In other words, a 2.3GHz Phenom 9600 will set you back at least $283 and it's slower than a 2.4Ghz Core 2 Quad Q6600, which will only cost you $269. The problem is, and I hate to ruin the surprise here, Phenom isn't faster than Intel's Core 2 Quad clock for clock. Then there's the pricing at 2.2GHz the Phenom 9500 will set you back $251, and at 2.3GHz you'd have to part with $283 (that extra 100MHz is pricey but tastes oh so good). A week ago the story was 2.4GHz and lower, then a few days ago we got the final launch frequencies: 2.2GHz and 2.3GHz. The Long Road to PhenomĮver wonder why we didn't have an early look at Phenom like we did for every Core 2 processor before the embargo lifted? Not only are CPUs scarce, but AMD itself didn't really know what would be launching until the last moment.Īt first Phenom was going to launch at either 2.8GHz or 2.6GHz then we got word that it would be either 2.6GHz or 2.4GHz. If you need a refresher, we suggest heading back to our older articles on the topic.
#Amd phenom 9500 agena upgrade#
This is an evolutionary upgrade to K8 and we've already dedicated many pages to explaining exactly what's new. The architecture remains mostly unchanged from what we've reported on in the past. Phenom today is going to be all quad-core only, you'll see dual and triple-core parts in 2008 but for now this is what we get. These chips are launching today, with availability promised by the end of the week. At the last minute, plans solidified, and we received our first Socket-AM2+ motherboard, with our first official Phenom sample. We were beginning to worry, and for a while there it seemed like Phenom wouldn't even come out this year. The closer we got to Phenom's official launch however, the quieter AMD got. The successor to K8, AMD's most successful micro-architecture to date, and the cornerstone of AMD's desktop microprocessor business for 2008: Phenom is here.īut shouldn't there be fireworks? Where's the catchy title? The Star Wars references were bound to continue right? Why were there no benchmarks before today, why are the next several pages going to be such a surprise?ĪMD had been doing such a great job of opening the kimono as its employees liked to say, giving us a great amount of detail on Barcelona, Phenom and even the company's plans for 2008 - 2009. It's surreal isn't it? Is this how you pictured it? With forty-three days left in the year, AMD is finally letting us publish benchmarks of its long awaited Phenom microprocessor.
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