AMD Athlon II X2 250 and Phenom II X2 550 Processors Performance Overclocking Unlocking core Secrets Review

Athlon is Back!! Long Live Athlon II X2

What doesn't look right with this picture?

Could it be?  Did AMD really inject the old Athlon series with new life?!?!  Damn right they did!

With the new processor series come new marketing logos, so here are the fancy new logos for each respective series. These will be used on retail boxes and for promotional ads, so get used to seeing them for some time.

AMD Phenom II X3 720 BE and Phenom II X4 810 Processors Performance Unlocking core Secrets Review

AMD Socket AM3 Processors Arrive - X3 720 BE & X4 810

Last month during the Consumer Electronics Show, AMD announced their new 45nm desktop processors with the launch of the Phenom II series. The series consisted of Phenom II X4 940 and Phenom II X4 920 processors. In our review of the Phenom II X4 940 processor we saw that the new 45nm processors looked much improved from both a performance and overclocking stand point. AMD cannot pose a threat to the Intel Core i7 processor series with Phenom II, but they can compete with them when it comes to the price of the processor and the overall final price of the platform in its entirety.