Overclocking AMD PhenomTM II Processors to the Limit
PC speed-freaks from across Europe will be pushing their processors to the limit in a series of extreme overclocking trials over the next month. The trials, which have been organised by AMD (NYSE:AMD), will see forum users from 19 leading technology forums from across the continent compete in [...]
AMD is advising its customers and partners that its CPUs are great stuff for the price and we can back up such a claim. The Phenom II X4 955 is selling for $245, which is a great price for quad core at 3.2GHz. On top of it, this CPU overclocks to over 4GHz on air [...]
AMD’s 45nm, quad-core Phenom II has finally arrived. It’s available in two flavors, the 2.8GHz X4 920 and the 3.0GHz X4 940 Black Edition, going for $235 and $275, respectively. AMD’s naturally touting the ostensible cost savings of the chips . The Dragon platform includes a Phenom II proc, 4800-series Radeon HD graphics and a [...]
In the this document, AMD also unveiled the multimedia performance of Phenom II including iTunes and Mainconcept.
Intel platform features DP35DP motherboard, and AMD platform utilizes MSI K9A2 Platinum. The testing platforms both use HD3870 Graphic cards, Corsair CM2X1024-8500C5 1GX2 and Western Digital 1500ADFD.
Remark: the primary frequency of Intel Core 2 Quad 9400 is 2.66GHz, that [...]
AMD demoed its upcoming 45-nanometer “Deneb” desktop chips — now confirmed as Phenom II — for reviewers in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, and reports are in that AMD overclockers were able to achieve clock speeds north of 6 GHz on the second-generation quad-core devices.
AMDs Taylor said the Phenom II demos conducted Thursday were done on [...]
