AMD Phenom II X6 1090T And 890FX Platform Review: Hello, Leo

[WarraWarra]

Disappointing results, expected more but can not really compete with 8 or 12 virtual cores from Intel but does not cost the price of a 2nd hand car either.

Decent upgrade and price if you have Amd Phenom II x4 .

Can it overclock to 5ghz to compete with Intel's 6 core @ stock speed ?

Damn Amd I was hoping I could switch from my 4 year old Intel Q9550.

 

[unwanted]

I'm all for the AMD 6 core but to those that refuse to compare its price and performance to that of intels 4 cores simply becuase they have 2 less cores and games are not utilizing more then 4 cores so it perfoms almost the same as the 980X which costs alot more, then lets compare 6 cores to 6 cores with the things that can actually use those 6 cores:

CS4
Intel 73% faster

3ds max
Intel 36% faster

winrar
Intel 69% faster

7-zip
Intel 46% faster

7-zip compress
Intel 78% faster

Mainconcept
Intel 45% faster

3Dmark cpu
Intel 99% faster

Yes the Intel chip does cost quite a bit more but WOW it is also quite a bit faster as well imagine that.

Personally i'll still take the price/performance of the AMD over the Intel (for the 6 core applications as well as gamging) but when your looking at gaming benchmarks there is no reason not to compare it to the cheaper Intel 4 core cpus since the games are never using more then the 4 cores anyway.

If you want to jump into that boat and say it should only be compared to 6 core cpus because it has 6 cores then fine you should only compare it then using software which uses 6 cores and no less so you shouldn't even be looking at games to compare then and only look at those other benchmarks where Intel wipes the floor with them.

 

[falchard]

AMD Phenom II x6 1055T is only $150 on Tigersdirect. So...

 

[qwertymac93]

Disappointing results, expected more but can not really compete with 8 or 12 virtual cores from Intel but does not cost the price of a 2nd hand car either.

Decent upgrade and price if you have Amd Phenom II x4 .

Can it overclock to 5ghz to compete with Intel's 6 core @ stock speed ?

Damn Amd I was hoping I could switch from my 4 year old Intel Q9550.

unless you got a time machine, there's no way your q9550 is 4 years old

 

[happi]

[citation][nom]unwanted[/nom]
CS4Intel
73% faster
3ds maxIntel 36% faste
rwinrarIntel 69% faster
7-zipIntel 46% faster
7-zip compressIntel 78% faster
MainconceptIntel 45% faster
3Dmark cpuIntel 99%.[/citation]

Where you get these bench, I want to see.

 

[englandr753]

[citation][nom]WarraWarra[/nom]Disappointing results, expected more but can not really compete with 8 or 12 virtual cores from Intel but does not cost the price of a 2nd hand car either.Decent upgrade and price if you have Amd Phenom II x4 .Can it overclock to 5ghz to compete with Intel's 6 core @ stock speed ?Damn Amd I was hoping I could switch from my 4 year old Intel Q9550.[/citation]

You're a little too excited, its a 2 year old processor and you probably didn't get it on the release date either. I have 2 Q9550 setups and am selling off both of them and getting the X6 1090T. The chipsets that support the Q9550 are half baked. I have RMA'd two motherboards because of it...

 

[englandr753]

It looks as though Tiger Direct is out of stock already:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=6052729

I guess I better get my order in on the egg now... 8 O

 

[lashton]

lol nice to see nvidia GTX480 getting owned by the 5870 which i have said all along the 5870 id the fastest single core GPU at the moment

 

[Eclectik]

But what aout Bad Company 2? Thats the HAWT game at present, and its a CPU whoar

 

[Eclectik]

But what aout Bad Company 2? Thats the HAWT game at present, and its a CPU whoar

 

[Eclectik]

But what about Bad Comapny 2? Its the hopt game at present, and its very reliant on CPU.

 

[Eclectik]

ooops, noscript kinda messed me up abit there. Sorry.

