Processor ?

[Dean Humphrey]

Has anyone built and system or bought a pre-built (Dell HP etc) with the AMD Phenom II X4 910 Processor. I can't seem to find a lot of information about it and I'm considering this in an HP I'm looking at.
Thanks

[tim]

They're meant to be good value processors, not as fast as an i920 but a decent performer, better than the core2duo and some core2quad processors. Check out toms hardware for general Phenom reviews, don't worry about the exact model number so much.

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=amd+phenon+910+review

[basroil]

They're meant to be good value processors, not as fast as an i920 but a decent performer, better than the core2duo and some core2quad processors. Check out toms hardware for general Phenom reviews, don't worry about the exact model number so much.

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=amd+phenon+910+review

Odd, similarly priced processors compared ($195 q6600 and $190 phenom ii 940 (3.2gh)), the phenom is faster by 5%, but the 910 is 400mh slower and probably about the same level as the q8200.

Has anyone built and system or bought a pre-built (Dell HP etc) with the AMD Phenom II X4 910 Processor. I can't seem to find a lot of information about it and I'm considering this in an HP I'm looking at.
Thanks
If you are going AMD route, at least try to get the 940 or better, or get a quad core intel. The price difference from what I've seen is maybe $50, and 940 will prove much better. Though unless you got it for well under 750 (including a cheap monitor), you can probably find better specs for better prices.

[mishnogram]

I did some research on an upgrade path to my computer and Toms Hardware along with some other websites seem to indicate that clock speed is the most important factor for PP'ing so seems like something like the intel E8600 processor would be a great choice specially if you have the patience to learn to overclock. I'm cheap so I might try that route as my upgrade path.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-q3-2008/Photoshop-CS-3,826.html

[tim]

I did some research on an upgrade path to my computer and Toms Hardware along with some other websites seem to indicate that clock speed is the most important factor for PP'ing so seems like something like the intel E8600 processor would be a great choice specially if you have the patience to learn to overclock. I'm cheap so I might try that route as my upgrade path.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-q3-2008/Photoshop-CS-3,826.html

Remember that's interactive editing with heavy use of filters. Not many photographers use photoshop like that, most use Lightroom or Bridge for editing in ACR and batch conversion. Converting RAW to JPEG flies with multiple cores.

[Moppie]

The Toms Hardware Photoshops tests are DEEPLY flawed.
They use very old filters that have not changed in ps since last century, that make very, very little use of the CPU.


You will get better performance from a Q8200 or Q6600 if you can still find one.
Ideally get something like Q9550 which is only a $100 more.