AMD Phenom II 940 "Xtremely" Benchmarked

[Reynod]

http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800557635_480100_NP_8d8cbd04.HTM

Bit of stuff and the end of the article on differences between AMD and Intel transistors ... interesting.

 

[unclefester]

All this talk about I7 vs P2 for over-clockabilty. Yet nobody added this

http://valid.canardpc.com/records.php

I sure they where all cherry picked

Sorry, Turpit

 

[jimmysmitty]

^ It might be similar to the Hypertransport frequency limit. No harm in lowering it, only servers benefit from this.

350Mhz? is that the clock multi?

The first CPU-Z for Phenom II JDJ posted had a base clock of 350MHz for its OC. What I find strange is how the old Phenoms couldn't OC their bas clock, was at 200MHz stock, very much but whatever they did to Phenom II seems to have allowed a much higher base clock.

Then again that increases the temp of a CPU faster than doing the multi but hey who knows.

And yes UncleFester I am sure the world record CPU OCs are using cherry picked CPUs. Mots of the time it is. But still that one P4 over 8GHz is quite amazing.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

They almost reached the claimed 10Ghz. Too bad it was on LN2 tho. Wonder what would have happened had they actually done it? No C2D? Sometimes success spoils a company, much like the K8 for AMD

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

This is waaay OT, but heres one for FanGirl http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=212523

 

[amdfangirl]

22W TDP? Meh, I underclocked mine to 1Ghz with 0.8v!

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Imagine what you could do with this tho?16 watts? And all tha oc potential heheh

 

[amdfangirl]

lol, if only Phenoms had a nice TDP...

I guess I'll end up with a Core based processor.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

You could go quad, and under volt. Youd never get to the 20s but maybe the 60s

 

[amdfangirl]

I dunno, I might, a 1Ghz 0.8v Phenom is mighty appealing.

I might get enough money or use this as a post Christmas gift excuse.

An extra 4gigs of RAM is mighty appealing.

I'm gonna say 'bout 40W for that.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Thatd be awesome, and your perf would go skyhigh. If you do, post your results, Ill protect you heheh

 

[amdfangirl]

What? like the 3d Mark Results? On an IGP?

 

[Hellboy]

lol, if only Phenoms had a nice TDP...

I guess I'll end up with a Core based processor.

Say what girl.....


Core based processor for "AMDfangirl"

It just cant be true....

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Weve had all these leaks, and not 1 power assessment, other than Shanghai, which looks really good

 

[dattimr]

http://www.hwbox.gr/showthread.php?p=27568#

Greek review. Not sure if it has been around here.

 

[customisbetter]

lol, if only Phenoms had a nice TDP...

I guess I'll end up with a Core based processor.

This cannot happen!

 

[dragonsprayer]

In their defense the Q6600 was one of the best CPUs ever made considering price and what other CPUs were in the market at the time it reigned supreme.

i7 920 is the son of q6600 - worthy of stepping in and going beyond the boundaries of his father the q6600, to concur new lands and benchmarks!

amd is so in trouble! lucky they got the 4870x2 and intel crossfire mobos to save them!

Yea the Foxconn Destroyer is an awesome board. Too bad its an nvidia chipset.

Speaking of high end foxconn, the Bloodrage X58 is finally for sale on newegg. It looks a little bit more cramped than the earlier "prototype" model, espically at the NB.

stay away from foxcoon nothing but driver issues - they make the coolest looking mobs that have many issues.

they make asus mobos but apparently not the drivers!

 

[dragonsprayer]

First of all, Core i7 has been having a hard time competing against Core 2 outside of the synthetic/image&video editing/encoding world.

Also, the Phenom II 940 Cinebench scores looked impressive, but I don't remember the ones from Core i7, so I won't comment on this by now.

Second, do you have the numbers of a Q6600 (at 3ghz) paired with a 4870X2 in the GTA IV test and/or 3Dmark 06 - 1920x1200 (at 3.6ghz)?

only a total noob who never used an i7 would write this!

i shipped serveral 920 clocked at 3.8-4.3ghz and they are so sweet!


quit reading reviews and acutally test stuff before you write this bs!

you must use amd?


i was wrong!

