Friday, April 16th 2010
Phenom II X4 960T ''Zosma'' Unlock to Phenom II X6
AMD's upcoming series of Phenom II X4 900T series that supports AMD Turbo Core technology, and which are based on the "Zosma" die, have been confirmed to be able to unlock both its manufacturer-disabled cores to work as a six-core processor. Zosma is a "cut-down" version of AMD's Thuban six-core die, where two of its cores are disabled. With the remaining four cores, two can function with increased clock-speeds in boost-state as Turbo cores (3/6 could on the X6 chip).
The core unlocking is said to have been done on an AMD 890GX chipset based motherboard, in the same way disabled cores on Phenom II X3 and X2 chips are unlocked. One of the first models based on Zosma are the Phenom II X4 960T and X4 940T, which operate at 3.30 GHz and 3.00 GHz, respectively. Their Turbo Core speeds are up to 500 MHz over clock speeds, depending on the model. The X4 T-series could form AMD's mainstream processor in the sub-$200 range.
Source:
OCWorkbench
The core unlocking is said to have been done on an AMD 890GX chipset based motherboard, in the same way disabled cores on Phenom II X3 and X2 chips are unlocked. One of the first models based on Zosma are the Phenom II X4 960T and X4 940T, which operate at 3.30 GHz and 3.00 GHz, respectively. Their Turbo Core speeds are up to 500 MHz over clock speeds, depending on the model. The X4 T-series could form AMD's mainstream processor in the sub-$200 range.
120 Comments on Phenom II X4 960T ''Zosma'' Unlock to Phenom II X6
(See what I did there?)
i must be getting more popular as well everyones quoting the same post from me lol :D
wait on second thought mailman would be a horrible father hed steal 1 of my 5850s and say i didnt deserve it cause i was acting like an ass and thats his job not mine :roll:
Thank you.
And since it's legal now, what's it worth?
From what I read"
"With all 6 cores running, the 960T is recognized by BIOS as "Phenom II X6 1605T"
Also, can't it be unlocked to 6 cores, making it more valuable as an X6 1605T?
How can I tell what boards would utilize the turbo?
Looking at these 2 boards right now
www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0334891
Open Box: ASUS M4A89TD PRO AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/...
$142.86 w/ shipping
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$12.87 :confused:
Not sure what turbo-speed is...i think it's 3.0 stock, and 3.4 Turbo(as is marked in green sharpie on your cpu). This is quite a bit slower than 965BE, but power consumption is much better..should be around 80w or so stock(95w max).