AMD Phenom II X6 1055T review

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Verdict:

A better deal than the faster 1090T, and a reasonable choice for those upgrading, but Intel quad-core chips are both quicker and cheaper.

Review Date: 27 May 2010

Price when reviewed: £160

Supplier: http://www.aria.co.uk

Reviewed By: Seth Barton

Our Rating 4 stars out of 5

Basic Specifications
Part Code	HDT55TFBGRBOX
Review Date	27 May 2010
Processor core	Thuban
Rating
Processor clock speed	2.8GHz
Processor socket	AM3
Processor process	45nm
Processor number of cores	six
Processor supported instructions	N/A
Processor multiplier	x14
Processor external bus	200MHz (2GHz HyperTransport)
Level 1 cache	6x 128KB
Level 2 cache	6x 512KB
Processor level 3 cache	6MB
Supported memory type	DDR2 667/800, DDR3 800/1066/1333
Processor power rating (TDP)	125W
Price	£160
Supplier	http://www.aria.co.uk
Details	www.amd.com

Performance
Shopper 2.0 Image-Editing	104
Shopper 2.0 Video-Editing	124
Shopper 2.0 Multitasking	101
Shopper 2.0 Overall	113
Call of Duty 4 1680 4xAA	57.4fps

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User comments

Software needed

The thought occurs that to make the most of six core chips you need software capable of utilising them to their maximum potential. I would like to see a review that uses Windows' Task Manager to look at how the Performance is balanced across the cores. Perhaps the six cores aren't using the extra two as efficiently as they could be.

By CeltiKaos on 1 Jun 2010