If the Phenom II X4 is competitive will you buy it?

[3870x2]

cant really say anything about the voltage, until you see the standard for the series, it really doesnt matter. If its voltage is 1.84v, and the temps are at 40c, who is to say that is a bad thing? it just means that the chip supports higher voltages. Well see, I, for one, would like to see AMD on top again.

 

[crazy pyro]

Despite the fact that I'm buying an Intel rig I'd like AMD to be back on top again (I've had 2 AMD systems and one intel system so far, AMD systems have both survived hell since they're laptops I've taken to school on a daily basis. Intel system on the other hand which was also a laptop was painfully slow, probably had something to do with the intel chipset. I've enjoyed using my AMD machines in the past and they've been impressive considering their spec.) If AMD were back on top it'd force the price of Intel processors way down so even intel Fanboys should want AMD to do far better.

 

[rizla1]

check this out

thats got fake wrote all over it

 

[Darknova]

Well I'm going back to AMD (Selling off most of my current rig because I'm utterly sick of it), so I shall be getting a temporary chip to "play with" until Phenom II is released

 

[Jakl]

My first rig was a AMD. Loved it, it was by far the best product I bought. Then went to Intel :shadedshu , but it ran great, e6700 to 3.6ghz 24/7 no problem, then got a Q6600 to 4.2ghz on Air, then a QX9650 to 4.8 . I gotta say Intel was great for the past few years for OC , and I think I made a good choice at that time... But

I WANT AMD AGAIN! When the X4 II come out, I am getting that right away.

I cant wait...

 

[PCpraiser100]

Well, i7 learned some tricks of the Phenom processors such as the 4-in1 die so the voltages between i7 and Phenom II should only gap up to 0.2V. Expect Phenom II's stock voltage to be fairly similar, but i'm interested in AM3 unless if AMD really made a bomb out of the AM2+ Phenom II. I wonder if they solved the problem with Phenom's TDP overclocking issue?

 

[VulkanBros]

will buy one...just for the heck of it

 

[kysg]

I hope to go for phenom II, I don't care if its deneb, propus, heka or regor for that matter. Just looking forward to these new chips. I haven't had an intel since p2 days, still haven't found a reason to get one to this day. Staying with AMD till Intel puts out something that puts AMD down for the count which probably isn't going to happen.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I'll take whatever has the best multithreaded performance for the price I'm willing to spend. AMD or Intel doesn't matter to me.

 

[christof139]

If day is sumwhut CHEAP compared to the compeeting brand, den I wood/maybee biys wun, as long as da mobos is also sumwhut CHEAP.

Chris

 

[EastCoasthandle]

3dmark vantage score

 

[CDdude55]

I may when i get to College, then i may build a new rig with Phenom II, but overall as a gamer the QX6700 has yet to fail me and it should still be useful when the Multi-threaded games come out.

Also i like AMD's HSF's better.

 

[EastCoasthandle]

muhahahaha
take a look at this

We has a competition. World at War results are odd because the Q9550 @ 2.8GHz bet the i7 at 2.93GHz. Even though it didn't do well in WiC it was more then playable (above 60 FPS).

If this turns out to be true it
Competition may taste funny for some but it's good for you

 

[Darknova]

muhahahaha
take a look at this

We has a competition. World at War results are odd because the Q9550 @ 2.8GHz bet the i7 at 2.93GHz. Even though it didn't do well in WiC it was more then playable (above 60 FPS).

If this turns out to be true it

It'll be fantastic if this is true, but I am a bit sceptical. The only thing I really want is for them to be less restrictive on HT movement. I can barely get 220mhz stably out of my X3 (admittedly I'm still re-learning).

 

[EastCoasthandle]

PCGH is known for doing a lot of benchmarks. I only hope it is true as the results of this are unknown.

 

[Darknova]

Give me the ability to whack the HT ref all the way to 250 or 300 and I'll be MORE than happy. I want my RAM to run at 1000Mhz dammit! lol.

 

[MilkyWay]

if its anywhere near as good as the intels ill buy it i dont care if it gets beat by a little
i like AMD they are usually full of features and cheap okay so recently not as fast but hopefully they can at least keep up this round

 

[devguy]

Give me the ability to whack the HT ref all the way to 250 or 300 and I'll be MORE than happy. I want my RAM to run at 1000Mhz dammit! lol.

Are you dropping your Northbridge divider and/or htt multiplier when raising the reference clock? If you don't, you are going to get nowhere! If your motherboard doesn't allow you to alter those things, definitely stick to the black editions because you won't be overclocking the other way.

 

[Darknova]

Are you dropping your Northbridge divider and/or htt multiplier when raising the reference clock? If you don't, you are going to get nowhere! If your motherboard doesn't allow you to alter those things, definitely stick to the black editions because you won't be overclocking the other way.

I do have a BE, and yes. I'm dropping the HT, but the Phenom's are known for not liking high HT ref clocks, which is why the BEs are so popular. I've seen people get 230 with the same chip on my board, but that's really about it.

If I was using an A64 X2 I'd expect 250-280 out of this board.

 

[kysg]

I do have a BE, and yes. I'm dropping the HT, but the Phenom's are known for not liking high HT ref clocks, which is why the BEs are so popular. I've seen people get 230 with the same chip on my board, but that's really about it.

If I was using an A64 X2 I'd expect 250-280 out of this board.

Hmm I had no idea about that for phenoms, and I had an x3 lol, ah well I gotta get this x2 back up again, might be stuck with it for a while.

 

[Darknova]

Hmm I had no idea about that for phenoms, and I had an x3 lol, ah well I gotta get this x2 back up again, might be stuck with it for a while.

Hey I could be proven wrong heh. I've not had an AM2 setup before, and I've gone straight to AM2+ I'm just going off what I've been told by people with the same board/chip I have and my own experience trying to get 250Mhz heh.

 

[KBD]

I do have a BE, and yes. I'm dropping the HT, but the Phenom's are known for not liking high HT ref clocks, which is why the BEs are so popular. I've seen people get 230 with the same chip on my board, but that's really about it.

If I was using an A64 X2 I'd expect 250-280 out of this board.

let me get this straight, you cant increase the HT clock above 220 even if you lower the multi? I had an Athlon FX-62 (unlocked multi) and i lowered the multi to 10 and raised HT frequency past 290, and was running close to 3.0 gig. May be this is what you need to do?

 

[PaulieG]

I just pre-ordered my PII 940. It was $293. Not a bad price I think.

 

[kysg]

I just pre-ordered my PII 940. It was $293. Not a bad price I think.

I hate you JK lol

is that the Am2+???

 

[KBD]

is that the Am2+???

thats the ones that will be out soon.