AMD launches Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition
Athlon X2 7850 will launch tomorrow, together with Radeon HD 4770 graphics card, and once again, AMD will have a great price, tailored for the current economy.
At 2.8GHz, the Athlon X2 7850 BE inches ahead of the 2.7 GHz Athlon X2 7750 launched in December of last year. Beyond the 100 MHz bump in clock speed, however, these chips are essentially the same. That's not necessary a bad thing, though. Clock-for-clock, the new Kuma based dual cores from AMD are much faster than the outgoing Brisbane core, thanks in part to the improved architecture, level 3 cache, and the addition of new instruction sets.
With a price tag of only $69, the Athlon X2 7850 will compete directly with Intel's Pentium Dual Core line-up. However, its excellent price/performance ratio could pose a threat to the Core 2 Duo family as well. That said, today's review will focus not only on performance, but also on value. Even in good economic times this is a top concern of most consumers, and in today's market it's even more important, particularly when you consider the steep prices of high-end quad core systems.
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