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AMD Phenom II X4 940 Review Round-up
I4U News —
... multi-core technology that automatically provides processing power where its needed most during multitasking among demanding applications. Offering frequencies up to 3.0 GHz with significant headroom for overclocking, AMD Phenom II CPUs give consumers the power to use their favorite productivity, HD gaming and multimedia applications without skipping a beat. If this is true can be found out in the AMD Phenom II X4 940 reviews below. AMD Phenom II X4 940 Review Round-up: Hothardware ...
Phenom II X4 Reviewed
techPowerUp! —
... AMD's flagship desktop CPU. With four processing cores clocked at 3.00 GHz, it embeds 2 MB L2 and 6 MB of L3 cache. Based on the AM2+ socket, it supports the DDR2-1066 standard. This processor is especially overclocker friendly with its unlocked FSB multiplier and the overall positive response from the reviewers on its overclocking headroom. Here are some of the reviews at:
bit-tech | Elite Bastards | ExtremeTech | [H] Enthusiast | Hexus | HotHardware | NeoSeeker | TechReport | TweakTown | The ...
CES 2009: AMD releases Phenom II X4 and Dragon desktop platform
TG Daily - Hardware News —
... and HotHardware.com indicate that at idle the CPU throttles down to 800 MHz and 0.992 volts with Cool'n'Quiet 3.0, resulting in a CPU energy consumption of 10.3 watts for 940, 10.0 watts for 920, and a platform energy consumption of 113.4 and 112.5 watts, respectively - which is currently "best in class" platform-wise. Under heavy loads power consumption increases to 93.3 and 87.9 watts for CPU alone, and 204.8 and 199.4 watts for 940 and 920, respectively, which is only bested by Phenom X4 9350's 127.7 watts and Intel's Core 2 Quad Q6600 (which Intel discontinued ...
Hardware Round-Up - (08/01/09)
DriverHeaven.net —
... Motherboards
MSI's DKA790GX Platinum motherboard @ Tech report
Processors
AMD's Phenom II processors reviewed @ Tech Report
AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition Review @ Club Overclocker
Enter The Dragon: AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ Hothardware
AMD Phenom II X4 940 Processor Review @ Legit-Reviews
Misc
I-Star T5F-SS Hot-Swap Hard Drive Bay Review @ OC Modshop ...
AMD finally launches Phenom II and its Dragon desktop platform
Engadget —
... all of which should combine for low power consumption -- up to 40 percent compared to Phenom processors. Where the Phenom II definitely wins is the fact that some AMD folks will be able to drop in the chip to existing motherboards, but otherwise it looks like value hounds and performance junkies aren't being served by this new chip -- at least until unreasonable overclocking activities make all the pain go away. Read - AMD PR Read - PC World review Read - HotHardware review Filed under: Desktops AMD finally launches Phenom II ...
AMD officially releases Phenom II and Dragon desktop platform
Hardware 2.0 —
... reviews are somewhat understated. The main advantage of the Phenom II seems to be that you can drop them into any 125W TDP Phenom compatible motherboard, whereas Intel’s i7 means a whole new platform. My guess is that over the next 12 months AMD will release more Phenom II parts with faster clock speeds. ...
Hardware Roundup: AMD Phenom II X4 Edition
Overclockers Club news Feed —
... is slated to release in 2009. The Phenom II X4 will be part of the Dragon enthusiast platform consisting of a 790GX chipset motherboard and an AMD/ATI HD 4800-series videocard. While the chipset and videocard components of the platform are familiar to users by now, the CPU component is new so read on to found out what the Phenom II X4 processors can do.
AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ OCC
AMD Phenom II Arrives – 45nm Deneb and Dragon Platform @ TweakTown
Enter The Dragon: AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ HotHardware
AMD Phenom II X4 ...
Enter The Dragon: AMD Phenom II X4 940 Review
Tech Lime —
AMD has been fighting an uphill battle on two fronts for the last few years. For a time, fierce competition from NVIDIA, coupled with some of their own problems executing, put the ATI graphics division in a deep hole. And ever since the introduction of the original Core 2 processors, and more recently the Core i7, AMD’s processor division has fallen well behind Intel in terms of overall performance.
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Page 2 - The Amd Dragon Platform
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Friday Sampler
PureOverclock.com —
To kick start your weekend, we have quite a bit of exciting news from around the tech world, guaranteed to satisfy your appetite! Graphics Cards: -Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 TOXIC 1GB @ Elite Bastards -Gainwards GeForce GTX 295 @ TweakTown Processors, Motherboards and Chipsets: -AMD Phenom II: striking back with a vengeance? @ Hexus -AMD Phenom II Arrives 45nm Deneb and Dragon Platform @ TweakTown -Enter The Dragon: AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ HotHardware -Unleash the dragon - AMD Phenom II X4 920 @ Elite Bastards -AMD's Phenom II processors @ ...
AMD Phenom II X4 810 and X3 720 BE Processors
HotHardware.com Article Rss Feed —
... Last month, AMD launched the Phenom II X4 processor line-up, and with it ushered in the first desktop processors built using the company's 45nm process node. While the first two Phenom II processors to arrive, the 3.0GHz X4 940 and 2.8GHz 920 , were clearly superior to previous Phenoms in terms of performance and power efficiency, and they remain the two most powerful processors in AMD's product stack today, they did not exploit all of the capabilities offered by their newly tweaked, and redesigned cores. You see, the AMD Phenom II X4 940 and X4 920 were designed for the ...
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200S and Q9550S 65W CPUs
HotHardware.com Article Rss Feed —
... it only covers the high end of the market at this time, and a new Core i7 capable platform can be a bit on the pricey side. This means the aging but trusty Core 2 line-up still has a place in Intel's front-line battle plans. AMD's recent release of the refined Phenom II processor line has put quite a bit of pressure on Intel's Core i7 plans. While Phenom II can't compete toe-to-toe with Core i7 in pure performance, it's certainly very competitive when it comes to overall value, as we found out in our evaluation recently. However, in terms of performance for your dollar, Core ...
