No doubt again, this article is that a lot of forum members awaited by readers and CHIP. As already informed earlier, in January 2009, the CHIP Test Center were by special guests - an AMD Phenom processor II 940.
For you who follow the development of PC hardware, mugkin you already have a picture of performance offered by these processors. Basically, AMD Phenom Black Edition II 940 offers performance that is approximately equivalent to the Intel Core 2 Quad 9400. However, comparison of the processor is never simply that.
Phenom II AM3
Phenom II denotes important step for AMD, the transition to 45 nm manufacturing. However, the Phenom processor II 45 nm is not the first, predicate is prestigious Shanghai or fall on the latest generation of Quad Core Opteron. We will discuss more manufacturing 45 nm AMD in the next section.
In terms of design, AMD melakuan some adjustments in the design Phenom II. Some of these adjustments is a design / processor architectures to increase the IPC, lower latency L2 cache, increase the capacity of L3 cache from 2 MB to 6 MB, and support to upgrade the memory so that the Phenom memory controller II is ready to support DDR2 and DDR3.
From the various adjustments, the most drastic changes is the capacity L3 cache and support for DDR3. However, not all can enjoy it now. Despite all the Phenom processor series II 900 have L3 cache of 6 MB, only Phenom II socket AM3 version that supports DDR3 memory. The most fun? AM3 Phenom II version can also be used in socket AM2 and DDR2 memory to work with.
Price
There are new developments on the price of this processor. When launched in January, the AMD Phenom processors to sell 940 II Black Edition and Phenom II 920 with a price of U.S. $ 274 and U.S. $ 234 (for the purchase of 1K). Along with a decrease in price Intel processors, AMD Phenom prices adjust back II, so the Phenom 940 II can be obtained at the price of U.S. $ 225 and Phenom 920 II with the sale price of U.S. $ 190. Good news, unfortunately, the prices in Indonesia have not been adjusted. In Indonesia, the selling price of Phenom 940 II Black Edition is not much different from the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 and Q9550
Specification Tests
Now is time to see what the processor is offered. This is a test platform that is used CHIP.
* Processor: Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition (3.2 GHz), Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 (3 GHz, 2.83 GHz, 2.67 GHz with FSB 333 MHz - 1333 MHz effective), AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition ( 3 GHz)
* Memory: 2x1 GB DDR2-1066 5-5-5-16 DDR2, 3x1 GB DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24 (at 1066 7-7-7-21)
* Motherboard: MSI X58 Eclipse, MSI P35 Neo, MSI DKA790GX Platinum
* Graphics card: Radeon HD4870 512 MB, GeForce GTX280
* Hard disk: Western Digital Caviar 160 GB 7200 RPM 1600AAJS
* Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 32-bit
* Drivers: Intel Chipset Software 9.0.0.1009 instalation, Catalyst Control Center 8.12 (non-hotfix)
* Software Benchmark: PCMark 05, PCMark Vantage, 3DMark 06, 3DMark Vantage
* Game: 1:08 FEAR, Quake 4 1.42, 1.2 Crysis, Fallout 1.1, Farcry2, GTA IV
For all games except Crysis, all platforms using the Radeon HD4870 graphics card. Specifically for Crysis, the graphics card is a GeForce GTX280 used
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