AMD Athlon II X4 640/X2 260 Processors and the MSI 890GXM-G65 Motherboard Review

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This past week AMD released six new Athlon II processors featuring dual,

triple, and quad cores. I was able to get a hold of the Athlon II X2 260

and Athlon II X4 640 and put them through their paces. I was also able to

fully review the MSI 890GXM-G65 with these processors, and have come to the

happy conclusion that it makes for a very good match.

 

URL: http://pcper.com/article.php?aid=920

 

Quote: "AMD is milking the Athlon II processors for all they are worth,

and it is helping AMD to keep afloat in the face of a very aggressive and

competent Intel. While the Phenom II processors are faster, they are more

expensive to produce. The Athlon II takes all the experience learned from

manufacturing the larger, more complex Phenom IIs and puts it into a

compact package that sells for a low price, yet performs nearly as good as

anything else out there."

 

Thanks for a post!

 

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Ryan Shrout

PC Perspective