Yes it is compatible with AM3.

Anyway,AMD Phenom II X6 were never meant to compete i7.At least,with Phenom II X6,old user can upgrade to X6 cheaply.

are this x6 really so lousy?? still cant par i7 920??

thinking wan migrate to AMD but now

It can on par with 8 series but not on 9 series.
I repeat,this is for budget user.
What proc u using now?
If from intel > amd i suggest no becos its waste - -

Its good for old AM2+ user or newer user want get new pc with cheaper price.

i from intel.. using QX processor....

i dy quit AMD for long time ago since Athlon pwn Prescott that time....

Which QX number do u use?

But hey guys, judging from the performance, it doesn't seem so bad like some people claimed. For the price u pay, multithreaded performance is still there. RM600+ for a hexacore, as compare to any intel offering in similar price class, its quite clear that price/performance ratio, AMD still holds it. As for the higher end AMD hexacore @ 3.2ghz vs core i7 930/920, it does the job fairly well beating i7 in some test too. Alot stronger competition now as compare to only the X4 965... That's jz my opinion, its not that bad.... =)

This post has been edited by superb88: May 9 2010, 12:30 PM

amd six core aint bad.....of course major benchmark result show i7 win....but i bet 100% u din look at da i7 price tag.

hope AMD will make i7 price go down abit

using QX6800... now looking for sell n upgrade to thuban..

but as they claimed that x6 1055T performance still fall behind intel i7... r this really??

yup true

single core performance amd lose intel i7
multi threaded performance amd win some tests

AMD are impressive because they are selling a 6 core cpu at quad core price but i don't think i'll need 6 physical core for my desktop at this moment

This post has been edited by ghost705: May 9 2010, 11:18 PM

guess they need something like HyperThreading to boost some benchmarks...hopefully the 960T can be unlocked to a hexacore...

i think they bench'd compared to the i7 920 which is the closest in price to the AMD. i7 still won.

but prices are known to fall after launch so the actual pricing competitor is still unknown.

X6 still winning at multi tasking, rendering, converting, encoding..
But in gaming.. X6 is far away from i7.
And i5 750 performance is also a little bit hgiher than X6.

Btw if gaming isnt ur priority, then go for X6..
It has con and pro...

Multi-tasking and rendering?

if less 5fps which already surpass 50fps by average.. won't give much different..

most important thing is no stuttering or instant fps dropping while gaming..
there's no point if can hit max fps but lagging in the split second..

like from 80fps to 35fps rather than 60fps to 40fps..

So this is meant for HD5870 or GTX470?

in game we need balance.. faster cpu to drive gpu..
no point if having the world's most faster cpu if just afford to buy an average gpu..

right now.. 3.5ghz multicore just enough.. and wait for latest game that can use them up.. like BF2..
http://www.guru3d.com/article/phenom-ii-x6...1090t-review/18

it's not multicore to be blamed.. just that why game not utilize them.. move on..

reviewers also still use old games.. lol..
i found alot of site bias on their thought..

but kudos to this to show the minimum fps..
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mai...x_core_review/6

Cannot utilise? Please read my previous post. This is getting ridiculous.