AMD Phenom 9600

Konklusion

Phenom viser gode takter, og er uden overraskelse langt hurtigere end lillebror X2 i multi-trådede applikationer. I enkelttrådede applikationer kommer den med sin L3 cache et lille skridt foran X2, og vinder derfor stort set alle vore benchmarks. Skaleringsevnen i MHz er generelt set ikke helt så god som dét X2 kan præstere, men det er tæt på. Kort sagt er Phenom en forbedring i forhold til X2, men den er ikke noget revolutionerede vidunder. I forhold til konkurrenten Intels udbud af "Quad-core" CPU'er, er det svært at anbefale Phenom til et nyt system. Til gengæld er Phenom en potent og forholdsvis billig opgradering, hvis man har et komplet AM2 setup som man ønsker genanvendt, og det er hér vi for alvor ser et salgspotentiale i Phenom. Vi havde problemer med at benytte CPU'en i vores AM2 bundkort, så vi måtte bruge et sprit nyt AM2+ bundkort i stedet. Derfor bør man sikre sig at ens AM2 bundkort understøtter Phenom, inden man suser ned til den lokale hardware-pusher. Vi anbefaler at man køber en Black Edition CPU, da disse har ulåst multiplier, hvilket skulle give lidt bedre mulighed for overclocking. Endvidere vil det for de fleste nok være interessant at vente til de nye modeller kommer på gaden, hvor TLB fejlen skulle være rettet.

AMD Phenom 9600
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English conclusion:

Phenom clearly shows some improvement over the older cores, and it is no surprise that it beats the X2 processor line in multi threaded applications. In single threaded applications is performs marginally better, mainly due to the new L3 cache and core improvements. The scaling ability in MHz is, in general, not as good as what we have seen from the X2 - but it is quite close. In short the Phenom is an all-round improvement over the X2, yet it certainly isn't a "phenomenal" wonder. Compared to Intels quad-core offerings, we cannot really recommend the Phenom when investing in a new system. On the other hand, the Phenom is a potent and relatively cheap upgrade, if you wish to re-use an existing AM2 setup. We had some problems getting an older AM2 mainboard to recognize the Phenom, so make sure that your current AM2 setup has BIOS support for Phenoms, before making the upgrade. We recommend that you make sure to get a Black Edition CPU, as these are multiplier unlocked. Further, you may want to hold on and wait for one of the new models coming out, which will have the TLB bug fixed.