AMD launches Phenom II and its Dragon desktop platform

Jan 8th, 2009 | By Rosh PR | Category: Processor, Technology

AMD’s 45nm, quad-core Phenom II has finally arrived. It’s available in two flavors, the 2.8GHz X4 920 and the 3.0GHz X4 940 Black Edition, going for $235 and $275, respectively. AMD’s naturally touting the ostensible cost savings of the chips — they’re supposed to split the difference between Intel’s Core 2 Quad and Core i7 processor — but in reality they seems to trail Intel’s offerings pretty soundly on the price / performance curve. The accompanying Dragon platform includes a Phenom II proc, 4800-series Radeon HD graphics and a 790-series motherboard, all of which should combine for low power consumption — up to 40 percent compared to Phenom processors.

[Via engadget]

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