AMD Phenom II Review Thread

[Lightman]

Is there a review that looked into if C'n'Q is still broken and detrimental for performance?

Anadtech did quick and dirty test and C'n'Q 3.0 is fixed. They increased p-states from 2 on Ph I to 4 on Ph II and also now multi changes on all cores simultaneously (like on Intel). On top of that there is SmartFetch or whatever they call it copying L1 and L2 to L3 allowing cores to halt clock when not in use (BIOS support required). BTW new lowest p-State on desktop Phenoms II is now 800MHz 1.0V and together with SmartSomething enabled they measured just 8W idle power draw.