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November 2009
(83%)
62 Reviews
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With the new 965 Black Edition, AMD wants to close the gap on Intel. While the performance is ok as expected, the power consumption is off the charts. For some reason AMD decided to bump the VCore 1.4000V which, in our opinion, is an unnecessary preca...
With the new 965 Black Edition, AMD wants to close the gap on Intel. While the performance is ok as expected, the power consumption is off the charts. For some reason AMD decided to bump the VCore 1.4000V which, in our opinion, is an unnecessary preca...
Abstract: If you haven't heard, AMD released a new flagship CPU today: the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition. It's a fast chip, more than competitive with Intel's Core 2 Quad Q9550 and Q9650; and generally faster than both. It's also an easy overclock. I hit 3.8GH...
We came in expecting perhaps a slight difference in power consumption between the 9950 BE 140W and the 9950 BE 125W of maybe 8-10W but ultimately we saw basically no difference between the two and only a slight a few degrees in temperature. Overclockin...
Abstract: This month we address the disappearing Phenom II X4 965 and Athlon II X4 640, and suggest the eventual phase-out of AMD's entire FX family. The good news is that we now have performance data on the multiplier-unlocked Athlon II X4 750K, which does well. ...
Abstract: It's no secret that AMD has its work cut out for it right now. The company's top-of-the-line flagship Phenom II X4 965 isn't in the same league as Intel's premium Core i7. Even Intel's mid-range Core i5-750 CPU is a powerful adversary for the similarly...
Published: 2010-01-01, Author: Paul , review by: pcworld.co.nz
Abstract: AMD recently had the honour of claiming the “fastest” desktop quad-core CPU available on the market with the release of the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition processor. While this creative piece of marketing only refers to the clock speed of the CPU (whi...
A bit better performance than first generation, Lower launch price, Better thermal performance, Better overclocking ability...
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When I was sent the refresh of the Phenom II X4 965 processor, I was expecting only to see thermal differences, however, I was quickly mistaken. The processor, as a whole - including the performance, was improved, not to mention the overclocking abili...
