Phenom 2 X4 940 Evaluated |
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Phenom 2 X4 940 Evaluated |
 Jan 8 2009, 01:43 AM
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 Will Fold 4 Food  Posts: 6,106 Joined: 10-May 04 From: Franklin, TN Member No.: 10,039  |
OCC reviews the newest 45nm processor from AMD - the Phenom II X4 940 - http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/phenomii940/
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Jan 8 2009, 04:08 AM
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Certified Geek Posts: 1,229 Joined: 22-October 07 From: Texas, USA Member No.: 26,699 |
not iimpressed
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Jan 8 2009, 06:17 AM
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 Free yourself from yourself Posts: 2,262 Joined: 29-April 08 From: Texas Member No.: 32,050 |
Great review
 When you said you wanted to keep an open mind on it, not get your hopes up yet not underestimate it, I think that's how alot of us felt. Good to see AMD did something right with this generation.
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Jan 8 2009, 06:19 AM
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 Forum Wars - OCC Captain Posts: 2,940 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Quebec, Canada Member No.: 31,336 |
Let's see if there will be any performance improvement with an AM3 board
Edit: But so far it seems very interesting. A performant option for cheap price They just need a bit more voltage to get to the announced 6GHz... Scores began to appear on Hwbot.org. Check this one, apparently he only needed 1.8V to get to 5GHz. Alan what's their VID? This post has been edited by The Smith: Jan 8 2009, 06:32 AM -------------------- Socket 1366 OC competition - 3DMark Competition - AMD Overclocking Competition - OCC IRC (channel #OCC)   QUOTE (IVIYTH0S @ Sep 13 2009, 02:55 AM)  I did honestly believe there would be a 5870x8. |
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Jan 8 2009, 07:00 AM
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 Philosophy begins in wonder. Posts: 2,898 Joined: 18-February 06 From: Yorktown, VA Member No.: 32,176 |
Pretty good bang for your buck, no?
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Jan 8 2009, 09:10 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 22-November 08 Member No.: 64,993 |
Ok I want. Now to convince the hubby its a good buy and find a fair priced mobo.
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Jan 8 2009, 09:13 AM
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Ordered mine this morning off NewEgg. Was glad to see on AMD's website that the chips are rated to run between .8 and 1.5 Volts, as that's what we've been seeing is needed for 3.8-4.2 GHz OC's.
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Jan 8 2009, 09:28 AM
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 Did everything just taste purple for a second? Posts: 7,026 Joined: 24-October 04 From: Lansing, MI Member No.: 13,138 |
Very nice review! I like the way you broke down the prices of the board and chip to show AMD's real selling point here. When you figure in the price of DDR3 to the i7 side, the difference will be even more obvious! It's really cool to see AMD stepping back up to the plate. My next upgrade will be a long time out still, but I like the idea of considering both AMD and Intel. I haven't done that in a long time
I'm curious though. You said that they're working on a DDR3 option for these chips? Looking at your screenshots, it looks like the base FSB for these is still 200mhz. Is that right? I know I rant about memory speeds a lot, but it hardly seems beneficial to run DDR3 at those speeds. --------------------  [E7400 Gaming]~[Q6600 Burning]~[Opt148 Wife's]~[3200+ HTPC1]~[3500+ HTPC2] "Thank you for helping us help you help us all." |
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Jan 8 2009, 09:46 AM
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Member Posts: 410 Joined: 29-December 08 Member No.: 65,598 |
Well, all AMD processors use a reference bus of 200 mhz. It's different than the FSB technology Core 2 uses.
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Jan 8 2009, 09:58 AM
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Did everything just taste purple for a second? Posts: 7,026 Joined: 24-October 04 From: Lansing, MI Member No.: 13,138 |
QUOTE (Baulten @ Jan 8 2009, 12:46 PM) Well, all AMD processors use a reference bus of 200 mhz. It's different than the FSB technology Core 2 uses. Yeah, I know that AMD and Intel use different memory bus styles. My question is what is the stock memory speed on a 1:1 ratio for these new AMD chips? To me, it looks like 200mhz, and if that's the case even the slowest DDR3 (1066, by my count) would just be mega-super overkill. -------------------- [E7400 Gaming]~[Q6600 Burning]~[Opt148 Wife's]~[3200+ HTPC1]~[3500+ HTPC2] "Thank you for helping us help you help us all." |
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Jan 8 2009, 10:36 AM
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 Audio Nut  Posts: 6,677 Joined: 14-February 04 From: Clemson U. Member No.: 8,484 |
QUOTE (Verran @ Jan 8 2009, 05:58 PM) My question is what is the stock memory speed on a 1:1 ratio for these new AMD chips? Well, with the way the memory controller works there really isn't a 1:1 ratio. 1:1 would be DDR2-400 and I can't imagine you ever cranking the reference so high you'd need to use it.Even the new i7 uses a 133 MHz reference bus.
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Jan 8 2009, 10:12 PM
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 Member Posts: 332 Joined: 26-October 08 From: London, ON Member No.: 64,574 |
It's great to see the new Phenom II's did so well for such a low price, I really hope this pressures Intel into lowering their prices on the i7's
I can't wait to see the benches with tri-channel DDR3! |
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