First time AMD in a long time

[elmor]

I got the opportunity to test the new PII 955 and I figured it was time to try AMD again after a few years of Intel-dominance. Also I needed to get some more LN2-benching done so I did some quick preparations. I had a nice start with my PSU giving up on me so I had to disamble my WS and use it's Corsair HX620 so I could bench some 2D + easy 3D atleast.

Big thanks to AMD (Firefly) and ASUS for providing hardware, and KTH for LN2 and lab space.

Rig specs

AMD Phenom II 955
ASUS M4A79 Deluxe
2x1GB Crucial Ballistix D9GMH
ASUS HD4870X2
Corsair HX620

Cooling as usual the F1EE and all mounted on Dimastech Benchtable

Results

I noticed pretty quickly that compared to results I've seen this cpu is mediocre but still the purpose of this session for me was to get to know the AMD platform again.

By clocking one core a bit higher than the others I was able to get a decent SPI1M (atleast using Vista and DDR2) at 6120MHz, the other cores at 5920MHz.



I also did a quick 06 with the single 4870X2, with dual cards it would've been somewhere around 34K.



The rig:








I didn't have time for any more this session but maybe next one with a better PSU (not that the Corsair is anything near bad) and dual gfx along with some 03+05+06 benching and the results should be a bit more exciting. It was really a blast benching this platform compared to the constant pains of the i7

[Oliver]

great work Jon , glad to see some action from your side

looking forward to the next session

keep pushing it

[gaidin]

nice 5.8G 3D benchable...could be time I gave an AMD system another go too, its been a long time

[fubarswe]

.., "constant pains of i7" :-) .., always good with a lil change, nice work m8! .., but I think pain will come back.. :-)

[blind_ripper]

amd is so easy and relaxing to bench .
nice work elmor.

[gaidin]

amd is so easy and relaxing to bench .
nice work elmor.

especially with no cold bug!

[jagass]

Nice job man...

[Lastviking]

Gj Elmor! , next time also try WinXp and W7 64bits, W7 64bits works great for me(losing some points in 3dmark but i dont lose any mhz from WinXp)

[NiNe_iZe]

Nice work, Elmor

you just -17 ํC only all ?

[fatguy1992]

Nice work, Elmor

you just -17 ํC only all ?

No its -170C

[SoF]

nice to see ya back on AMD - nice 1st session. I am looking forward for more

[Mechromancer]

It was really a blast benching this platform compared to the constant pains of the i7

LOL, Phenom feels smoother!

[elmor]

great work Jon , glad to see some action from your side

looking forward to the next session

keep pushing it

Thanks, next will be some older Phenom II 940 benching due to a competition here in Sweden with the AMD Dragon platform.

nice 5.8G 3D benchable...could be time I gave an AMD system another go too, its been a long time

5.8 is ok, need 6.2+ though to compete with certain others

.., "constant pains of i7" :-) .., always good with a lil change, nice work m8! .., but I think pain will come back.. :-)

Thanks, I have that feeling aswell, hehe.

amd is so easy and relaxing to bench .
nice work elmor.

Thanks, it's really too easy

Nice job man...

Thank you

Gj Elmor! , next time also try WinXp and W7 64bits, W7 64bits works great for me(losing some points in 3dmark but i dont lose any mhz from WinXp)

Thanks, the reason I was using Vista was to bench CFX but as my PSU broke down I could only run one card.

Nice work, Elmor

you just -17 ํC only all ?

-170*C yeah, that was the coldest I could get with LN2.

nice to see ya back on AMD - nice 1st session. I am looking forward for more

Thanks

[SF3D]

Very nice Jon! You really have to start practicing for Taiwan

-170 is a temp probe error. You need to find the correct probe, which will show you the correct Celsius value.

[ILikeCosmosS]

i thinking i can squeeze about 4.6ghz on water maybe

[k|ngp|n]

Nice work elmor