DAWN OF WAR 2

NORMAL QUALITY

AMD ATHLON II X3 455 AMD ATHLON II X2 265

DRAGON AGE ORIGINS

NORMAL QUALITY

AMD ATHLON II X3 455 AMD ATHLON II X2 265

FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "It was an interesting result for the AMD Athlon II X3 455 and AMD Athlon II X2 265 which clearly shows the advantage of having more than 2 Cores which is especially important with Games. The AMD Athlon II X3 455 is 14% more expensive than the AMD Athlon II X2 265 and we wanted to find out if the AMD Athlon II X4 455 was worth the extra money. The Power Requirement for the AMD Athlon II X3 455 is 5% less than the AMD Athlon II X2 265 at Idle and 11% more at Load so in that respect the AMD Athlon II X2 265 is slightly cheaper to run. For General Use the AMD Athlon II X3 455 is 23% faster than the AMD Athlon II X2 265 which is important for general performance. For Games the AMD Athlon II X3 455 is an impressive 25% faster than the AMD Athlon II X2 265 which will only get bigger with new games which will require more cores. The AMD Athlon II X2 265 is fairly cheap and it can be purchased 14% cheaper than the AMD Athlon X3 455 which makes it good value for money providing you just want a cheap processor for general computer use which doesn't involve too many games."

AMD ATHLON II X3 455 SCORES 10/10!

AMD ATHLON II X2 265 SCORES 8/10!