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Phenom II X2 550BE and Athlon II X2 250

Peter G. June 1, 2009 9:00 PM ET in Tech

3DMark Vantage

3DMark Vantage is Futuremark’s latest DirectX 10 GPU benchmark; it is truly a next-gen 3D testing suite.

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We used the default ‘Performance’ setting preset, and the usual 1280×1024 resolution. 3DMark Vantage is comprised of numerous tests that evaluate the features and performance of GPUs and CPUs. For the purposes of this review, we’ll be focusing on the CPU tests only.

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Bummer. Both chips do well for only having two cores, but they’re still at the bottom of the list.

3dmarkvantagetwo

Test Two favors multi-core chips and it brought our new dual cores together and put them within arm’s reach of the venerable E8400.

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4 Comments:

  1. Zuntar
    Modder extraordinaire
    2 Jun '09, 10:19 am

    On the Crysis High settings graph, the two processors reviewed are not on this graph. What am i missing?

    I am curious how these stand against the 7850 Kuma as well, but i know that can be inferred by other reviews. Any thoughts?

  2. Peter G.
    Dept. of Propaganda
    2 Jun '09, 10:50 am

    Fixed the graph. For some reason the graph didn't update when I put in the new processor data. The 7850 Kuma is clocked slower and runs hotter. Subtract a third of the X3 8750's performance and you'll get a good idea.

    I'd take these 45nm chips over the Kuma any day of the week.

  3. Gargoyle
    We can't stop here...
    2 Jun '09, 12:56 pm

    Nice review, Peter!

  4. Cliff_Forster
    Keepin it real
    2 Jun '09, 2:57 pm

    I recently purchased a Kuma 7750 for a budget build I was doing. For $59 and a free copy of "Call of Juarez" from newegg, you can't argue with it, but I will echo what Peter is saying, AMD's 45nm runs cooler, and offers a much easier overclock than the 65nm Kuma.

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