AMD Phenom X3: One too little or one too much?

[Chierin]

The AMD Phenom X2 was announced quite some time ago but still hasn't seen the light of day; instead we were greeted by the X3 Phenom, a new breed of processor, first in the market to offer a Triplecore solution. This CPU is priced lower than AMD's own X4 and Intel Core 2 Duo series. In our review today we test the Phenom X3 8450 and compare it to an AMD X4 and Intel C2D.

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[MasterAlex]

Not quite sure I like those tests, at least they admitted that the games were only one thread.

[slugbug]

Not sure why they even bothered releasing a triple core.

[werty316]

I guess AMD need to offload their failed Phenom X4 chips somehow

[bobletman]

Agreed the tri core was a complete failure.