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AMD's Six-Core Phenom II X6 1090T & 1055T Reviewed
- ukdm 17y ago"The better way to look at it is to ask yourself what sort of machine you're building. If you're building a task specific box that will mostly run heavily threaded applications, AMD will sell you nearly a billion transistors for under $300 and you can't go wrong. If it's a more general purpose machine that you're assembling, Lynnfield seems like a better option."
- ukdm 17y agoEngadget also has links to 5 other reviews here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/27/amds-3-2ghz-hexacore-phenom-ii-x6-1090t-comes-out-for-a-review/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+weblogsinc%2Fengadget+%28Engadget%29 http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/27/amds-3-2ghz-hexacore-phen...
- ableal 17y agoThat 6 core die photo is worth a centerfold poster (I'll be hitting tineye.com for a larger version ;-) I'd note that AMD's "more-for-less approach" has not been just about number of cores - little 'details' like ECC RAM, VT instructions, or even half-decent graphics in the chipset, have come in at lower price points, nearly down to the budget versions. P.S. TinEye doesn't seem to have the pic yet; a search for large images of "amd six core phenom die photo" gets hits (many fake, cf. http://aceshardware.freeforums.org/phenom-ii-x6-1090t-3-2ghz-with-3-6ghz-turbo-at-125w-t991.html http://aceshardware.freeforums.org/phenom-ii-x6-1090t-3-2ghz...).