AMD Phenom X4 9850 (2.5GHz)

Reviews of the AMD Phenom X4 9850 (2.5GHz)

• 6.7

  CNET Review

  March 26, 2008

  The Good: Unlocked multiplier allows overclocking; required motherboard offers minor gaming benefit; slightly faster MP3 encoding than Intel.

  The Bad: Poor overall bang for the buck at this price; faster competing chip from Intel is also overclockable.

  The Bottom Line: AMD's new Phenom X4 9850 is overpriced and outclassed compared with its Intel-based quad-core competition. If PC vendors can use this chip to make cheap systems (as they did with older Phenoms), we might have nicer things to say, but as a DIY part at this price, we can't recommend AMD's latest quad-core CPU.

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• 9.9

  alaTest.com

  By alaTest | December 4, 2008

  Review Summary: Experts rate this product 65/100 and users 76/100. Comparing these reviews to 29530 other Processors & Motherboards reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 99/100 = Excellent.

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• No Rating

  itreviews.co.uk

  Review Summary: The revised X4 Phenom is a marked improvement over the original quad-core processor but it has lost out in the speed stakes compared to Intel's processors. The likeliest market is the gamer who is determined to run CrossFire graphics on an AMD chipset, bu

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• 8.0

  techradar.com

  Review Summary: So, hardly a silicon superstar and AMD remains conspicuously absent from fashionable high-end parties, but smart pricing makes this the most desirable Phenom to date

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• 7.0

  custompc.co.uk

  By Clive Webster | June 17, 2008

  Review Summary: The Phenom X4 9850 is what AMD's Phenom should have been when it first launched in December 2007. The new 'X4' suffix...

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