AMD Launches Phenom II - Fastest AMD CPU Yet

AMD officially launches the Phenom II processor.  Their first 45nm processor lagging behind Intel.  There’s good reason why AMD is so behind though.  The acquisition of ATI took a while to absorb and now they finally have the resources put together, they can focus on moving forward.  The new Phenom II’s are poised to match up between Intel’s Core 2 Quad and Core i7 processors.  PC Worldreports more details regarding the performance vs. Intel’s counterparts and states that Intel still holds the performance crown.  AMD will have to focus on a price war against Intel’s new Core i7.  Most likely the Phenom II’s will be around 15-25% cheaper than Core i7 Counterparts.  I’m sure AMD will release a faster 2nd revision of the Phenom II during Q3-Q4 of 2009.