Faster Athlon II Processor New Set
This Tuesday, AMD have announced their new faster Athlon II processor set. This speed improvement is possible by stepping up its server parts clock speed so that the price and power consumption didn’t have to change.
This new faster processor set of Athlon II have X4 640 at 3.0GHz clock speed with 95 watt power consumption as their top processor in the line with the price of $122. CRN Test Center did an Athlon II X4 640 benchmark test and the result stated that this new AMD processor are slightly behind their Intel Quad Core processor competitior.
AMD also launched their new Quad Core X4 610e that is a 45 watt version of X4 640. AMD 610e have 2.4GHz clock speed and sold at $143. AMD Tri-Core processor line also have two addition, the AMD Athlon II X3 445 that run on 3.1 GHz and 95 watt with the price of $87 and AMD X3 415e with 2.5 GHz speed and 45 watt with the price of $102.
In the AMD Dual Core group, we welcome the 3.2GHz Athlon II X2 260 and 2.9GHz X2 245e that will hit the market with the price around $77.
This new models of AMD processor said to work well in their 800-series chipsets motherboards. Owners of motherboard with 785GX chipset can still use this models. This is some list of motherboards that supports this new processor: Asus M4A89GTD-Pro, Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H and MSI’s 890FXA-GD70 and 890GX-GD65 models. Asus M4A89GTD-Pro, Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H and MSI’s 890FXA-GD70 and 890GX-GD65 models Asus M4A785TD-M EVO, Gigabyte GA-MA785PGMT-UD2H and MSI 785GM-E65 motherboards.
All the new Athlon II processors are compatible with the AM3 and AM2+ 938-pin socket. The company also announced price cuts on some its other parts, including the Athlon II X4 635, which now becomes AMD’s sub-$100 quad-core
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