AMD's Phenom Processor - Beyond Erratum 298

What we did was to try to get an idea of where AMD’s Phenom CPU could be placed in the current CPU landscape. Initially, we didn’t have very high hopes, especially after reading some of the early reviews. Then we started digging and, to be sure, Phenom is not a diamond in the rough, but it turned out to be better than what we anticipated.
What it boils down to is that there is a tremendous potential embedded in Phenom that does not come into play with the existing software infrastructure. Particularly single threaded games are a lost cause and unfortunately, this is still the standard of the industry. UnrealTournament3 in this respect is a milestone also for the gaming industry and there are other games to follow in the same footsteps that employ more artificial intelligence and PhysX effects, which will cause most dual core processors to choke. But then, there is also the problem of the GPU limitations. Well… as long as nVidia still has high end cards ….