AMD Platform: 785G (Gigabyte MA785GMT-UD2H)
The AMD 785G chipset is AMD’s latest mainstream desktop core logic with integrated graphics. Don Woligroski reviewed it almost half a year ago, and it’s been a popular choice for HTPC setups and multimedia PCs, largely because mainstream AMD processors and their compatible motherboards are so much cheaper than Intel-based equivalents. One AMD advantage is that its advanced graphics core supports DirectX 10.1, which Intel still doesn’t.
We used Gigabyte’s MA785GMT-UD2H motherboard, based on the 785G and SB710 chipset. The southbridge offers five internal SATA/300 ports with basic RAID support (no RAID 5) and one eSATA port for external storage. There’s still one UltraATA/133 channel, which can be handy for keeping optical or IDE-based hard drives afloat. Gigabyte adds HD Audio support, a FireWire 1394a controller with one installed port, gigabit networking, and the full line of differentiating features, including DualBIOS and UltraDurable 3 technology. This entails using extra copper to reduce resistance and increase signal quality. All AMD processors with up to a 140W TDP are supported through five-phase voltage regulation.
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I'm still trying to figure out why you're comparing a new $196 intel chip against sup $100 AMD offerings?
@ reidd105
The only answer I have now is to make Intel win on all fronts.
I spent time yesterday writing a comment, pointing out how in Anandtech's review of the Athlon 435, they found the 240e actually uses 10 watts more power versus the 605e. The 605e can be had for around $170 and might beat the i5-661 in some video and 3d rendering tasks.
I logged on this morning to check to see if anyone else had posted, to find that the link from the home page brings be here and the comments are missing. Below is a slightly different link to the older article.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/inte [...] 31772.html
Can someone from Toms please answer why this is going on?
intels turbo boost + built in gpu + hyperthreading vs not oced black edition cpu + northbridge = unfair battle?
i5-661 - 200$
core 2 duo E8600 - 280$
H55 mobo ~ 100$
phenomII X2 550 - 100$
athlon x2 240e -
QUOTE: "The Core i5-661 is a unique model from Intel with the family's fastest graphics clock. Its HD Graphics unit runs at 900 MHz, as opposed to the 733 MHz found on all other Core i3/i5 processors. Other than that, there are no differences between the models."
Actualy there are, see: http://download.intel.com/design/p [...] 322911.pdf page 16.
Beside the difference in graphics speed the 661 has none of the advanced hardware virtualisation technologies that the other i5's do have.
For some that might not make any difference but it might be something to keep in mind when choosing between the i5's
I don't understand how the performance of the Clarkdale is so much faster than the Wolfdales in this article but is about the same speed in clock for clock in other test articles such as the ones on anandtech and xbitlabs. Particularly look at the gaming fps. It is not consistent at all.