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hothardware.com - 11/20/2008

AMD Sneak Peeks Phenom II, Overclocks To 5+GHz

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We’ve been spending some quality time with the folks at AMD today in sunny Austin, TX. The team here has been giving us a run-down on their upcoming Phenom II processor along with the enthusiast platform they’re calling “Dragon”. In short, the Dragon platform is a combination of an AMD Phenom II ...

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pcper.com - 11/20/2008

5 GHZ+ Phenom II Overclock on Dry Ice

— pcper.com — Today AMD was showing off its upcoming desktop Phenom II processor to a handful of journalists, and... one of the main topics of the presentation is the "headroom" that AMD is building into the Phenom II processor. As we all know, the Phenom II will be ... (more) 5 GHZ+ Phenom II Overclock on Dry Ice

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legitreviews.com - 11/20/2008

AMD Phenom II X4 Processor Breaks 5GHz on LN2

— legitreviews.com — AMD recently invited some key members of the press down to their Austin, Texas headquarters to take... a look at Phenom II. This processor has been known under the code name ‘Deneb’ for many months now, but Phenom II is what the processor will be ... (more) AMD Phenom II X4 Processor Breaks 5GHz on LN2

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overclockersclub.com - 11/22/2008

AMD Phenom II, Dragon Platform, and Stream Technology

— overclockersclub.com — AMD Austin Campus: This past Thursday, OverclockersClub.com was one of a small group of press and testers... who were invited to a Tech Day at AMD's Austin, TX campus for some upcoming hardware and software that will be gracing us in the next few months. ... (more) AMD Phenom II, Dragon Platform, and Stream Technology

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Radeon HD 4870

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• JustJosh

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  That is a tremendous overclock, but why bother? Most people are never going to be able to reach that. It is nice to see that they can overclock that far though.

  Posted 11/21/2008 respond (flag)

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Maximum PC — ... Phenom II, otherwise known as Deneb. The official launch for Phenom's second act won't take place until January, 2009, but AMD recently invited several members of the press to its Austin, Texas headquarters to see the upcoming chip in action. While there, attendees watched as AMD demoed Phenom II being overclocked on a variety of cooling solutions, including air, water, phase change refrigeration, and the mother of them all, Liquid Nitrogen. According to HotHardware, the Phenom II X4 danced around 4GHz at 1.55V on air with 32C temps, 4GHz+ at 1.6V on water with a 39C core ...