AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 Processor Review @ PC Perspective

**MIG-31** · Jun 5, 2007, 08:30 AM

Review: PC Perspective
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AMD has been having a tough run at the processor business as of late thanks to their friends at Intel. Where once the Athlon line of CPUs was the dominant one in terms of performance leaving the Pentium 4 in the dust, with the Core 2 Duo line of processors from Intel, those positions are now reversed.

Price cut after price cut, AMD has tried to stay competitive by trying to match or beat Intel’s price/performance rates. Unfortunately this has left AMD without any higher priced processors, cutting their revenues dramatically. AMD is hoping that there is one area that they can creep into that Intel has not yet put their death grip: low power desktop and HTPC systems.

jp306 · Jun 5, 2007, 12:54 PM

I wish this review compared the BE-2350 to a X2 4400/4600 rather than X2 5200 since the price difference is closer. The X2 4400/4600 is going for about $115 and the BE-2350 is supposed to be going in the $90s, but the X2 5200 is going for around $160.

Jun 5, 2007, 08:30 AM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,821 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 Processor Review @ PC Perspective Review: PC Perspective _______________ AMD has been having a tough run at the processor business as of late thanks to their friends at Intel. Where once the Athlon line of CPUs was the dominant one in terms of performance leaving the Pentium 4 in the dust, with the Core 2 Duo line of processors from Intel, those positions are now reversed. Price cut after price cut, AMD has tried to stay competitive by trying to match or beat Intel’s price/performance rates. Unfortunately this has left AMD without any higher priced processors, cutting their revenues dramatically. AMD is hoping that there is one area that they can creep into that Intel has not yet put their death grip: low power desktop and HTPC systems. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Jun 5, 2007, 12:54 PM	#2
jp306 DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 309 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I wish this review compared the BE-2350 to a X2 4400/4600 rather than X2 5200 since the price difference is closer. The X2 4400/4600 is going for about $115 and the BE-2350 is supposed to be going in the $90s, but the X2 5200 is going for around $160. __________________ "I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet." Rodney Dangerfield.