Athlon II, Phenom II X2: Core2 duo killers ???

@a $100,with the Phenom 2 550 X2(3.1GHz,1MB L2 cache,6MB L3 cache) u get the performance of an E8400 that costs $170 !!!!!!

Now there is more,also it supports DDR3.

This processor is very overclockable too. But the only downside i see is the 80W TDP.but, by looking at power consumption charts, it does not look too bad at all. It consumes as much power as E5300 or something.

The Athlon 2 X2 250($85) is 3.0GHz, and 2MB L2 cache, no L3 cache. It performs as good as an E7400. So, after 2 years(i think), AMD finally has pawned then in this section. We should see huge price cuts frm intel in the E8x00 atleast.

Go AMD !!! FTW !!!:rockon:

here are some reviews:
Athlon II X2 250 and Phenom II X2 550 BE review

AMD Phenom II X2 550 and AMD Athlon II X2 250 Processors Review - X-bit labs

AnandTech: The Athlon II X2 & Phenom II X2: 45nm Dual-Core from AMD

AMD Phenom II X2 550 and Athlon II X2 250 Processors Review - Overclockers Club

good one but there are people who live in intel's mith just because of their aggressive marketing strategy... let them be...

there was someone who even quoted AMD will be bankrupt....ops:

with just a demerit little bit more power consumption which can be overlooked by performance and price.

really :rockon:

hehehe
looking at AMD's numbers, they have been constantly loosing hundreds on millions every quarter.So, untill AMD just does something stunning, i dont see how they can live for much longer.

Btw, i dunno why the TDP is 80W when it consumes same amt of power as many other 65W chips. People have to give AMD a chance. many people baselessly say go for Intel, they rock. I just hope Intel has a disaster with larabee which gives AMD a chance to come back a lot stronger.

AMD has poor reach among the people especially in India.

Still Many people in dont know what is AMD.

today we where talking about our PCs. he said i was having intel then i my father put a processor called ADM.

Then i corrected him , he said yaeh something like that.

Really SAD.

Come on AMD.

AMD rocks for budgt gaming PC why dont guys in INDIA undestand that AMD phenom is beast whose overclocking abilities cannot be compared to any of intels core 2 quad

YouTube - AMD Phenom II Overclocked to 6.5GHz - New World Record for 3DMark

amd phenom II aftr overclocking can crush c2q with its fingertips only

^^ They have broken the 7GHz barrier too (with the AMD P2 955)

Originally Posted by rajan1311

^^ They have broken the 7GHz barrier too (with the AMD P2 955)

yepp i have seen that video

http://hothardware.com/Articles/AMD-...-Event/?page=1