AMD Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition: dual-core Phenom at the ready

[Shintai]

Power consumption is just plain bad, and I mean seriously very very bad

And performance...not exactly good either. 80$ segment.

[Rammsteiner]

Power consumption is just plain bad, and I mean seriously very very bad

And performance...not exactly good either. 80$ segment.

What do you expect from a 77 Euro CPU

IMO it's pretty nice. Nice toy in general, cheap and K10 architecture. But to be honest it's a tad late to introduce them.

However power consumption is indeed something to work on, but you can still mess around a bit with P-states and CnQ if you want it to consume less, that can make a big difference really

[Shintai]

What do you expect from a 77 Euro CPU

IMO it's pretty nice. Nice toy in general, cheap and K10 architecture. But to be honest it's a tad late to introduce them.

However power consumption is indeed something to work on, but you can still mess around a bit with P-states and CnQ if you want it to consume less, that can make a big difference really

The issue was that AMD competes so badly as they do atm.

And are you sure they didnt use CnQ?

The systems were configured in exactly the same way as during our performance tests. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep and Cool’n’Quiet 2.0 power-saving technologies were activated. The CPUs were loaded using Prime95 25.8 utility.

The 7750 is an utter joke honestly. 36W more idle and 78W more loaded than the E5300. Or about 30W more both idle and load than the X2 6000. Not exactly cheap in the long run is it?

Not really sure if its an upgrade or downgrade vs the 6000....

[Rammsteiner]

The issue was that AMD competes so badly as they do atm.

And are you sure they didnt use CnQ?



The 7750 is an utter joke honestly. 36W more idle and 78W more loaded than the E5300. Or about 30W more both idle and load than the X2 6000. Not exactly cheap in the long run is it?

Not really sure if its an upgrade or downgrade vs the 6000....

Why do you think I said 'mess' around with CnQ and P-states. Enabling it isnt 'messing'.

And from my pov any K10 is worth it over K8 really. As said, it aint a killer CPU, but for the money and regarding the K10 architecture, it's definately a nice toy.

If you care about power, then get a Via or something

[Nedjo]

Not exactly cheap in the long run is it?

pfff come one... this is desktop CPU for home machines, and price of power consumption for that kind of system is laughable!