 

[The Greater Good]

[citation][nom]Eclectik[/nom] three ramblings[/citation]

Head On. Apply directly to the forhead.

Head On. Apply directly to the forhead.

Head On. Apply directly to the forhead.

 

[SevenVirtues]

Wow, I've been waiting for this chip like a kid waiting for Christmas and now I'm really disappointed.

 

[Guest]

AMD FTW!

 

[englandr753]

[citation][nom]SevenVirtues[/nom]Wow, I've been waiting for this chip like a kid waiting for Christmas and now I'm really disappointed.[/citation]

Why? AMD now has a chip that beats out 98% of what Intel has to offer. Thats a huge step in the right direction. This is huge, be happy. = D

 

[wild9]

Really impressed with what AMD has come up here, especially considering the price.

. Powerful
. Drop-in compatible
. Same TDP as quad-core, despite two more cores
. Very good idle power draw
. Cheap considering what it's up against

The net result is a 45nm, 6-core processor that can blow the socks off an i7, one that can be dropping into existing boards. Not bad is it, considering the age of the design and the size of AMD compared to Intel.

To all those misinformed people who routinely like to slag off the green corner..enjoy your humble pie. This is powerful computing for the rest of us, and at a very good price whether you want dual, quad and now hex-core computing. Real cores, too..not threading units.

Job well done, AMD.

 

[ensabrenoir]

Love AMD video cards, great value on the six core but....
Hyundai can make a car that looks like a Mercedes, has all the features Of a Mercedes, and cost 1/8 of the price of a Mercedes but its still a Hyundai. Having a six core that can barely handle an intel quad is like having a Ferrari with the performance of a mini van... a Hyundai mini van.
Still great value for the classification of a six core, but some perfer 100% angus beef not salisbury steak. Nothing against Hyundai or salisbury steak

 

[geforcepat09]

Where's My bulldozer? me want bulldozer.

 

[Guest]

There are people out there that NEVER overclocks!! And realy don´t bothers about. AMD line can´t compete against INTEL tops, but a 6 cores at less than 300US$ is a GREAT move. If you considers that AMD tends to explore its chipset and Sockets VERY MUCH more than intel do, You have a very promissing PLATAFORM.
I was all about INTEL in the past. But it´s lack of respect to the consumer in the form of EVERY mid release in CPU´s have to be coupled with a chipset changing, even if the older can still be used, is too much for me.
AMD for the other side, has been my choose as i can upgrade CPU along the way as my needs change and i´m not are askd a leg or a 1st born just to have something new.
I think that the low I7´s are great performance X price ratio, but its upgradebility is POOR compared to what AMD does.

 

[aux]

Ill stick with my 630, i still can pace matched an 965 in full hd res anyway.

 

[aux]

I'll stick with my 630, i still can pace matched an 965 in HD res anyway.

 

[mrcairo]

Was all set to be upgrading from my AMD X2 5600+ to a X4 955 BE and now the X6 get released.

My question is will the extra cores cause any kind of "drag" on the system in general? I game & multi-task a bit and was looking for a bit more head room with the 4 cores...6 sounds like the "more is better" mentality, but I'm just not knowledgeable to know if there's a down side I'm not aware of. For $100 more I'm fine with bumping up to the extra cores but I'm wondering if I'd even see a difference.

My guess would be that by the time I see a majority of programs (hopefully some games) utilize 4 cores that there will be better clock speeds and such that I'd be looking at getting a new cpu anyway and possibly need a new mobo/socket as well.

So my question is, if you were looking to upgrade "today" would you save some cash and get the 955 X4 or jump on the X6 band wagon?

thx

 

[damian86]

I am not impressed

 

[bwcbwc]

Based on the fact that the X6 benchmark barely budges even when overclocking the CPU or by swapping graphics cards, the main item that is left is the memory controller. Maybe a Hypertransport or DDR3 bottleneck in the chipset? This is reminiscent of AMD's failure to fix that bug in the SATA 3.0 NCQ in their older chipsets, resulting in consistently poor disk performance.