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

[STaRGaZeR]

I could ask the exact same thing, why is i7 better than C2Q while it uses more power and doesnt offer a lot more in gaming?

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=3453&p=3

[Mr.BSEL]

One reason for the huge power consumption vs the e5200 is the 790fx chipset its using vs the e5200 p45 chipset.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...0_3.html#sect0

[Frodin]

One reason for the huge power consumption vs the e5200 is the 790fx chipset its using vs the e5200 p45 chipset.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...0_3.html#sect0

The AMD chipsets are very power efficient, the 790FX uses around 10w, so it has to be something else.

[Rammsteiner]

Because it does not use more power on a system level and on most other things it is a lot faster?

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=3453&p=3

That ain't a C2Q by my knowledge, that's on a server based platform.

This however is, from your same link different page

Dont get me wrong, i7 looks damn nice. But funny how we crap about power consumption on K10 X2 while it seems to be allright for i7 while actually the i7 doesnt offer a lot regarding gaming.

[Shintai]

That ain't a C2Q by my knowledge, that's on a server based platform.

This however is, from your same link different page

Dont get me wrong, i7 looks damn nice. But funny how we crap about power consumption on K10 X2 while it seems to be allright for i7 while actually the i7 doesnt offer a lot regarding gaming.

Gee...

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=3453&p=3



Overall FASTER and LESS POWER CONSUMPTION.

[STaRGaZeR]

That ain't a C2Q by my knowledge, that's on a server based platform.

This however is, from your same link different page

Dont get me wrong, i7 looks damn nice. But funny how we crap about power consumption on K10 X2 while it seems to be allright for i7 while actually the i7 doesnt offer a lot regarding gaming.

Server platform? It's a C2Extreme QX9770 vs a Corei7Extreme 965, and C2Quad Q9450 vs a Corei7 920

You can clearly see that at "low" frequencies Nehalem is not so power efficient when gaming, but stop right there. If you use anything other than games and/or you cranck up the frequency, well you see the result. The problem with Phenom (X2, X3 and X4) is that it underperforms in almost everything, and Corei7 underperforms in almost nothing, both compared to Penryn.

And yes, I crap about Nehalem's power efficiency in games at 2,66GHz, why not. I'm not a fanboy, remember? However I'm not going to use it only in games or at 2,66GHz so...