Soldato
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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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.