Hardware
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Written by Gizmo
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Monday, 17 August 2009 13:03 |
Techware Labs takes a look at this offering from AMD and shows us what to expect:
With each new release from AMD they are able to fine tune their
processors a bit more than before. We are talking about more than just
adding a few exta clock cycles or a bump in speed. There are more
subtle changes that result in a product that meets consumers needs much
better. AMD has not forgotten that many of their consumers are
overclockers and we will be of course taking a look at how the newly
announced Phenom II 965 Black Edition does in the overclocking arena
but first lets take a look at the shiny new CPU.
Sporting a default speed of 3.4GHz the 965 comes in 200MHz faster than
the previous flagship the 955. This is in keeping with AMD’s overall
history and planning. The 965 raises the ceiling in terms of maximum
TDP but we have also been told it should be a better overclocker. We
will put that to the test later, but for now here are the stats:
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