AMD Phenom II X4 940 Expert Reviews

Today I will be looking at the next generation of Phenom, the Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition. AMD has added some “umph” to the X4 to give it some more processing power. Will the X4 940 show up my first generation 9950 X4, the last of its generation? ...

Definite upgrade for all earlier AM2/AM2+ processors ; Top choice for building a new AMD DDR2 rig ; Overclocked well ; Priced right

With the release of AM3, it's a hard decision whether to build AM2+ or AM3

Again, the testing results were expected, with good results from the Phenom 9950, better results from the Phenom 940 at stock clock, and the best from the 940 at overclock.

The Dragon platform is AMD's new platform consisting of a 7-Series motherboard, a HD4800 GPU and the new Phenom II X4 GPU's. With promises of great overclocking potential as well as higher clockspeeds from the start, the Dragon platform together with ...

Even though we are positive about the Dragon platform we cannot stop to be a bit dissapointed again that AMD cannot put out something that rivals the best from Intel. It almost seems that AMD is getting content to battle Intel for the mainstream and ...

AMD's second take with the Phenom shows promise as we take up their flagship CPU for testing

A bit pricey, needs high voltage to overclock beyond 3.6GHz, will not work on AM3 motherboards

AMD's original quad-core Phenom processors weren't very well receiving. Unfashionably late to the party and unable to keep up with even low-end Intel quad-core processors, Phenom was a brand looking for a quick death. A lot can happen in a year. AMD ...

No AMD CPU below Socket AM3 is compatible with DDR3. If you attempt to use an AM2/AM2+ processor, you will fry something, if not everything

Almost a year to the day after Intel made the move from a 65nm manufacturing process to 45nm - allowing it to pack more transistors into a piece of silicon and thus ramp up clock speeds - AMD finally joins in the fun. For AMD it's the same old story ...

testing reveals that Core i7 remain the chips for gamers and enthusiasts lusting after superior performance (but hampered somewhat by a costly upgrade path)

AMD finally gets on the 45nm bandwagon but can its new quad core CPUs finally compete with Intel? Ed finds out.

Four CPU cores, unlocked clock multiplier, well-priced

Won't run optimally on an AM2 CPU socket-based motherboard

AMD's Phenom II is a solid alternative to Intel's Core 2 Quad range of CPUs. It should definitely be considered if you're in the market for a speedy yet reasonably priced PC.

To say that the original Phenom 9600 made a poor start is one of the biggest understatements of recent years. AMD spent so...

First, it is the spider, and now the dragons go. And with the power of the new Dragon platform should go back uphill with AMD and the Quad-attempt number two. It has taken a long time, until one publicly admitted that the launch of the Phenom is not as we...

Ahead was the advertising drum for AMD meaningful relationships beaten and there was a veritable hype around the new Phenom 2nd From the new overclocking miracles, there was the speech, but whether this is true, we will demonstrate in this review

Phenom AMD's second generation is faster and more economical than the previous series. We examine whether the top model ...

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