AMD Phenom Articles

[Capper]

AMD Phenom Black Edition parts are just now hitting the streets and we should see them on retail shelves very soon. We get our hands on one and take it for a quick spin so you guys will know what to expect from the unlocked Phenom.

[H] Enthusiast - AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition Overclocking

We are ready to share with you our extensive benchmarking results of the real quad-core AMD processors from the new Phenom family that were officially announced on November 19, 2007. Our article includes detailed performance analysis for Phenom 9500, 9600, 9700, 9900 and an overclocked CPU running at 3.0GHz frequency.

X-bit labs - Phenom CPU: Christmas Gift from AMD

When AMD was briefing the media about Phenom at their launch event they mentioned that a fix was in the works for one of the hundreds of erratums that the Phenom processor has. All processors have glitches and they are documented and given a erratum number. As time goes on many of these get fixed with BIOS updates and whole new CPU steppings. This is normal and the way AMD and Intel have developed and updated processors for decades.

Legit Reviews - AMD Phenom TLB Patch Benchmarked and Explained

We have been following the story of a chip-level problem in AMD's quad-core Opteron and Phenom processors all week. This bug—CPU makers prefer to call them errata—can cause system hangs in specific, rare circumstances. This sort of obscure problem is not really uncommon in microprocessors, but CPU makers are often able to fix them on the fly with little impact to the end user. This particular erratum is especially unfortunate because the fix for it involves sacrificing a substantial amount of performance.

Phenom TLB patch benchmarked - The Tech Report

[screwballl]

I don't feel like reading, what should my opinion be on them?

[gvblake22]

I think If I had to make a quick summary of Phenom it would be:

Good, but not good enough. If you are a die hard AMD fanboy and have to have a quad core setup, Phenom is your only choice. Until AMD can ramp up speeds or lower prices, there is a better Core 2 alternative at nearly every pricepoint.