[NHW] Phenom II X4 hits 4.2GHz on airPhenom II X4 will launch in just a few weeks and until then most people with a processor are gagged by NDAs. Even if the first benchmarks have already leaked it is the new overclocking potential that most people are talking about, much thanks to AMD self. Since AMD supplied these results everyone have considered them with a pinch of salt, which is the healthy thing to do, but as results from impartial parties have been posted they have confirmed the excellent overclocking potential.
The latest results were posted by Vietnamese overclocker Kaka that has managed to push his Phenom II X4 processor, with a beefy air cooler and great dose of voltage, to 4GHz SuperPi stable and over 4.2GHz suicide run. Not too bad for a not yet launched processor operating at 3.0GHz stock.
http://www.nordichardware.com/image3.php?id=6408But where Phenom II X4 looks to truly shine is under extreme overclocking as the processor seems to be free of coldbugs, which has enabled overclockers to go over 6GHz. Using dry ice Kaka managed to go to 4.8GHz and says that he is ready to bring out the big guns in the form of liquid nitrogen soon.
We are eagerly awaiting the first solid benchmarks to see what all of these MHz really can do, but AMD seems to be returning to the enthusiast segment it was kicked out from many years ago.
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Phenom II X4 Suggested Retail Prices SurfaceAMD will be launching its 45nm desktop CPU lineup with two of its flagship CPUs, the Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition and Phenom II X4 920, clocked at 3.00 GHz and 2.80 GHz respectively. Retailers can start selling these two processors in the processor in a box (PIB) form starting from January 8.
The suggested retail prices for the EMEA region according to NordicHardware are around 250€ for the Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition and 220€ for the Phenom II X4 920. The same source points at the US markets' suggested pricing, which states US $280 for the Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition, and $230 for the Phenom II X4 920. This puts AMD's flagship processor in the price range of Intel's Core i7 920 and Core 2 Quad Q9450 processors, while AMD's platform costs will be much lower than those of the Intel Core i7.
Source[Softpedia]AMD Propus and Regor to Feature Small Die SizesThe upcoming chips are said not to be crippled Deneb cores
As previously reported, Advanced Micro Devices plans to release quite a range of processors in the early 2009, based on new core architectures and featuring fresh technologies. The Sunnyvale company's upcoming chips will be based on the Deneb, Propus, Regor and Rana cores, and are expected to challenge Intel's counterparts. As many of you know, the chip maker failed to deliver great products during the past year or so.
The upcoming K10 die design-based CPUs were at a certain point believed to be the same chips with alterations. To be more precise, the chips were rumored to be built around the Deneb architecture. According to the latest news, this is far from the truth, and the die size of the chips differs enough to prove so.
AMD's Barcelona K10 "Stars" micro-architecture surfaced about a year ago, and, although it failed to take the performance lead on the market, it got implemented in a number of new designs. The chip maker took the K10 die and changed the number of available cores, delivering this way a series of different processors.
The same is said to happen with Deneb and Rana. Unlike the upcoming 45nm Phenom II X4 chips, which are Deneb-based, the Rana based Phenom II X3 processors will basically feature the same architecture, only that one of the cores is reported to be disabled. This does not apply to the next-to-come Athlon X4 chips.
The Regor and Propus cores are reported to be totally different from Deneb. It seems that AMD does not plan to have two cores disabled so as to come up with a dual-core chip. The company will go for two different designs, one with L3 cache and one without, and the estimated die size of the upcoming chips is proof of this move.
While Deneb will sport a core sized at 243 sq. mm, the Propus core will be 140 sq. mm, and Regor around 80 sq. mm. The great difference in size is given by the fact that Deneb comes with a large 6144 KB L3, while the last two will come without it. Moreover, the great size difference also suggests that the L3 cache is physically missing from the Propus and Regor cores rather than being disabled.
The best part is that, if things prove to be so, the smaller cores will also come with a lower power need, which is supposed to make them more appealing to users. Propus will be spotted in CPUs that AMD plans to launch in early 2009, as the recently unveiled roadmaps showed.
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