Athlon II X2 245 - 2,9 GHz, cache L2 2 MB, socket AM3 Expert Reviews

Today, AMD is announcing not one, but two new exciting 45nm dual-cores! First, they are introducing the first-ever Athlon II processor. To top that off they are releasing a Phenom II X2 550 Processor that runs at 3.1GHz with a massive 6MB of shared L3 ...

The AMD Athlon II X2 250 and Phenom II X2 550 are two 45nm dual-core processors that pack a powerful punch for those looking for a mainstream PC

The latest CPUs from AMD are "cacheless" quad cores. Well, technically they still have the highly important L1 and L2 caches in each core, but instead lose the uniform L3 cache that sits in the CPU "uncore" area, along with the memory controller

We really find it difficult to recommend the Athlon II X4 to anyone because it has very few redeeming features. Its very high power use for the minimal transistor count is strange and confusing: why is there the need to throw at hefty 1.4V through the ...

AMD recently introduced two 45nm dual-core processors, the Athlon II X2 250 and the Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition. Both deliver impressive performance at a great value. The 3.1GHz Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition is positioned as AMD's fastest dual ...

AMD already has similarly-clocked Athlon X2 processors in its line-up, but the current crop of chips use more power and are built using a 65nm process, which makes them more expensive to produce. The Athlon II X2 250's native dual-core design and 45nm ...

breathes the AMD CPU Athlon sales hit new life. The test of the Athlon X2 II 250 clarifies whether the success story ...

But times have changed. Ten years later, the successor to AMD Athlon II significantly cheaper to throw the market: The first and currently the only Athlon-II model, the 3-GHz CPU AMD Athlon X2 II 250, is available from 75 euros to have

AMD offers with the new Athlon X2 II II 250 and Phenom X2 Black Edition 550 new entry-level CPUs for Socket AM3 on. The dual-core processors for under 100 euros more expensive call Core 2 Duo Intel

Online retailer lists the Athlon X2 II 250 for about 80 euros. The Phenom X2 II 550 Black Edition is designed for approximately 90 euros (as at 15.06.09). The cheapest Core 2 Duo E7200 or E7300 is available for 100 Euro. Both the Athlon X2 II 250 and the...

AMD with the new II phénomène a nice product. He is pretty fast, is a DDR3 controller in itself and for overklokker enough reserve. Until recently, the series only and triple and quad core models. From now begin, however, AMD dual-core processors on the s

+ Vlot + Good overclocking DDR3 + availability + Upgrade friendly

- Almost as expensive as the faster phénomène II X2 550 - no L3 cache memory

AMD has done it again. The Athlon X2 250 II is a wonderfully smooth with a fine processor overclocking potential. Although the processor like the X2 II phénomène easy enough to Intel's dominance to the check, we can not ignore that the Athlon X2 II bu