AMD X6 1090T BLACK EDITION OVERCLOCKING RESULTS AND REVIEW

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Hi Guys,

With the launch of the new AMD 6 core processors, here at OcUK we have been busy trying to squeeze every last drop of OC potential out of the new chips. Initial clocking yielded good results with 4GHz easily achievable and impressive temps to match, with no higher than 55C on full load using basic air cooling. With the NB frequency set to approximately 2000MHz and DRAM frequency to 1500MHz the chip performed greatly and we at OcUK feel that it is a breath of fresh air in the mainly Intel dominated market. Being able to reach overclocks previously unreachable with the 955 and 965 Black Edition chips (without extreme cooling) the 1090T X6 Black Edition is a very impressive addition to the AMD line of CPUs.

We already have a range of AMD 6 Core systems and bundles pre-overlocked and ready to ship available here.

The testing equipment used:
-Asus Crosshair IV 890FX
-Geil Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
-AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz
-Akasa Nero CPU cooler
-Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.12 16MB cache
- Corsair 850W Modular PSU

Now for the screenshots!

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The 1090T @ 4.00GHz (1500MHz RAM, 2000MHz NB), running Super PI. Very easy to overclock work beautifully with the Crosshair IV. Asus have done a fantastic job with their new 890FX board and I have to admit it was the first overclock I have done in a while that didn't feel like a chore!

The Crosshair IV does seem very ambitious with its Load line calibration however. It usually ends up adding an extra 0.035 Volts over the BIOS setting when enabled, which makes a lot of difference when finally in Windows.

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The 1090T @4.43GHz (1500RAM, 2000MHz NB) as you can see the HT link is higher and also a higher Vcore, again the Vcore in BIOS was set to 1.53 with the Crosshair IV hiking up again.

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The 1090T @4.51GHz (1500RAM, 2000MHz NB). This overclock was harder to get stable as it took a few attempts for it o boot into Windows. These clocks were done with a combination of Multiplier and Bus speed increase, rather than just multi clocking it (as tempting as it was!). The RAM timings were the standard timings for the DIMMs @ 9-9-9-28-2T, this enabled us to run the RAM at fairly high speeds considering the clock speed, as any lower timings yielded negligible results.

Just one more screenshot however.

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The AMD 1090T @ 4.00GHz with a GTX 480 running Vantage at Performance mode with PhysX disabled. I know the ATI card and AMD chip go hand in hand but we couldn't help but try two of the newest pieces of hardware together. Impressive gaming results with smooth frames all round. Also don’t overlook the ability of this chip in older chipsets as many manufacturers have BIOS updates available to support the new CPUs.

All in all a very impressive chip, very fast, snappy in windows, easy to clock and runs extremely cool. AMD are getting back into the game with AMD 1090T X6 Black Edition and hopefully we will see more products like this coming from them in the future.
 
Shakeel said:
which board do you have that will run the x6 chip without a bios update, apart from the asus one?

thanks
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Any of the 800 series chips sets will work out the box. As for the older chipsets, we will have to wait for manufacturers to start BIOS updating them before they are compatible out of the box.

This is a good board for the X6 core, very good price aswell!
 
cactusweasel said:
Any un-biased reviews out yet on this chip?
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You think thats biased? If you do what most people do i.e. look at reviews and peoples results you will see 4GHz is easily achievable on the 1095T.

Would liked to have seen an 8 or 24 hour Prime95 stable screen shot though, anyone can fire up windows with suicide shots etc, thats what bores me with xtreme systems forums.
 
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cactusweasel said:
Any un-biased reviews out yet on this chip?
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Hardly biased, I personally own a Intel Core I7 960 clocked to 4.5GHz. I'm just impressed at the ease this chip overclock and performance it offers. In the past AMD were always more reluctant to overclock than the Intels and it is just nice to see the change.
 
the overclocking thread in CPU section clearly shows that the X6 1090T does clock easily (speaking from experience or the lack of :) ) ... all those in that thread including myself have reached 4Ghz with no hassle and got our systems prime stable for 8 hours minimum

there are some user benchies in there too for you to look through

not that I would dare plug a product .. but if you encode , produce video or photos and can benefit from 6 real cores then these chips are a steal at the price with the clocking headroom available
 
cactusweasel said:
Any un-biased reviews out yet on this chip?
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If you had bothered to look, you would find hundreds, then again, that wouldn't have allowed you a trolling opportunity.

Very nice clocks Nath, certainly a chip I would look at once they get knocked down in price a bit.
 
Azra said:
Is the overclock likely to be any less stable with 8gb of ram instead of 4gb?
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extra memory puts more pressure on the chips IMC [integrated memory controller]

this makes it a lot more difficult to clock as you have to do a lot more tinkering
some chips hit a wall at very low clocks with full banks of memory

for instance the first ES of the AMD955 we had at OCUK clocked exceptionally well, but it wouldnt clock more than 600MHz with 8GB of memory

its very much luck of the draw and means that it is not viable for us to offer large clocks paired with large memory capacity on a commercial scale.

if the chips did it reliably then believe me there would be an option, it is something i have explored countelss times and never made any progress that could be applied consistantly enough for us to offer it.

it can be done if you persevere though :)
 
The IMC's on these are far better than the Denebs.

There's a few of us running 8GB with them no fuss. I'm personally running 8GB @ 1600MHz, with a 2600 CPU-NB, using just 1.175V on the CPU-NB and its 9hrs+ prime stable.

That is in conjunction with a 3.9GHz core clock (mobo limiting me from getting 4GHz).

They really are cracking CPU's.
 
HeX said:
The IMC's on these are far better than the Denebs.
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totally agree, better by a country mile

like i say, commercially it is not reliable enough on every chip.

but the ones we have used have all been capable
 
Azra said:
Would having say Dominator memory make it easier say with a Crosshair IV?

I am looking for a 2nd video editing machine and am not convinced i should get a 980X lol
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The Dominator may give you tighter timings and maybe a slightly faster speed (depending on your CPU clock), it won't make that much difference in real world tests.

For video editing, more RAM and a more conservative clock speed would help.
 
I was thinking more about a more stable clock not a higher clock. The machine would be running 100+ hours a week so I want a reasonably fast chip with 8gb of RAM
 
Azra said:
I was thinking more about a more stable clock not a higher clock. The machine would be running 100+ hours a week so I want a reasonably fast chip with 8gb of RAM
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Once an overclock is stable it will stay stable however the Dominator will be more reliable as it is a superior part to standard Corsair XMS DIMMS.

So in answer to your question: Yes the Dominator will be better suited to your requirements.
 
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