AMD 2009 performance preview: taking Phenom II to 4.2GHz

[Final8y]

AMD's Phenom II quad-core parts launched to strong reviews last month, but will the architecture scale to provide continued competition for Intel's Nehalem? We at Ars decided to take one Phenom II, add freon, and overclock. Details inside.

Whole tests
http://arstechnica.com/hardware/reviews/2009/02/phenom-ii-scaling.ars

Gaming section.
http://arstechnica.com/hardware/reviews/2009/02/phenom-ii-scaling.ars/6

 

[Final8y]

I would ignore making an issue of the PII @ 4.2 until people can reach that on avg & look at the stock speeds which includes turbo mode for the Intel's.

i7-965 3.2Ghz turbo, i7-920 2.93Ghz turbo or there about's.