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First Tests: AMD's Phenom CPU Won't Scare Intel

Jon. L. Jacobi, PC World, January 01, 2008:

AMD's new CPU has impressive technology but turns in disappointing performance. Can AMD remain competitive if its high-end processor isn't much faster than a year-old Intel CPU?

mboojigga6740d ago

No one should be shocked by this.

LJWooly6740d ago

No one will be, and I don't think anyone will care, either.

The PC section of this site is basically dead. No one cares about anything other than consoles anymore, it seems.

Rice6740d ago

I will stick to AMD's with laptops and intels for desktops. For now....

Ferrite6740d ago

umm, so Intel are 2 steps ahead of everything that AMD can come up with?

smokysmoke6740d ago

Are you guys dumb? amd is a good system i have a AMD 6000+ 64 x2 Dual core and i love AMD's do you guys know or look up anything about this i know alot of people who work on things like this and i KNOW this is going to be good but think what you want intel sux ballz... intels quad core is a joke.... its like 2 celerons pout together to make 2 processors....lol

ChickeyCantor6740d ago

...don't call people dumb...

" amd is a good system i have a AMD 6000+ 64 x2 Dual core and i love AMD's "

....yeah nice argument...really.

GIJeff6739d ago (Edited 6739d ago )

dual core and quad core isnt enough to merrit spending 1000 dollars on intel's "amd killer". Money is better spent on graphics cards. you can get a small improvement on FPS in games, but not enough to make up for the 1000 price. Sure there are cheap quad cores, but they get stomped by cheaper dual cores.

and a 6000+ x2 is MORE than you need for all current games. The only thing thats going to make a considerable difference for that PC is to place a powerfuly GPU in it.

bootsielon6740d ago

It was a stupid move. The best gaming rigs were AMD + nVidia. Now they are Intel + nVidia when you would have expected that they would be AMD + ATI. nVidia and Intel on their own efforts are each raping AMD+ATI.

In the words of Smash Bros. fight narrator:

"FAILURE!"

Skerj6739d ago

Yeah I've favored Nvidia over ATI since I had to begrudgingly switch to Nvidia when they bought out 3dfx. I don't see myself ever switching to ATI and I've purchased AMD chips exclusively for the longest time. I'm about to build a new art/rendering/gaming rig in June and I'm afraid I have to go with Intel this time for performance sake.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai47d ago (Edited 47d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio46d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing46d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9246d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit46d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing46d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9246d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."