Reviewers Liked
- Socket AM2+ design enables upgrade path for Athlon X2 users
- Inexpensive for a quad-core CPU
- Independent memory controller simplifies overclocking
- Low-power-usage motherboard chipset
- "True" quad-core design handles data efficiently
- Rich feature set and potentially good tweaking capability
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Slower performance with comparably priced Intel Core 2 Quad chips
- SSE4a multimedia instructions incompatible with Intels SSE4 instructions
- Erratum in first chip models slows operations
- Next-gen Intel quad core due out soon could further the performance gap
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