AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition Boxed

Zitat: Pro: + High clockspeed + Competitive multi-threading performance Contra: - Mediocre gaming grunt - Minimal overclocking headroom

Zitat: Frankly anyone who knows what´s what in the tech world knows the story with Intel and AMDs desktop CPUs at the moment. AMD´s chips can generally compete at a given price point at stock speeds but fall way behind when any of the overclocking sauce is applied as Intels processors tend to have bags of performance in reserve. Unfortunately the story isn´t any different here. The fact that the X4 970 BE matched the equally priced i5-760 at stock speeds shows that AMD’s pricing is bang on for this chip. As usual though the new i5-760 (and the older i5-750 for that matter) is capable of much improved performance after just a few minutes tinkering in the BIOS, which makes the AMD chip look like poor value for anyone who is likely to indulge in some overclocking. As such, if you´ve got £150 to spend on a new CPU, we cant recommend the X4 970 BE unless you already own a compatible motherboard and just want a simple upgrade. Instead our recommendation remains to be that you purchase a LGA1156 chip but you´ll have to tune in tomorrow for our Core i5-760 review to see which one.

Zitat: Pro: + Kurant ytelse i forhold til pris + Black Edition - åpen multiplikator Contra: - Beskjeden overklokking

Zitat: Der Phenom II X6 1075T kommt, sofern höchstens drei seiner Kerne belastet sind, per Turbo Core ebenfalls auf 3,5 GHz; deshalb bringt er etwa auch 3D-Spiele, von denen erst wenige von mehr als zwei CPU-Kernen profitieren, ordentlich auf Trab. In vielen Spielen ist aber trotzdem der X4 970 schneller, ebenso wie im BAPCo SYSmark 2007, der aus Büro- und Multimedia-Programmen besteht. Bei Anwendungen und Benchmarks, die alle sechs Kerne ausreizen, kann der X6 1075T aber sogar den teureren Intel-Konkurrenten Core i7-80 abhängen - manchmal deutlich.

Zitat: Golden bear award Pros: + Nearly 700MHz overclock on air cooler + Affordable + Works in current AM2+ and AM3 motherboards Cons: - Lacking memory performance, although this may be due to variances in RAM kits. Whether looking to build a new computer from scratch, or upgrade a current AMD processor, the Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition should be towards the top of the short list of CPUs being considered. It will not disappoint. We are proud to award it the Bjorn3D Seal of Approval and the Golden Bear Award .