven't really kept on top of the tech side of things in the last couple of years... At least by the time I get around to building a new rig in a year it will be that much cheaper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairgowrie Posted November 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 I really like dual core. Allows you to tab out of game and read emails etc or browse the web. Quad cores!! I dunno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattler Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 I can alt-tab out of game with my P-4 3.0 with Hyper Threading....no problems.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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