AMD goes X2
May 10th, 2005 • General
If you must pay more for some reason, the Athlon 64 X2 4800+ will give you the best all-around performance we’ve ever seen from a “single” CPU. The X2 4800+ beats out the Pentium Extreme Edition 840 virtually across the board, even in tests that use four threads to take best advantage of the Extreme Edition 840′s Hyper-Threading capabilities. The difference becomes even more pronounced in single-threaded applications, including games, where the Pentium XE 840 is near the bottom of the pack and the X2 4800+ is constantly near the top. The X2 4800+ also consumes considerably less power, both at idle and under load.
Ahh, music to my ears. Apparently, AMD’s release of Athlon64 X2, Creative’s release of X-Fi changes my dream PC’s specifications. I’m not going to wait for M2 or DDR2 support, I know it’s going to be fast, but it’s a long time to wait until 2006, DDR should be sufficient for the time being.
Just can’t stop loving AMD!