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August 2009
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113 Reviews
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AMDs new Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition processor proved to be a solid performer throughout our entire battery of benchmarks. In a handful of the tests that partially make up the PCMark Vantage suite, the 965 BE was even able to pull ahead of Intels...
The cool thing about new AMD processor releases is that theyve set an upper ceiling pricing wise. The most expensive processor is roughly 250 USD. As such the new 965BE processor can be purchased for 245 USD (suggested price = even lower in etail) an...
The benchmarks make it clear that our initial assessment was right-on: the Phenom II X4 965 BE is an incremental update to a strong mid- to upper-range processor family. An extra 200 MHz for the same $245 sweetens AMD’s platform story, which is alre...
The Phenom II X4 965 is a logical extension of AMD’s top of the line chips. The extra 200 MHz does come at a price though. While AMD may be having great success in yield and bins for this part, it does run hotter and pulls more power than the p...
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Published: 2009-08-13, Author: Scott , review by: Techreport.com
So, this is a minor speed grade bump. I hope you werent expecting lightning and thunder. My sense is that AMD has taken a bit of a risk here by introducing a CPU with a 140W TDP at this point in time. They may take flak from some quarters for doing so...
There is no doubt that the Phenom II 965 is a worthy sucessor to the 955 and definitely brings with it a healthy speed bump and some delightful additional overclocking headroom. The 965 is a good value and easily fits into a budget better than any pa...
There is no doubt that the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition is not a revolutionary step; it is an evolutionary step. However, it is still good to know that AMD is making sufficient advances in their fab processes to continue to bin out enough higher sp...
Great Price/Performance, Nice Overclocking Headroom, Responds Well To Advanced Cooling Methods, Best Performance From AMD Weve Seen To Date, Fastest Frequency Out Of The Box Of Any Current Quad, Fun To Overclock Black Editions, Entire Top End Dragon Platf...
Hasnt Caught Up To Intel Core i7
CPU testing consists of more than just synthetic benchmarks, synthetic benchmarks are good for measuring performance differences between CPUs but it doesnt tell you a lot about real life performance. To that end we drove the Phenom 2 X4 965 BE in ev...
After all is said and done I came away from the Phenom II X4 965 BE with a healthy respect for AMD and its high-end parts. Sure, AMD has ceded the mega high-end market to Intel with its over $1000 top-of-the line parts. The high-end Intel parts are vas...
So, what should I talk about, first? Well, lets begin by what I think interests the most people: performance. How did your subject in this article, the Phenom II X4 965, perform when facing the offerings from the competitor? Lets recall the comparis...
