Contemporary Dual-Core Processors Shootout @ Xbit-Labs

**MIG-31** · Jan 31, 2008, 08:59 AM

Review: Xbit-Labs
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We tested 17 contemporary dual-core processors from AMD and Intel to answer the most important question the users ask these days: what solution is the best choice from the consumer standpoint basing on their price, performance and power consumption.

Matth · Jan 31, 2008, 03:47 PM

Interesting, and the graphs on this page tell the sad tale for AMD
X-bit labs - Contemporary Dual-Core Processors Shootout (page 9)
Other than a few close results on game performance, it's Price/performance wins for Intel across the board, with Intel also covering a wider range.

The sad thing though, could you imagine Intel's prices without AMD "keeping them honest".

AMD needed Phenom to launch with a bang, not with a performance sapping bug, just how much more misery can AMD survive?

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Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	Interesting, and the graphs on this page tell the sad tale for AMD X-bit labs - Contemporary Dual-Core Processors Shootout (page 9) Other than a few close results on game performance, it's Price/performance wins for Intel across the board, with Intel also covering a wider range. The sad thing though, could you imagine Intel's prices without AMD "keeping them honest". AMD needed Phenom to launch with a bang, not with a performance sapping bug, just how much more misery can AMD survive? __________________ Mary had a little lamb, Her father shot it dead Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two crusts of bread