Exp Chinese Review
http://www.expreview.com/review/2008-09-19...7775d10042.html

1. It runs much better in games. At this stage it's expected to beat a 3Ghz Athlon 6000+, might even win the 6400+.
2. It uses 20W more compared to K8. Mostly because AMD's 65nm Phenoms had some problems scaling down. Undervolt for less power use though.
3. It OCs to 3.3Ghz with SB750. On air.
4. ~RM350 I think.

Clock for clock compared to the old Athlons:
Normal Apps: 5-10%
Special cases (Excel, TMPEnc): ~50%
Games: 20+%

Comments? This is one of the more decent CPUs AMD has made this year (compared to a ****ton of undervalued crap). It's still meant for OCers who are gamers, who use AM2+ and are looking for a cheap upgrade. I'll wait for Deneb (need quad core) but for the RM300-400 range, this is the new AMD CPU to get. Not for sissies though.

So much for the people who said that Phenoms are bad for gaming, get a dual core instead, ey?

Remember this is 2.3Ghz


This post has been edited by X.E.D: Sep 21 2008, 08:44 AM

New naming scheme.

6000+ vs 6500. No "+"s.

Yep, the exact fact that you're a joke.

Daren't compare the Q6600 to the 9950 now, eh?

TDP's 95W, actual power usage is ~70W or so.

(5000+ @ 2.3Ghz uses 55W maybe, K10 2.3Ghz 6500 uses 20W extra, so 75W)

I think Intel actually advertised that on 1 Pentium series before this.




I forgot which one it was, though.

In games vs the E5200, which is 2.5Ghz.

Overall, if at 2.5Ghz vs 2.5Ghz (200Mhz is literally free OC on the 6500 also) the 6500 wins out slightly, or is even with the E5200.

If you turn up the Northbridge speed to 2Ghz instead of 1.8 you might see some increases too. 2.4 and 2.6Ghz are even more aggressive settings.









This post has been edited by X.E.D: Sep 21 2008, 12:43 PM

It MIGHT work with AM2 boards if there are BIOS updates.

Most likely not.

Oh I dunno, maybe in the 2 years between K8X2 and K10 they did *something*?

Funny these scores make all the Digit-Life numbers look pathetically sad... as if someone gave them a lump sum of cash. Plus, it's Russian. Xbit has done the same thing for so many years for ATI vs nVidia.

God bless Dunnington.