AMD Phenom II 920 & 940 Full Review

[GoriLLakoS]

Hello guys

We made a full review comparing everywhere(almost everywhere) the new AMD Phenom II 920 Vs AMD Phenom II 940 Vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Vs Intel Core i7 920 Vs Intel Core i7 940…

It is in Greek but with a google translate you will read everything 90% clear taking out a synopsis If you cannot again take out the meaning, the flash-charts are "speaking" by themselves

I am attaching some posts so you can see most of the things here

EDIT : Flash Charts are not working in the forum

The review is here (on the left you can see the pages with the tests )

Happy Reading

[bowman]

The review comments on Hyper-Threading on or off, but the charts say Turbo Mode on or off. What's the case? I'm assuming Turbo Mode by the results, just checking.

[Warboy]

Here is a translated version.

[Caveman787]

It would make more sense to test hyperthreading on/off instead of turbo.

10,000 ram....thats to fast for ddr2 and there isn't any ddr3 of that speed. That comes to 1,250mhz.

[Tiridum]

i hate to say it, cause it is an awesome review, but why havent you compared it against the 9950?

[GoriLLakoS]

Turbo Mode is when the multiplier is +1 on the i7 920 and i940.
On the charts when it is off it means that the cpus are default and when on is with this mode on

[ownage]

If thats a full review, then where are the media encoding benchmarks?
So far Phenom2 looks disappointing in my eyes.

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

Just flipping through and looking at the charts, the Phenom II is on the same level as a q6600 OC'd to those specs (2.8 and 3.0 ghz)?

I still like the idea of buying one but AMD still needs to catch up. This is what AMD needed 18 months ago. At least its now worth considering an AMD based PC if the prices are very competitive. A q6600 for cheaper would be a better deal.

[safan80]

thanks for confirming i7 rocks.

I like the winrar test.

[Kai Robinson]

Looks like i'm staying with Intel again....come on AMD, start releasing something thats not crap :/

[demonkevy666]

they used the foxconn destroyer why?
when the AMD sb750 are still cheaper, also higher clocks too.

and also used an Nv 260 gtx... :/

[safan80]

Looks like i'm staying with Intel again....come on AMD, start releasing something thats not crap :/

That would require them to get their head out of the sand, and I don't think that is possible at the moment.

[OverClocker_gr]

The review comments on Hyper-Threading on or off, but the charts say Turbo Mode on or off. What's the case? I'm assuming Turbo Mode by the results, just checking.

The comments its not actual relative to the charts

It would make more sense to test hyperthreading on/off instead of turbo.

10,000 ram....thats to fast for ddr2 and there isn't any ddr3 of that speed. That comes to 1,250mhz.

HT on i7 cpus is by default ON.On the other side turbo mode is not always ON .

There is a clock to clock comparison in progress between @3100 deneb,bloomfield,yorkfield and kentsfiled in which we have HT ON/ HT OFF.
We hope the next 2-3 days it will be done.
Mem were running @ 1066 wich is the biggest divider @ phenom 2

i hate to say it, cause it is an awesome review, but why havent you compared it against the 9950?

We didn't have a 9950BE

If thats a full review, then where are the media encoding benchmarks?
So far Phenom2 looks disappointing in my eyes.

you re right but our time was limited to run these tests to.

[safan80]

they used the foxconn destroyer why?
when the AMD sb750 are still cheaper, also higher clocks too.

and also used an Nv 260 gtx... :/

cmon it was an all stock test and AMD failed.

[.Tret]

not very comprehensive of a review. more like an extended preview

[Dagalidis]

I think is time for me to go back on AMD....
I dont care about i7 scores.
I need a cheap and fast solution and AMD is what i need right now.

[Zucker2k]

Bam! I hate to be right, but it's streaking in, 18 months late, and it looks like Kentsfield does have the potential to do some serious ass-kicking! Man, unbelievable! Would be interesting to see how the spin teams handle this one.

[OverClocker_gr]

they used the foxconn destroyer why?
when the AMD sb750 are still cheaper, also higher clocks too.

and also used an Nv 260 gtx... :/

why?
Whats wrong with the destroyer and 260GTX(216SP)?
We have also Asus M3A79T but the destroyer is much better board.
At tests i ve done they have exactly the same performance.

Just flipping through and looking at the charts, the Phenom II is on the same level as a q6600 OC'd to those specs (2.8 and 3.0 ghz)?

Q6600 was at defaults(2.4G)

[demonkevy666]

cmon it was an all stock test and AMD failed.

$204 destroyer vs $156 A79A and $204 4850 vs 260 gtx $289

anyways I was thinking about the dragon platform, for price.

you don't see any benchmarks with phenom in SLI/ Tri sli anywhere I hope we'll see some with phenom II though.

[Sly Fox]

Q6600 was at defaults(2.4G)

I think he's extrapolating the performance with simple math, not thinking the Q6600 was OC'd.

I could be entirely wrong though, just seemed that way.

[safan80]

Bam! I hate to be right, but it's streaking in, 18 months late, and it looks like Kentsfield does have the potential to do some serious ass-kicking! Man, unbelievable! Would be interesting to see how the spin teams handle this one.

They can't handle it and they won't handle it.

thanks to your sig I almost forgot about the doctor who christmas special.

[azraeel101]

I only care about the winrar and gaming tests since the synthetic benchmarks are completely useless to me, and what amused me was how at 1280*1024 the i7 pwns but at 1680*1050 they choke and PhenomII/Q9550 take the lead.. I mean, who gonna spend a load of money on a i7 platform and game at 1280*1024??

[OverClocker_gr]

I think he's extrapolating the performance with simple math, not thinking the Q6600 was OC'd.

I could be entirely wrong though, just seemed that way.

ok,
yes,at some benches phenom was close(over or under) to q6600 @ defaults.

[OverClocker_gr]

I only care about the winrar and gaming tests since the synthetic benchmarks are completely useless to me, and what amused me was how at 1280*1024 the i7 pwns but at 1680*1050 they choke and PhenomII/Q9550 take the lead.. I mean, who gonna spend a load of money on a i7 platform and game at 1280*1024??

indeed,this was very weird,so i switch to another mobo,vga and cpu because i thought that something was wrong.
Nothing changed at the performance.

[Tiridum]

I only care about the winrar and gaming tests since the synthetic benchmarks are completely useless to me, and what amused me was how at 1280*1024 the i7 pwns but at 1680*1050 they choke and PhenomII/Q9550 take the lead.. I mean, who gonna spend a load of money on a i7 platform and game at 1280*1024??

yeah that was quite funny, but it is prolly because of the HT
thats a big disandvantage of HT, in some scenarios it rocks, in others not, but you cannot simply switch it on or off depending on the task you are doing at the moment, so you always have a tradeback