Two Cores at a Low Cost: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ CPU Review
Date: 2006-8-12
[Abstract]
The launch of Intel Core 2 Duo processors provoked significant changes in the processor market. In response to Intel's launch AMD dropped the prices of its dual-core processors and henc...
As we know from the previous tests, the gaming applications are quite sensitive to the size of single-core processor cache memory. In case of dual-core CPUs, this rule remains active. So, Athlon 64 X2 3600+ is on average 3%-5% behind Athlon 64 X2 3800+ in games. However, this performance difference is very unlikely to scare away potential AMD Athlon 64 X2 buyers.