CPU: Q9550 E0 (yet to come)
Mobo: ASUS Maximus Extreme
Graphics: HIS HD 4850 ICEQ4 (yet to come)
Case: Antec 900
Cooling: Cooler Master Geminii
Storage: Samsung HD250HJ
Power: (still thinking!)
OS: Windows Vista x64 Home Premium

 

[dragonsprayer]

i don't think intel cares much what EVGA has on its box (or any company for that matter), intel got the cash off them for the chipset, so as far as intel is concerned, its all good, what im saying is, intel would have to pay nvidia to advertise on its own box, its ok to have crossfire on the box, ATI does not charge for that privilege

companies the size of intel can make or brake a company and nvidia got on the wrong side of them, (with the Can of Whoop Ass) if they had played it right, they would have gave intel the SLI licence, and i think thats what it comes down to

intel is very fair

with ati they relationship has been long and it did not change when amd bougth them a good move for both amd and intel - bad for nvidia

nvidia stupid mistake was pulling out sli support for the 975 chipset thinking that intel would bow to there hot running, poor relablity, slightly faster chipset - lol!

nvidia has said for many years intel does not know how to make chipsets - therefore we can not let our loyal customers use them! <nvidia really did say that

the reality is nvidia chipsets suck since they do not have intel for partner, they could not engineer the bios and under powered the cpu in reference 680 780 and 790 chipsets and all lower ones too.

finally they hired some guru oveclocker but it was too late as nvidia forgot there liciance expired in 3 years after the 975x pull out - guess what intel said? we do not need those hot running, high fail rate chipsets <intel did not really say that!

so here we 3 years later , qx6700, q6600, q6600 g0, qx9650 c0 and c1, 9550 and 9450 c1, 9550 and 9650 e0 and nvidia still can not make a chipset and guess what they do not have a licence to make the x58!

thank go d that is best thing that has happend to computer enthusists and gamers since 975x mess that nvidia started!

long live intel and amd down with nvidia!

o coarse i just ordered 3x 260 216, 1x 9800gtx and 1 lowly 4870x2 black night a few mins ago all for x58 mobos so nvidia is still doing fine - i like evga but i hate nvidia!

if you de-cryptic my scratch - that is the story

 

[rangers]

nvidia has said for many years intel does not know how to make chipsets - therefore we can not let our loyal customers use them! <nvidia really did say that

i don't believe that for one minute, what do you think nvidia are, arrogant (sarcasm)

 

[amdfangirl]

Say what girl.....


Core based processor for "AMDfangirl"

It just cant be true....

Hey, I'm only kidding. It's not like I can afford a new computer anytime soon!

 

[dattimr]

only a total noob who never used an i7 would write this!

Sorry, but is someone supposed to talk only about hardware parts it owns or has tested for a long time? There wouldn't be much left to talk about here, I guess. It's true that I haven't used a Core i7, but I have read at least 15 reviews about it, just like about every hardware part I intend to buy, so, it's not a noob spreading BS, but a guy with pretty much a lot of information to back him up.

Sorry about not having the "placebo" effect too. Just "it feels faster" or "having the latest" means nothing to me. I have used a lot of things, from single to quad-cores, and there's really a lot of BS going around, but not the one you talked about.

People tend to justify their many hundred dollars spending with things like that, but, just because it is a new architecture, it doesn't mean everybody will "feel & do faster".

Make no mistakes about my post, though. Core i7 is an awesome product and I would happily own one (and I can, if you were just wondering), but you are wrong in many ways if you think anyone would notice the change.

When the X2 came it pretty much put Pentium D to shame in *almost every way* and there were lots of benchmarks to back it up: then I made the switch and it was true.

When Core 2 came, the same happened, again with tons of stuff to prove its performance: there were massive gains all across the board and no one contested it (except for some "little more than likers of X2s and AMD").

When Core i7 came, the same happened in certain scenarios, while in others it was (and it is) just as relevant as Core 2. You have your point and all the right to be happy with your hardware, but just because you "feel" (and see) the difference it doesn't mean everyone else will - and I'm not talking only about Joe Web Surf here.

Oh, and the same is applied to X2 -> Phenom I/II, if you ask me.

 

[amdfangirl]

Dattmir, your right about that. The placebo effect occurs alot in medical science where paitents feel better for eating sugar pills and stuff. Seriously, i7 is a small leap over Core, at least in the desktop arena. When I went from an Athlon XP to an Athlon X2 the difference was amazing. When I went from 1.7Ghz Athlon X2 to 2.7Ghz Athlon X2, I couldn't feel much difference. even in games. I think we have advanced to such a level were new processors don't increase performance as much.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Since no ones posted it yet, more from the Greek site http://www.hwbox.gr/showthread.php?t=3189&garpg=28
It appears P2 will be a good gamer, hanging in with all cpus made and shown

 

[blackpanther26]

stay away from foxcoon nothing but driver issues - they make the coolest looking mobs that have many issues.

they make asus mobos but apparently not the drivers!

I can second that I have a Foxconn 790GX and I can't get the damn thing to run in dual-channel not matter what I do so I'm just going to get a new motherboard. It's either going to be AM3 or LGA1366.