AMD Turion 64 X2 Performance Preview

Get a socket change, a new dual-channel DDR2 memory controller, double the processing cores, improved power management and you have a recipe for the new Turion 64 X2 processor. HardwareZone takes MSI’s S271 Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology pre-evaluation notebook for a quick spin:

From the rather small pool of results gathered, the AMD Turion 64 X2 processor seems to garner very positive results. When you take into consideration that what we had time to hands-on was a mere TL-52 processor model and not the top of the line version, I’m sure you can take a guess of what the top performing model has in store and we are very eager to find that out when the possibility arises.

As long as the Turion 64 X2 lives up to it TDP spec and manages power even better than its predecessor, we are pretty sure that the processor combined with the forthcoming mobile platform update from NVIDIA and ATI can really propel AMD’s Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology into strong consumer favor.

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