AM3 Chips Arrive
By Craig Lloyd on Feb 9th, 2009 at 11:44PM
AMD has released five new chips to add to its Phenom II family, including the only 45nm tri-core CPU and three new quad-core chips. They happen to fit in either AM2+ or AM3 sockets and support DDR2 or DDR3 memory. Very diverse I must say.
The new lineup includes the 2.6GHz Phenom II X4 for $175, the 2.8GHz Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition at $145, and the 2.6GHz Phenom II X3 710 for $125. AMD’s two other new chips: the 2.6GHz Phenom II X4 910 and the 2.5GHz Phenom II X4 805 are only available in OEM and pricing has not been released as of yet.
What does this mean for the CPU market? The war is heating up once again, which is great news for consumers. Intel has held the podium ever since the Core 2 series was released. Will AMD take over anytime soon?
See that’s why I love AMD…backwards compatibility.
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