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Wyverex · Sep 21, 2010, 07:10 AM

What I'd like to see is a bump in Northbridge speed, as it's been reported that it increases performance in many cases, especially in applications that are not optimized for many cores.
Had this CPU been 3.5 GHz CPU freq / 2.2 GHz Northbridge freq, it would've been an ever better CPU performance-wise and it would've been more competitive with Intel's offerings.

This way, I'll have to agree with "meh"

Processor:	Phenom II X3 720 BE @ 3.36 GHz
Motherboard:	Gigabyte MA790X-UD4
Cooling:	Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro
Memory:	Corsair XMS2, 2x2 GB DDR2, 960 MHz, CL5
Video Card:	Sapphire Radeon HD4870, 512 MB
Hard Disk:	Caviar Black 500 GB & Caviar Green 1 TB
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell U2311H (23'' IPS)
Case:	Gigabyte GZ-X5
PSU:	Corsair VX550
Software:	Win 7 Pro 64-bit

Sep 21, 2010, 07:10 AM	#6
Wyverex Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Zagreb, Croatia Posts: 251 (0.19/day) Thanks: 53 Thanked 83 Times in 65 Posts System Specs	What I'd like to see is a bump in Northbridge speed, as it's been reported that it increases performance in many cases, especially in applications that are not optimized for many cores. Had this CPU been 3.5 GHz CPU freq / 2.2 GHz Northbridge freq, it would've been an ever better CPU performance-wise and it would've been more competitive with Intel's offerings. This way, I'll have to agree with "meh"