Testseek.com have collected 32 expert reviews of the AMD Phenom X4 9850 2.5GHz Socket AM2+ and the average rating is 72%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Phenom X4 9850 2.5GHz Socket AM2+.
April 2008
(72%)
32 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
The Phenom X4 9850 is AMDs most powerful desktop processor to date. Due to the processors higher clock speed and revised silicon that eliminates the TLB errata, the Phenom X4 9850 is measurably faster than all of AMDs previously released Phenom pr...
Unlocked multiplier allows overclocking; required motherboard offers minor gaming benefit; slightly faster MP3 encoding than Intel.
Poor overall bang for the buck at this price; faster competing chip from Intel is also overclockable.
AMDs new Phenom X4 9850 is overpriced and outclassed compared with its Intel-based quad-core competition. If PC vendors can use this chip to make cheap systems (as they did with older Phenoms), we might have nicer things to say, but as a DIY part at t...
