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AMD's Dual-core Athlon 64 X2 reviewed

Posted by Hemos on from the lots-of-reviews dept.

ChocolateJesus writes "Weeks after formally announcing its dual-core Athlon X2 desktop processor, reviews are finally trickling out. The Tech Report's coverage tests two flavors of the Athlon 64 X2 against a whopping 17 competitors, including AMD and Intel's fastest single- and dual-core offerings. They've even thrown in a handful of dual-processor systems (and dual-core, dual-processor systems) for good measure. Testing focuses on multi-threaded applications, and the X2s deliver remarkable performance. Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that unlike Intel's dual-core Pentiums, AMD's X2s consume no more power than single-core chips." Looks like this story has come out of embargo - if you've find more reviews, post them in comments.

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  1. Redsigning your applications. by jellomizer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What a lot of people dont realize (Including a lot of programmers). That a lot of applications are not multithreaded. Thus wont get the speed advantage of the Duel-Core processor. You will probably get some boost because the OS wont get in the way of your program but it wont be twice as fast untill you modify your program to run for a duel-core. As well many of these changes are more then just a recompile with a newer compiler. It take a redign of your thinking to make duel-core processing to work. But maybe on the plus side more colleges will teach parallel processing.

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    1. Re:Redsigning your applications. by Xarius · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Duel-core? Am I to expect my processes to start fighting amongst themselves?!

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  2. is AMD a market leader now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant
    whitebox linux on a dual core opteron box would rock, heck, any 64 bit linux distro should. AMD is now a market leader. Where does this leave Intel? Could this ever happen to Bill Gates and Microsoft?

    Seems the owner of the whiteboxlinux.net and whiteboxlinux.com domains has decided to offer them on ebay as a peace offering between wbel and himself.

    This is really great news so lets hope someone with WBEL enthusiasm steps up to build a respectable community site.

  3. Re:market for this? by CDLewis · · Score: 0, Redundant
    gamers don't need dual core, and everyday users have had plenty of power for the last 5 years.

    Careful, you're dangerously close to Bill Gates/640KB territory.


    its like intel and amd are creating products purely for graphic artists and rich people, i dont see how they're going to make any money in the future

    By selling to graphic artists and rich people, perhaps?

  4. Re:Cooling by Three+Headed+Man · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I don't get how Transmeta chips use so much less electricity than single core chips.

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  5. Sounds nice, BUT.... by IdJit · · Score: -1, Redundant

    How many current apps would be able to take full advantage of it?

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