Official Phenom II 4.0+ Chart

[Jazzman]

First, a BIG THANKS to Macadamia for posting this today in the News section. I felt it needed posting here for comments. But the credit goes to Macadamia for the source.

Regarding the 940 oveclocks, my interpretation of the 4.0+ chart is that the grey area by 3.8 is the reasonable clock for air. 4.0+ is the reasonable clock for liquid. I think the slightly less than 3.2 clock for 9950 on the chart is reasonable and adds to credibility of 940 chart.

[Jazzman]

The other good news that I forgot to point out is that the 940 is an unlocked multiplier version. I personally thought this would only come in June with the FX version.

Hooray!!!

[Titan7171]

Now thats some of the best news Ive heard in a while

Cant wait for these to pop up seems AMD has made a big step in the right direction, heres to hoping that everything weve heard is true!

As for the chart i see 4.0ghz with excellent air cooling then 4.2ghz and up with water

[TheBlueChanell]

This is great news and I'm really a fan of the new nomenclature.

Core i7 920 vs. Phenom 2 X4 920?

Are we gonna see a Phenom FX 965

[Chris_redfield]

This is good as long as the price is right though.

Will the AM3's really only be 95 watt? If so, a 925 coupled with one of these http://www.jwele.com/motherboard_detail.php?419 will make the ultimate HTPC.

[keithlm]

I'm not sure I trust the veracity of the slide.

It doesn't seem logical to use the same numbers as Intel. (In fact when I first saw it... and saw the same numbers... I immediately wondered why someone would create such an obviously fake slide.)

But I guess we'll find out.

[TheBlueChanell]

I'm not sure I trust the veracity of the slide.

It doesn't seem logical to use the same numbers as Intel. (In fact when I first saw it... and saw the same numbers... I immediately wondered why someone would create such an obviously fake slide.)

But I guess we'll find out.

Maybe it's saying something about the performance compared to i7

I doubt that but you never know.

[informal]

I'm not sure I trust the veracity of the slide.

It doesn't seem logical to use the same numbers as Intel. (In fact when I first saw it... and saw the same numbers... I immediately wondered why someone would create such an obviously fake slide.)

But I guess we'll find out.

I doubt it's a fake

[keithlm]

Maybe it's saying something about the performance compared to i7

That is the only possible reason this might be real.

[demonkevy666]

anyone noticed AM3 takes drr2 1066mhz or ddr3 1333mhz.

3.2ghz for 9950 ??? most hit 3.4ghz some 3.6ghz.

as for the phenom II 920 vs i7 all we're seeing for i7 is synthetic benchmarks, not many games.

The only phenom II we got is a few deneb screen shots of 4.0ghz-4.3ghz and a superPI.

[Jazzman]

I doubt it's a fake

Here is the original source. I cannot speak for their veracity but it smells legit to me. SOURCE

A little more tease.... My guess is that 945 is the FX version

[donitsi]

My guess is that 945 is 3,1ghz and not FX

[crazydiamond]

man jan. 9th can not come soon enough

[VulgarHandle]

hate to be the one to ask the same question when AMD releases a new SKU, but..... I wonder how it will respond to the cold?

the chart showing overclocking under liquid makes me feel warm and fuzzy, but still nothing on the cold-bug problems

[informal]

Here is the original source. I cannot speak for their veracity but it smells legit to me. SOURCE

A little more tease.... My guess is that 945 is the FX version

Yeah i can feel the FX is coming back in Q1/Q2 also .By the look of things clockwise,i expect a BE 3Ghz AM3(DDR3) part in March and 3.2/3.3GHz FX part in April or May time frame.

[possessed]

has for the naming, only am2+ 940 will be unlocked? or anyone know if the am3 940 will also be unlocked?

[donitsi]

man jan. 9th can not come soon enough

Agreed.
Goign to army on 12th
So I hoped it would be launched earlier
Well, they will be cheap when I come back

[biohead]

Want.

[tbone8ty]

i like that OC bar graph for the 940BE :-)

any price speculation??? I hope they price it competitively with the Core i7 920 so like $299??? that would be sweet!

[Chris_redfield]

Any word on an Nvidia AM3 chipset?

[demonkevy666]

Any word on an Nvidia AM3 chipset?

last time I seen any new 700Awtih ACC board it mentioned January, might be a later thought amd said there AM3 chips would be out before any AM3 motherboards

I for one and going upgrade to 4870x2 maybe two, these two 3870 are slow now...

[kazgirl]

has for the naming, only am2+ 940 will be unlocked? or anyone know if the am3 940 will also be unlocked?

Looking at the pics, there is no AM3 (940) only AM2+ 940, the 945 will most likley be the AM3 equivalent of the 940, and my guess is that it will have same clock speed as well..

940 = AM2+ 3.0Ghz Phenom II
945 = AM3 3.0Ghz Phenom II


Maybe to be followed later by a 965FX = AM3 Phenom II @ 3.2Ghz

The planned release of the X3 720 Phenom II @ 2.8Ghz with unlocked Multi might be interesting as well, especially if (as I believe will be the case) that the prices of the new Phenom II range will be a lot higher than previously anticipated.

I hope not, as if they are priced to highly I'll probably just make do with my 9950 for a while...!!!

[Chris_redfield]

I am actually a tad worried about the pricing. If they are as expensive as, or only 'just,' cheaper than Nehalem I will be sorely tempted to switch back over to Intel. Though the X58 motherboard prices are ridiculous.

[keithlm]

Want.

Need.

[Particle]

3.2ghz for 9950 ??? most hit 3.4ghz some 3.6ghz.

Not with reasonable stability they aren't.