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Old 11-05-2007, 04:22 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Default Re: AMD Phenom X4 CPU Prices Emerge

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Originally Posted by gurusan View Post
So far we have only seen questionable Phenom benchmarks...but it is rumoured the Penryns are about 5-10% faster than the Phenom...so unless the Phenom clocks 4+ghz I can't see anyone building a performance computer choosing it over Intel. A shame really as I was quite hoping Phenom would do something good for AMD. Perhaps it will, we shall see on release.
I remember some old benches around 5-10% faster per clock...but still. Unless they come anywhere CLOSE to the stock speeds of the penryns, they're in trouble.

Still an impressive improvement over their previous architecture, but not good enough!
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