How does the product rating system work

ikesmasher · Nov 26, 2012

Just clicked on a phenom II x4 965 black edition, and some thing under the con tab were "hasent caught up to a core i7" and "lacks the performance of high end intel parts."

I find these incredibly stupid to have listed under an $80 processor..do individual users post them or is it a reviewer?

Matthew · Nov 26, 2012

I assume you're talking about the chip's Product Finder page. The score and pros/cons are aggregated from other tech site reviews (you'll see a list at the bottom of the page). It may seem unfair to compare the chip with Intel's Core i7 series today, but when those reviews were written, the 965 was priced around $250.

ikesmasher · Nov 26, 2012

And how much did the i7 cost?
I guess that makes more sense...but seriously how much did the i7 cost at that time...

Julio Franco · Nov 26, 2012

Ratings are simple averages, like Matt said however you must take timing under account.

If you read the first review on the list (by TechSpot, dated September 2009!) you will see the competition of that AMD processor at the time of release was the Core i5 750 (cheaper) and a couple of Core i7s that were $35 more than the Phenom X4.

ikesmasher · Nov 26, 2012

Ah ok, I never expected it would have costed that much in the first place. But thanks

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