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We Overclock Phenom II to 4.9GHz
We Overclock Phenom II to 4.9GHz
As you know, Tom's Hardware organized it's Overdrive overclocking finals in Paris over the weekend, bringing in teams from all over the world. The competitors benched and tweaked Intel's new Core i7 platform and achieved some significant scores and frequencies. But along side Core i7, ...
AMD Phenom II processor bought, benchmarked, coveted
AMD Phenom II processor bought, benchmarked, coveted
engadget.com — AMD, a company not exactly known for meeting its own deadlines , seemed to be trying to... avoid news of painful delays for the Phenom II by simply not letting anyone say when the thing would be available. Now the chip is apparently in the hands of ... (more) AMD Phenom II processor bought, benchmarked, coveted
 Phenom II to be available next week
Phenom II to be available next week
fudzilla.com — Image For distributors We have learned that Phenom II will be available in last days of 2008,... but only to distributors. A few sources have confirmed that distributors will start selling Phenom II 940 at 3GHz and Phenom II 920 at 2.8GHz in week 53, the ... (more) Phenom II to be available next week
AMD Phenom II Performance Uplift - VR-Zone.com: News and Reviews
AMD Phenom II Performance Uplift - VR-Zone.com: News and Reviews
vr-zone.com — This slide shows the key areas of improvements for 45nm Phenom II over 65nm Phenom such as... more IPC, higher frequency, more cache, and DDR3 support. There is a 5% cache uplift on the cache architecture and a 3% uplift on the core architecture. With ... (more) AMD Phenom II Performance Uplift - VR-Zone.com: News and ...
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Phenom II Overclocked to 4.9Ghz at Overdrive
Maximum PC — ... a Phenom II being overclocked on a variety of cooling solutions culminating with a 5GHz run using LN2, and now end-users putting the Phenom II's overclocking prowess to the test are seeing similar results . During Tom's Hardware's Overdrive overclocking finals in Paris, teams from all over the world competed for the highest scores using Intel's Core i7 platform, but AMD's Phenom II also made an appearance. With the help of one of the competitors, the news and review site took the 940 Phenom X4 BE II from its stock 3GHz frequency up to 4.957GHz using a Gigabyte motherboard and ...

AMD Phenom II reaches just 4957MHz on LN2
DV Hardware — ... Last month AMD amazed us by overclocking a LN2 cooled Phenom II to 6GHz at a press event, but a new report from Tom's Hardware indicates the retail parts may not be that spectacular. The site received a Phenom II test sample and the highest they could overclock the chip with LN2 was 4957MHz: Although AMD says nearly 6 GHz is achievable on the new Phenom II, we were not able to attain that frequency. However, with the helpof Jmax, we managed to reach 4,957 MHz. Remember however, that the 940 Phenom X4 BE II, is running at 3 GHz ...

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