Difference between these two?

[rcsavageboy]

Newegg.com - AMD Phenom 9850 2.5GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops
and
Newegg.com - AMD Phenom 9850 2.5GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor - Processors - Desktops

Also, are there any better AMD processors out atm? Thanks in advance.

 

[1337_JohnN]

lol, I wouldn't gwt the black version, because of the rating, and it's AWHOLE DOLLAR MORE!! xD

The Denab is gonna come out, and it's going to be waayyy better.

 

[Hussein19891]

John is right, its why I m using my X2 until Deneb is released.

 

[1337_JohnN]

^^^ I'm always right!!

But the i7 is better, and it's from Intel..

 

[rcsavageboy]

I just searched it and it says released dates are Jan and Mar for different models. is this correct? if so ill buy a new processor then.

 

[Hussein19891]

Core i7 is 60% faster then the Phenom 9950.

 

[1337_JohnN]

And Denab is slower?

 

[Hussein19891]

Deneb will be around $300 upon release. But AMD has a way of dropping pricing on their chips real quickly. So eventually it should be cheaper then the Core i7.

Deneb will NOT outperform the Core i7's. But Deneb unlike Core i7's will be able to use both DDR3 ram and DDR2 ram. So when DDR3 ram is more affordable you'd only require a AM3 motherboard and some DDR3 ram.

 

[1337_JohnN]

By then, DDR3 RAM will be as cheap as today's 800MHz RAM, because I remember not too long ago, 800MHz RAM kits were in the hundreds.

 

[Hussein19891]

That's the point, the Deneb will give great performance for those who currently have AM2 boards. Which means they don't have to worry about new boards and ram until they go down in price.

Oh and when they finally do pick up a decent AM3 board and DDR3 ram. All they do is take their Deneb and drop it right into their new board.