Comments on: AMD Phenom II review

By: lee

lee — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:55:43 +0000

why did they have a overclocked 6600 and NOt an overclocked phenom II is ridiculous why they did this!

By: Mat

Mat — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 06:04:53 +0000

So I ran 3DMark06 at stock clocks on my new Phenom II 940 :) got some scores right around yours. Looks like my CPU score etched out the Q6600’s but that could be for many reasons.

CPU: 4574
Score: 16452

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:00:11 +0000

I’ve been trying to decide between saving up and going i7 or getting a Phenom II 920/940 and this article + comments definitely made me go for AMD. Spending ~2x the money isnt worth it to me. I don’t need ridiculously top of the line stuff but the Phenom II will definitely meet my needs. At least it will let me more fully utilize my PNY 9800 GTX+. Athlon 64 3500+ just isnt cutting it lol.

By: Monster Gamer

Monster Gamer — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:58:13 +0000

Anybody looking to upgrade or just build a brand new computer, AMD’s Phenom II would be the way to go IMO. In terms of cost, I wanted to go i7 but good motherboards cost more than $300 along with another $500 for the cheapest i7. That is just outrageously overpriced not to mention the ridiculously overpriced DDR3 memory kits they have out.

AMD has a winner with the new Phenom II X4’s and the AM3 based versions are going to have Dual DDR2/3 memory controllers which will only certify your AM2+ motherboard’s longevity and cheaply priced DDR2 memory.

I’ve ordered my Phenom II 940.

By: James

James — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:06:33 +0000

I observed that the comparisons were made with a 2Ghz quad core Phenom II. A retailer near me sells the Phenom II Quad core at a 3Ghz clock speed. Would that mean that I could add another 33% to the benchmarks for AMD and say that it is a better choice than the i7?
I can’t wait until AMD blows Intel out of the water as far as multithreading with their release of the 12 core processor I read about last year.

By: Komete

Komete — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:44:05 +0000

Great review, I’m still reading it. I finally see an Amd upgrade path for me. There is only one thing I wish you guys could have done in your review if you would have had the time. That is, if you could have posted max over clock performance of the AMD chips in with all the benchmarks. I notice, no one does this anymore.

Now back to more reading :)

By: Rob Goerss

Rob Goerss — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:40:17 +0000

Excellent review, Mike. Very informative.

I sure wish that AMD’s FPU performance was better. That’s what is really killing them in the benchmarks, synthetic or otherwise.

The memory bandwidth on both the i7/X58 and Phenom II platforms is more than adequate for today’s applications.

By: Chris Sakoman

Chris Sakoman — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:35:47 +0000

Nice review Mike!

I’m still gonna wait for the next round of fighters to hit the ring.

By: Gargoyle

Gargoyle — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:58:29 +0000

Seems like a viable upgrade for someone like me with an older system and not a lot of money lying around. I wonder how long it’ll be before i7 prices drop, though?

By: FreeC8675

FreeC8675 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:49:06 +0000

srsly Intel ^^

By: Quinton Healy

Quinton Healy — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:42:42 +0000

Very nice review… It’s a shame that the Phenom II didn’t do better but I am encouraged that AMD/ATI are back on the right path.

Oh, and INTEL… Get Icrontic some review items!!!