Testseek.com have collected 28 expert reviews of the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6GHz Socket AM2 and the average rating is 76%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6GHz Socket AM2.
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The editors liked
Excellent utilization of DDR-2 SDRAM
Decreased memory power consumption and heat production
Extremely fast and reliable
In-chip virtualization support
Decreased CPU core voltage and heat production
Faster than Intels current fastest
More expensive desktop CPU
Beats even AMDs more expensive FX-60 chips on some tests.
Priced Competitively
Dual Channel DDR2800
Lower Power and Heat Specs
Solid performance across the board
Virtualization support
Lower cost than the FX-62.
The editors didn't like
Expensive (as are all highend CPUs)
Requires new motherboard and memory
Intels new
Potentially faster CPUs are right around the corner.
Abstract: While CPU architectures are typically available for years, AMD and Intel tend to offer improved steppings throughout a products lifecycle. We look at the history of the Athlon 64 X2 5000, complete with lab tests.
Abstract: Typical roundup materials devoted to CPU tests are normally biased towards two extremes. As a rule, on the moment of release of new chips they test and compare top-end models, while putting an emphasis at value chips in the "off-season". As regards the...
Abstract: In this article well review another two AMD Socket AM2 processors: Athlon 64 X2 5000+ and Athlon 64 X2 4800+. These are rather interesting because the former has performance rating higher by 200 points due to its 2.6GHz clock rate versus 2.4GHz clock ...
Our testing showed that when gaming at high resolutions the limiting factor is not the processor, but is actually the graphics card. This was shown to be true in three out of the six games that we benchmarked. We used the ATI Radeon X1900XTX graphics...
Faster than Intels current fastest, more expensive desktop CPU; beats even AMDs more expensive FX-60 chips on some tests.
Requires new motherboard and memory; Intels new, potentially faster CPUs are right around the corner.
AMDs new high-end dual-core CPU offers plenty of bang for the buck, outpacing Intels Pentium 965 Extreme Edition, which costs $200 more. Sounds like a good deal, but wait to see what Intels next-gen Core 2 Duo chips have to offer when they debut lat...
AMD has once again moved in the right direction with the release of AM2 with support for DDR2. While the performance gains are not as staggering as they were with the release of the Athlon, or the Athlon 64, they are still noticeable. Overall the conv...
Excellent utilization of DDR-2 SDRAM, Decreased memory power consumption and heat production, Extremely fast and reliable, In-chip virtualization support, Decreased CPU core voltage and heat production
Expensive (as are all highend CPUs)
AMD has done what we feel to be an outstanding job with the introduction of their socket AM2 lineup. The X2 5000+ we reviewed today completely surprised us from the standpoint of how well it performs, particularly in the realm of memory related benchm...
This round shows the gap between Intel and AMD taking a wider gap in favor of AMD for the first time; to be candid the FX62 was a smoking gun as an out of box product. AMD has really made advancements the past year with new faster CPUs and better chips...
