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AMD Offers Glimpse of Phenom II, Overclocks It Past 5GHz

Posted 11/24/08 at 11:07:02 AM |  by Paul Lilly

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AMD's first Phenom debut failed to live up to the pre-release hype, so the chip maker is gearing up to give it another go-round with Phenom II, otherwise known as Deneb. The official launch for Phenom's second act won't take place until January, 2009, but AMD recently invited several members of the press to its Austin, Texas headquarters to see the upcoming chip in action.

While there, attendees watched as AMD demoed Phenom II being overclocked on a variety of cooling solutions, including air, water, phase change refrigeration, and the mother of them all, Liquid Nitrogen. According to HotHardware, the Phenom II X4 danced around 4GHz at 1.55V on air with 32C temps, 4GHz+ at 1.6V on water with a 39C core temp, and over 4.4GHz in a Vapochill setup. But when doused with LN2, HotHardware says the Phenom II X4 on display ran stable at over 5GHz and booted (but not stable) at over 6GHz.

While few are equipped with or even care about LN2 cooling, breaching 4GHz on air with manageable temps bodes well for AMD's next chip release. If AMD's upcoming 45nm CPUs have the headroom to reach 4GHz and beyond, it might stand a chance next to Intel's recently released Core i7.

Image Credit: HotHardware

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avatarI believe that this chip is

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Thu, 2008-11-27 04:30

I believe that this chip is going to be a whole hell of a lot more competitive than the original Phenom was. The specs really make me excited. I think it can match if not outperform the slowest Core I7 chip. Granted it's really going to hurt because it does not have Hyper Threading but I think that for a low price you will get competitive performance. Not as fast as the fastest but at least it can keep up the slowest. 

I'm sticking to that. I believe the Phenom 2 can do it.  

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avatarSkeptical

Submitted by puf_the_majic_dragon on Wed, 2008-11-26 05:29

I'm an AMD nut, but it takes more than clocks to make a good processor, and after reading MPC's article on the Intel i7, it's going to take a LOT more. I'm skeptical, but still hopeful!

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avatarYou GO AMD !!!!

Submitted by ghot on Mon, 2008-11-24 21:33

Intel deserves to be second best again!  I KNOW you've got it in you  :)  You've always had the better architechture just add dollars  :)    (Which I see you have)  However, realize that you MUST keep very tight quailty control over CPU's manufactured in fabs other than your' own.  One bug is all it takes to destroy your' image  :)

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avatari was waiting for it and

Submitted by airman0 on Mon, 2008-11-24 19:20

i was waiting for it and waiting for it and finally i could not wait anymore so i bought phenom X4 9950 and know i just heard the new it is coming out soon!

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avatarFinally an AMD chip I

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Mon, 2008-11-24 13:35

Finally an AMD chip I wouldn't feel embaressed to buy.

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avatarwhat would it hit with Oil

Submitted by nekollx on Mon, 2008-11-24 11:43

what would it hit with Oil Immersion though?

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avatarImpressive... most impressive...

Submitted by Caboose on Mon, 2008-11-24 11:19

 This is looking good for AMD... And the "Dragon" platform sounds intimidating. More so than the Spider platform (which I'm currently running). I'm really looking forward to the Phenom II. I wonder how it'll stand up to the i

 

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