Test Phenom II X4 AM3

[chew*]

Well the fact that its total cache is 8MB on top of that it is DDR3 on top of that its AM3 and if it was 2.4Ghz "Really" it would have already launched as a part of the PhII 8xx range.

If it is a new part of the 9xx range how does it posses such a high multiplier

Also the voltage seems to be very good for a low end 2.4Ghz part.

940 BE has a high multi, 720 be has a high multi.....all es chips have unlocked multis........even chips that were destined to be LE 1200's....

[ajaidev]

This cooler already touched many generation of AMD

You make that sound so so naughty Reminds me of Michal Jackson's parody from some show.

I think I even tossed that on some 754 chips at one point......before that was 462 and my thermalright and alpha pal......alpha pal was better at not chipping cores. That and the home made waterchiller.

What about 939 ?? lol

[chew*]

You make that sound so so naughty Reminds me of Michal Jackson's parody from some show.



What about 939 ?? lol

O yah but he knows I used that on 939, most of the time I was on phase or water though, the TTBT just binned all my chips.

Here's the same ES chip stock volts as you seemed curious. Max mine could prime without touching any voltage.

[Dumo]

I think I even tossed that on some 754 chips at one point......before that was 462 and my thermalright and alpha pal......alpha pal was better at not chipping cores. That and the home made waterchiller.

Still have that Alpha Pal
Palomino/t'bred core breaker if not careful...

[chew*]

I see a nice DI pot candidate better not leave it at my house by accident

some oldies I still have lying around that you didn't see when you were here.

[_d_]

can't wait

[imamage]

Its not 950/955. Its an ES chip.

It can go stable @ 3.6Ghz with stock Vcore, which any good retail 940 able to do it

Rig:
M4T deluxe / 2X1gb Diablo 2000 / Zippy 1200W

Dual Channe lDDR3 @ 1T ?! Nice RAM you got there

[HondaGuy]

Write up on Dumo : http://techreport.com/discussions.x/16583

'Phenom II X4 955' sample surfaces, is overclocked to 4GHz

Dumo from the XtremeSystems Forums shows the 955 engineering sample running at the stock 3.2GHz speed with a 1.25V voltage setting. At 1.45V with air cooling, the poster claims he was able to hit a cool 4GHz by pushing the HyperTransport speed from 200 to 250MHz—and he even has a screenshot to prove it. That screenshot shows Dumo also overclocked his memory to 1666MHz, which netted over 11GB/s of read bandwidth according to a Lavalys Everest benchmark.

The Phenom II X4 955 exists, and it's a pretty nice overclocker. At least, that's the impression you might get after reading a thread at the XtremeSystems Forums, in which a member has posted CPU-Z screenshots of the unannounced AMD processor running overclocked in the Windows 7 beta.

As you might remember, we last wrote about this purported Phenom II X4 955 two weeks ago. Back then, word was that the 3.2GHz quad-core CPU would hit stores in April, and that it would be a Socket AM3 part with a 125W thermal envelope and support for DDR3-1333 memory. That chip was also said to be a replacement for a 3.1GHz Phenom II X4 950, which AMD supposedly canceled because of better-than-expected yields.

[chew*]

Write up on Dumo : http://techreport.com/discussions.x/16583

'Phenom II X4 955' sample surfaces, is overclocked to 4GHz

Dumo from the XtremeSystems Forums shows the 955 engineering sample running at the stock 3.2GHz speed with a 1.25V voltage setting. At 1.45V with air cooling, the poster claims he was able to hit a cool 4GHz by pushing the HyperTransport speed from 200 to 250MHz—and he even has a screenshot to prove it. That screenshot shows Dumo also overclocked his memory to 1666MHz, which netted over 11GB/s of read bandwidth according to a Lavalys Everest benchmark.

The Phenom II X4 955 exists, and it's a pretty nice overclocker. At least, that's the impression you might get after reading a thread at the XtremeSystems Forums, in which a member has posted CPU-Z screenshots of the unannounced AMD processor running overclocked in the Windows 7 beta.

As you might remember, we last wrote about this purported Phenom II X4 955 two weeks ago. Back then, word was that the 3.2GHz quad-core CPU would hit stores in April, and that it would be a Socket AM3 part with a 125W thermal envelope and support for DDR3-1333 memory. That chip was also said to be a replacement for a 3.1GHz Phenom II X4 950, which AMD supposedly canceled because of better-than-expected yields.

Nice Dumo

They just lost some credibility though ( tech report ) sometimes misinformation is worse than none at all.

[msimax]

[Mechromancer]

I was about to comment on the fact that XS posts are deemed so important, they are shared with the world community on internationally known sites like Tech Report. Seems a lot of people have high expectations of AMD's next CPUs.

