Legit Processor Reviews
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Processor Review
| Manufacturer: | AMD |
| Product: | HDZ955FBGIBOX |
| Date: | Sun, May 31, 2009 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Nathan Kirsch - |
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Phenom II X4 955 Overclocking
Overclocking greatly varies due to what hardware is being used and who is doing the overclocking. Always remember that no two pieces of hardware will perform the same, so our results will differ from what you might be able to get.
With stock BIOS settings, the Phenom II X4 955 processor runs with a 200MHz bus speed and an 16.0x multiplier that is used to reach the final core clock of 3.20GHz. Let's start off by overclocking without adjusting any voltages to see what the Phenom II X4 955quad-core processor can do out of the box by just increasing the multipliers.
By just raising the multiplier we were able to easily reach 3.80GHz, which is an overclock of 600MHz with no voltage changes at all.
By bumping up the CPU voltage to 1.45V we were able to increase the multiplier up to 19.5x, which is enough to reach 3.90GHz! Not a bad overclock for just changing the multiplier and bumping up the voltage a little bit. Due to time constraints we did touch the bus speed, but a 700MHz overclock is enough to put a smile on most enthusiasts faces. In the hands of extreme overclockers these chips have been known to break 7GHz, so the Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition is no joke when it comes to overclocking.
Next Page - Final Thoughts & Conclusion
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Page 1 - Phenom II X4 955 - 3.2GHz
Page 2 - The Test System Page 3 - Sandra 2009 Memory Bandwidth Page 4 - Photodex ProShow Gold 3.2 Page 5 - Sony Vegas 8.0c Page 6 - Microsoft Excel 2007 Page 7 - Cinebench R9.5 Page 8 - Cinebench R10 Page 9 - POV-Ray 3.7 Beta 25 Page 10 - POV-Ray Real-Time Raytracing Page 11 - Futuremark 3DMark06 Page 12 - World in Conflict Page 13 - Crysis Warhead Page 14 - Power Consumption Page 15 - Phenom II X4 955 Overclocking Page 16 - Final Thoughts & Conclusion |
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