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AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core 2.2 GHz CPU
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cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3 star(s) AMD Phenom 9500 / 2.2 GHz processor

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Review Verdict: AMD's new Phenom quad-core CPU has little to recommend it over competing chips from Intel. The Phenom is marginally less expensive, but not enough to make up for its subpar performance. Unless AMD drops prices more aggressively, it looks like Intel w

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Pros: "True" quad-core design handles data efficiently; cheaper than competing Intel quad-core chips.
Cons: Not fast enough to justify the price savings compared to Intel's chips; next-gen Intel quad-core due out soon could further the performance gap.
pcauthority.com.au Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.35 star(s) AMD Phenom 9500

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A world first on the desktop, Phenom is good but a long way from outstanding.

Review Verdict: Phenom now gains 128-bit floating-point registers and also introduces SSE4 streaming instruction extensions. The bad news is that it's actually a different SSE4 €" dubbed SSE4a €" than the one Intel has introduced with Penryn, and the two aren't...

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cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3 star(s) AMD Phenom 9500 (2.2GHz, OEM) review

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Review Verdict: Our benchmarks tell the rest of the story.

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Pros: True" quad-core design handles data efficiently ; cheaper than competing Intel quad-core chips ;
Cons: Not fast enough to justify the price savings compared to Intel's chips ; next-gen Intel quad-core due out soon could further the performance gap ;
zdnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3 star(s) AMD Phenom 9500 / 2.2 GHz processor

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For raw performance, AMD's Athlon 64 X2 chips have lingered behind their Intel Core 2 Duo counterparts all year. Only aggressive pricing from AMD kept its old dual-core CPUs in systems and on store shelves. According to our testing, AMD will have to work

Review Verdict: AMD's new Phenom quad-core CPU has little to recommend it over competing chips from Intel. The Phenom is marginally less expensive, but not enough to make up for its subpar performance. Unless AMD drops prices more aggressively, it looks like Intel will m

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Pros: True" quad-core design handles data efficiently ; cheaper than competing Intel quad-core chips ;
Cons: Not fast enough to justify the price savings compared to Intel's chips ; next-gen Intel quad-core due out soon could further the performance gap ;
alaTest.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4.5 star(s) Review summary of AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition - 2,3 GHz, Cache L1 128 Kb, L2 2 Mb, L3 2 Mb, Socket AM2+

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 18 reviews of AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition - 2,3 GHz, Cache L1 128 Kb, L2 2 Mb, L3 2 Mb, Socket AM2+ from international magazines and websites.

Review Verdict: Experts rate this product 61/100 and users 85/100. Comparing these reviews to 36672 other Processors & Motherboards reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 90/100 = Excellent.

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