[Dumo]

The fact is this cpu or upcoming AMD retail will be good. I believe in that

[chew*]

/\ +1

[ajaidev]

The fact is this cpu or upcoming AMD retail will be good. I believe in that

I also agree. The CPU market sucks now a days in retail at least. AMD has its canon's placed in the dead center market there is where most money is anyways. Most people tend to buy a affordable processor with performance rather than only performance. Also on top of these OEM's also seems to like the PhII so that can only mean good things for the old green.

I really don't know what people do buying processors like the i965, etc. If you are a enthuse you should be able to OC a i920 to reach near i965 performance. Not only Intel even some highly priced AMD FX processors were similar in the "who gives a crap about money" category .

[mngdew]

Its not 950/955. Its an ES chip.

It can go stable @ 3.6Ghz with stock Vcore, which any good retail 940 able to do it

Rig:
M4T deluxe / 2X1gb Diablo 2000 / Zippy 1200W

Either I'm very unlucky or doing something wrong. I've tested at least 10 940's and none of them could do 3.6ghz with stock Vcore. Does having all memory slot occupied (total 8Gb) affect the overclockability?

[mngdew]

I also agree. The CPU market sucks now a days in retail at least. AMD has its canon's placed in the dead center market there is where most money is anyways. Most people tend to buy a affordable processor with performance rather than only performance. Also on top of these OEM's also seems to like the PhII so that can only mean good things for the old green.

I really don't know what people do buying processors like the i965, etc. If you are a enthuse you should be able to OC a i920 to reach near i965 performance. Not only Intel even some highly priced AMD FX processors were similar in the "who gives a crap about money" category .

Better take a look at this article before jumping into a conclusion. AMD might have to hold the aim for a long time.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=14588

[chew*]

Either I'm very unlucky or doing something wrong. I've tested at least 10 940's and none of them could do 3.6ghz with stock Vcore. Does having all memory slot occupied (total 8Gb) affect the overclockability?

I would at least try pulling 2 sticks and see if it makes a diff temps have a lot to do with as well.

[knopflerbruce]

940 BE has a high multi, 720 be has a high multi.....all es chips have unlocked multis........even chips that were destined to be LE 1200's....

I have a couple of ES chips "floating around" here: My 3 B0 Phenom/Barcelona I ES's run at 1.6GHz... I wish they were unlocked, the way they perform at stock an OC'ed 9850BE would beat both Barcelonas in a socket F mobo Same with my X2 4600+ socket 939 ES. Not unlocked, but it's no doubt an ES. I also have a socket 940 ES, and old Sledgehammer. 2Ghz stock, not unlocked. Ah... and the 2 socket 754 ES's... 9 and 10 multi, and nothing more. I have an FX57 ES and a Phenom 9900 ES. Both unlocked, but that's not so shocking I think.

I'm curious about the "part number" of this 945 ES. It's pretty straight forward to find out the stock speed then. Which will help us deciding what PN it may have when it's released as a retail chip.

[PaganII]

I bought an AM3 board and 720be to set up so when the faster 4 cores arrive I'll be ready to drop one in.

Bought a 2nd hand 939pin X2 3800 a year or so ago and kinda remember seeing an ES in CPUZ. Remember 1 core running warmer than the other. Guy probably sold me one that "dropped of the truck".

[tbone8ty]

so im confused which processors will be able to use both ddr2 and ddr3 memory?


or is that just a myth

[bingo13]

Either I'm very unlucky or doing something wrong. I've tested at least 10 940's and none of them could do 3.6ghz with stock Vcore. Does having all memory slot occupied (total 8Gb) affect the overclockability?

Since you are running 8GBs of memory, one would assume you are also running XP/Vista 64. If that is the case, the 64-bit OS actually makes a huge difference in your clock rates and voltages. Clock rates will be down compared to Vista 32/XP Pro SP3 while voltages will need to be increased to improve stability at like clock rates.

[Daveburt714]

so im confused which processors will be able to use both ddr2 and ddr3 memory?


or is that just a myth

All AM3 chips have working IMC's for DDR2 or DDR3, depending on the mobo you put them in. I'm not sure, but I don't think you can mix the memory (even if the board has slots for both). Pretty sure it has to be one or the other...

Bingo13 is online right now, if anyone would know for sure that would be the man with the answer...

[Brother Esau]

Hey, Fellas what is ETA on 945 BEand new X3 BE Chips Please?

[Daveburt714]

For what it's worth BroE, Fudzilla says we can expect new chips in April. Although it doesn't particulary mention the 945 it does say to expect chips in the 3.1Ghz range.

It's Fudzilla, so take it with a grain of salt, but it sounds like we will see some new chips next month.

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...2480&Itemid=66

[xVeinx]

Except the 910 was supposed to be released in Februrary. The price of the 940 is dropping though, so they are likely trying to phase it out soon, making way for the 945...