New Athlon II and Phenom II processors
July 10 2009 Categorized Under: Desktop Computers Tags; amd, amd athlon ii, amd cpu, amd phenom ii, athlon, athlon ii, cpu, phenom, phenom ii No Commented
AMD is known for its high speed and creative processors and they are gain back with a bang. They continue to provide good range of processors and are biggest competitors of Intel. On 1st June AMD came up and announced two new dual core chips, one the AMD Athlon II X2 250 and second the Phenom II X2 550 Black edition processor which is the faster dual core CPU from AMD peaking to 3.1 Ghz. With Phenon II added to the collection, the dragon platform now boasts of dual, tri and quad core CPU’s. Some people already find the Athlon II X2 250 as the coolest running CPU in a long time if not the best of all times.
When combined with AMD chipsets and integrated graphic solution, the AMD Athlon II X2 250 performs exceptionally well by forming an all AMD platform and giving the best performance. It is found that the platforms featuring all AMD-Technology can deliver double the graphics performance as compared to those with Intel integrated graphics. Windows 7 has been optimized for multi core processors like the AMD Athlon II processors and this helps consumers get an amazingly simple but fast and engaging experience of using their Personal computer. For example the AMD Power now! 3.0, the power management feature, Windows 7 has been tuned to make the most of such new processors’ power management features. OEM’s and partners can now build exceptionally cool, green and quiet PCs by making use of AMD power management technologies along with Windows 7.
Going by the AMD’s acclaimed 45 nm process technology, the AMD Athlon II dual core processor comes with a TDP of 65 W and can help you a lot by slashing power consumption by around 50% while doing simple and basic tasks, It can help you save on power consumption up to 40% when running heavy loads and 50% when it is in idle mode. These processors give best output at low power and suitable for all portable computers and digital diaries.
The maximum potential of the Dragon platform technology’s unmatched and unprecedented performance tuning capabilities can be taken control of and unleashed using the AMD Black edition processors, like the AMD Phenom II X2 250. You can get the same massive head room that set the world records a few months back at your finger tips. It offers strong and impressive performance that any other competition cannot match at the same price. Users looking for maximizing their overclocking experience can do so by utilizing the capabilities and new features of AMD overdrive 3.0 which has been designed specifically to enable quick and effective tuning of the PC experience and to get optimal performance.
With dual, tri, and quad core processors, AMD provides platform level solutions at different price points and it definitely exceeds the expectations for almost each and every user. AMD processors are already facing tough competition with Intel atom and hope these processors can help them to get good reputation in market.