AMD announces tri-core, tweaked quad-core Phenoms CPUs

AMD announces tri-core, tweaked quad-core Phenoms CPUs
AMD has formally unwrapped its three-core Phenom X3 8000 series, along with new versions of its existing quad-core Phenom X4 processors, now known as the 9050 line.Interestingly, the The 8650 is 27 per cent faster than the 6000+ at converting an “HD video file” to a mobile screen-sized MPEG 4 file.

AMD launches tri-core assault at Intel dual-core CPUs
{mosimage} AMD’s new Phenom X3 8000 series of processors are finally ready for launch: Two new processors carry the massive burden to protect the margins of the higher-end quad-core processors, whose average retail prices have been melting away – while Intel has no problem charging substantially higher prices for its last generation dual-core and quad-core products. But the million dollar question is: Will you prefer a tri-core Phenom over a dual-core Core 2 Duo? (If you would like to skip the tri-core anyway, AMD also has new quad-cores…

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