AMD pushes Phenom II, Deneb, above 6GHz at -185°C

Zenphic · 22nd Nov 2008, 07:37 AM

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AMD pushes Phenom II, Deneb, above 6GHz at -185°C | NordicHardware
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AMD pushes Phenom II, Deneb, above 6GHz at -185°C | NordicHardware

AMD pushes Phenom II, Deneb, above 6GHz at -185°C
Written by Andreas G 20 November 2008 22:37

AMD decided to takes things in its own hands during an event in Austin, Texas. It took the unreleased Phenom II, based on the quad-core Deneb architecture, and slapped a pot suitable for exotic on it. After lowering the temperature to -185°C and raising the voltage to somewhere north of 1.9V the processor was able to move north of 6GHz. We don't know the exact frequency. At this time this is actually higher than what Nehalem can do.

No cameras were allowed so there are no pictures available. In a recent slide AMD claimed that up to 4GHz is more than possible with Deneb and while we're not certain this is telling the whole truth, you should not be surprised if you find more than a fair share of Phenom II models running at 3.6GHz and above 24/7.

AMD did show air-cooled systems running at around 4GHz (~1.6V)though. You will have to wait until January to play with the AM2+ version, while the AM3 models should arrive 1½ month later when the AM3 platform is ready to launch. Our previous reports of Deneb being a good overclocker was met with some skepticism, which we of course understood, we're just glad AMD is coming through and launching a product that is competitive.

Chai · 22nd Nov 2008, 09:36 AM

I really hope AMD releases a good CPU this time.

Intel is getting too arrogant with the release of i7.

PsYkHoTiK · 22nd Nov 2008, 12:22 PM

Clockspeed is clockspeed. What I really want to see are some benchies.

Zenphic · 22nd Nov 2008, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by PsYkHoTiK

Clockspeed is clockspeed. What I really want to see are some benchies.

Same here.

Can't wait to see AM2+ and AM3 released

Lacus · 22nd Nov 2008, 02:51 PM

i want performance over clockspeed. hope amd can be back on track..pawn intel they will...

g0tanks · 22nd Nov 2008, 08:17 PM

That's good for AMD, now we just have to wait for prices

Adrian Wong · 22nd Nov 2008, 11:04 PM

Ahhh.. About time for them to come up with a proper response to the Intel processors.

But I agree. No matter how high they can go with it with air cooling or ridiculous liquid nitrogen setups, what matters most is their REAL WORLD performance.

Zenphic · 23rd Nov 2008, 06:02 AM

A performance edge of AMD on Intel would be nice, but I'm just hoping they improve power efficiency as well!

ZuePhok · 23rd Nov 2008, 10:02 AM

haha. remember they used to demo 3GHz Phenom?

Max_87 · 23rd Nov 2008, 10:13 AM

LOL yeah.

In the end most of the retail chips are only able to overclock to 2.6GHz range at best and we don't even know whether or not it's Prime95 stable

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