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For this section of the review, we are comparing the AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition with the almost identically priced Intel Core i5 2500k. We overclock the X4 980 BE to the maximum figure we achieved (22x multiplier) – 4.4ghz, then we match this clock speed with the i5 2500k (44x multiplier).
At the same 4.4ghz clock speeds the Intel Core i5 2500k lengthens the lead by a huge margin, outperforming the X4 980 Black Edition easily in all of the synthetic benchmarks.
I really dont get the Quad core releases, its just opening them up for a butchering. the 6 cores even get beaten.
They need to massively drop the prices to slot in behind the 6 core versions of their chips or just ditch this range totally.
1055t is still their best chip for the money, ive seen it on sale for £120 recently. why would you pay £140 or £150 for this 980BE?
Their GPU division seems much better organised imo
The problem AMD face is that these chips are actually really good, but Intel are 1-2 years ahead on a design level. It just shows how good those new Core i5’s are.
fair review, I bought a 1090t last month and its great, but the cores thing makes sense to me. If they can make good 6 cores, why not just ditch the 4 cores entirely? Its not like their designs dominate and Intel are taking the low end, making it sensible.
The pricing is way off.
Just what we need, another 100mhz for the same price as before. which does absolutely nothing to compete against Intel.
Even their six cores are so far behind, so whats the point of this? Why not bring out a six core chip like the 1100T, but clock it to 4ghz (they all run at this no problem), and just be done with it all until bulldozer. Even that is very boring, but at least at 4ghz it might seem interesting.