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Overclocking, Benching, Events, Tweaking & Modding => Overclocking motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: runn3R on March 26, 2009, 03:46:53 pm

Title: Phenom II X3 720 reached 6 GHz ! - now 7 GHz
Post by: runn3R on March 26, 2009, 03:46:53 pm
The High Score for AMD overclocking of the Phenom II X3 has been broken again. A Phenom II X3 720 with all four cores enabled was able to reach 6006.62MHz on GA-MA790FX-UD5P.
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/519/1051519/amd-phenom-ii-x3-720-performance-record-set
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=534067
Title: Re: Phenom II X3 720 reached 6 GHz ! - now 7 GHz
Post by: ETNiES on November 23, 2009, 06:13:32 am
They gone better and broke the 7ghz barrier to! http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/11/13/amd-breaks-7ghz-barrier-with-liquid-helium-and-nu-metal/
Title: Re: Phenom II X3 720 reached 6 GHz ! - now 7 GHz
Post by: runn3R on November 23, 2009, 08:30:29 am
Thanks for information ETNiES

Cooling with liquid helium is amazing

http://www.youtube.com/v/z6Hf6d404QY
Title: Re: Phenom II X3 720 reached 6 GHz ! - now 7 GHz
Post by: R_N_B on November 23, 2009, 09:55:19 am
Outstanding benching by some of the top bencher's in the world.  Currently the world record is 7127 MHz

(http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/screenshot/556849.png)

Love your work guys.
Title: Re: Phenom II X3 720 reached 6 GHz ! - now 7 GHz
Post by: ETNiES on November 30, 2009, 03:33:01 pm
yea agree it is amazing how far you can push the hardware. I wonder how long it will be before we have bog standard 7ghz processors for sale :D
Title: Re: Phenom II X3 720 reached 6 GHz ! - now 7 GHz
Post by: oggmonster on November 30, 2009, 03:50:27 pm
Quote from: ETNiES on November 30, 2009, 03:33:01 pm
yea agree it is amazing how far you can push the hardware. I wonder how long it will be before we have bog standard 7ghz processors for sale :D

Hmm interesting point. Though I have my doubts it will ever happen. Just more cores and more efficient cores. It’s not all about core cycles, it’s about what it can do in those cycles. Like back in the day when a 2ghz athlon would beat a 3.2ghz Pentium4 in the majority of apps!   :D