AMD shows Phenom II running over 6.0 GHz!

Iria · Nov 20, 2008, 08:25 PM

"The first leaks were that the Phenom II could hit 4 GHz on air cooling alone, though we obviously wonder how extreme that air cooling is. Well today AMD had some actual demonstrations at their gathering, and the Phenom II was able to hit 5 GHz at 1.6v by using dry ice cooling. Dry ice is CO2, and it goes directly from solid to gas (sublimation) at a temperature of -109.3 F (-78.5C for the rest of the world) at 1 atmosphere. So with some pretty extreme cooling (non-LN) the Phenom II does show that it has some legs in the clock speed department."
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Judas · Nov 20, 2008, 08:28 PM

nice... but does it win?

DJ BIG T · Nov 21, 2008, 01:43 AM

only time will tell us..i cant wait to see them out..

CDsDontBurn · Nov 21, 2008, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Judas

nice... but does it win?

not against the i7. but perhaps against the q9xx0 CPUs, although it wasn't stated which quad cores they contend with and/or outperform.

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While the 3.0 GHz Phenom II will likely not perform anywhere near that of the new 3.2 GHz Intel i7, it will show very well against the older Intel Core 2 quads.

Nov 20, 2008, 08:25 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	AMD shows Phenom II running over 6.0 GHz! "The first leaks were that the Phenom II could hit 4 GHz on air cooling alone, though we obviously wonder how extreme that air cooling is. Well today AMD had some actual demonstrations at their gathering, and the Phenom II was able to hit 5 GHz at 1.6v by using dry ice cooling. Dry ice is CO2, and it goes directly from solid to gas (sublimation) at a temperature of -109.3 F (-78.5C for the rest of the world) at 1 atmosphere. So with some pretty extreme cooling (non-LN) the Phenom II does show that it has some legs in the clock speed department." ________________ Source: PC Perspective

Nov 21, 2008, 01:43 AM	#3
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