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Hands on: New AMD Phenoms up power efficiency, performance

arstechnica.com — It's a busy day for AMD, with three new processors launching in a single day. Phenom's high-end frequency gets a tap, moving up to 2.6GHz, while new energy efficient 1.8GHz and 2GHz processors slot into the company's current line up. We've tested the new 9350e's power consumption—details inside.

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  • Wkall, on 07/01/2008, -1/+2I wonder why people still buy from Intel when they can buy so cheap from AMD.
  • pbouzide, on 07/01/2008, -0/+0Power costs matter, and if your application is gridded or otherwise parallelizable, Intel's clockspeed/$ advantage matters less. And that's without mention of AMD's superior interconnection architecture compared to FSB.
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