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Wait for a price drop and they might be more competitive, but then Intel might do the same...

They aren't as bad as the pre-thunderbird AMD chips though (back in the 800Mhz range) as they are still considered "top tier" ]]>Apr 23rd 2008 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/AMD WTF...
I hope you have some amazing plans hiding somewhere.
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My single core A64 with 4GB of RAM still performs as fast as a dual core in real world applications.]]>Apr 23rd 2008 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/
Thats simply not true. Head over to tomshardware.com and see for yourself.]]>Apr 23rd 2008 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/Apr 23rd 2008 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/And you'te thinking that most people use CPU intensive applications or multitasking? riiighhhhhhhhhhhht........]]>Apr 23rd 2008 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/Apr 23rd 2008 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/Apr 23rd 2008 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/
While further benefits can be had when applications (such as Adobe Premier and FSX) natively support utilizing the multiple cores on their own, there is definitely benefit in overall speed to the underlying operating system having a core to it's own and the application running to be on another one.]]>Apr 23rd 2008 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/I also have no problem watching a 1080p movie on here.

I've used core2duos and i honestly cant tell the difference, except a slight improvement in unraring and raytracing.
I think these multi-core cpus are pretty much a con, price-performance wise.]]>Apr 23rd 2008 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/
um. maybe read the replies a bit? CPU is hardly the bottleneck on most games. if ALL you do is game, why not buy a console instead?]]>Apr 23rd 2008 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/
They pointed out that if you're not gaming, this is the best thing going. You have to consider the platform. The 780G and Nvidia chipsets do HD stuff MUCH better; they can even play some low setting games decently. The G35 motherboards from Intel don't come close.

So, this lets you get a phenom chip which adds post processing to the 780G chipset, but at a lower price point. Until the G45 in Q3, this will be the best/cheapest HTPC and standard desktop combo going.]]>Apr 23rd 2008 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/Apr 23rd 2008 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/Apr 23rd 2008 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/Apr 23rd 2008 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/Apr 23rd 2008 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/
The one time I had the chance to see if 3 was the magic number... I passed out. ]]>Apr 23rd 2008 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/
source Newegg, plz excuse the CaPs!!!]]>Apr 23rd 2008 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/Apr 23rd 2008 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/Apr 23rd 2008 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/Apr 23rd 2008 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/Apr 23rd 2008 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/
Genius....]]>Apr 23rd 2008 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/
Seriously though, that was indeed very lame.]]>Apr 23rd 2008 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/Apr 23rd 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/Apr 23rd 2008 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/Apr 23rd 2008 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/
Maybe that's why Intel didn't try to make a native quad core, but instead stuck with a known working model of combining two dies from a mature process into a quad core.]]>Apr 23rd 2008 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/23/amd-triple-core-phenom-x3-review-roundup/
I think if they released the X3 6 months ago, they would have had a better welcoming into the market.

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