I wouldn't really call that a recommendation for Phenom II. It sounds more like what Intel can do to make it look like a less competitive chip.
I wouldn't really call that a recommendation for Phenom II. It sounds more like what Intel can do to make it look like a less competitive chip.
For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.
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You know it's gotta be good if Anand likes it.Originally Posted by YukonTrooper
The thing is, you can get a Phenom II 920 as a combo deal with 790GX for $294 right now. That is a great crossfire board with incredible onboard video to boot. Intel is going to have to do some HARDCORE price slashing to compete with that value...
Asus G73- i7-740QM, Mobility 5870, 6Gb DDR3-1333, OCZ Vertex II 90Gb
IoC mentioned that the production parts had minor improvements from the ES parts - Anandtech seems to confirn that.You know it's gotta be good if Anand likes it.
In fact, the latest retail steppings that AMD displayed this past week showed significant improvements in overclocking headroom compared to the press samples we utilized. Our 940 topped out at 3.9GHz, which is not bad, but after reviewing AMD’s results and seeing some early retail numbers on the forums, the expectation level for air-cooling is now set to the 4.1GHz range with the 920 hitting 3.8~3.9GHz on the right motherboard.
I've something weird, running the stresstest of AMD overdrive my Phenom II core temp goes to 63 degrees celsius and settles there. Much higher then in the reviews... also my motherboard reports a 55 degrees celsius temperature(which is measured the old fashion way. All at idle and on C&Q it's about 38...
Is my HSF mounted wrong, are their numbers incorrect or am I just crazy?
My CPU cooler is the Freezer Extreme. Not a bad cooler by any means...
Start with remounting heatsink and if that doesn't work try using an other program to read temps and possibly look at BIOS rev for your motherboard.
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