Posted on 11 May 2010 by bluetooth
If you intend to buy a 6 core AMD processor, you might want to wait a while for the Phenom II X4 960T. This processor paired up with ASRock 890GX Extreme3 not only enables the hidden cores, it can also overclock the processor from a default of 3GHz to 4.2GHz on AIR. Of course if you use LN2, you should be able to go higher.
IN our tests, we applied 1.45v to the vcore, the rest are default and we are able to get it to 4.2GHz. Below is a screen shot of it. Click on the thumbnail to zoom in. Review of the board can be read from here http://en.ocworkbench.com/tech/asrock-890gx-extreme3-amd-890gx-sb850-board-review/
Posted on 22 April 2010 by bluetooth
ASRock 890GX Extreme3 mainboard has the UCC function which can unlocked the 2 hidden cores within the Phenom II X4 960T, turning it into a 6 cores processor.
Some users were wondering if there are any stability issues. We ran Hyper PI 32M stability tests on 4 core turned 6 core Phenom II 960T processor and the 32M tests completed without any issues.
See the screen shots below on page 2
Posted on 16 April 2010 by bluetooth
On the 26th this month, AMD will soon be releasing it’s six core Phenom II X6 CPUs, codenamed “Thuban”. The Phenom II X6 will feature 6MB of L3 cache and six cores, together with a new feature that is similar to Intel’s Turbo Boost technology which boosts a 400MHz (unconfirmed) to its base frequency during high cpu load.
According to various sources, the new Phenom II X4 “T” processors are basically are based on the same cores as the Phenom II X6. So, if you’re lucky, you would be able to unlocked the 2 remaining cores, turning your X4 into a X6. It should also feature the same 6MB of L3 cache and Turbo Boost like technology. The Phenom II X4 960T is said to spec at 3.3GHz and the 940T running at around 3GHz.
In fact, at post time, we have confirmation from a tester that he is able to recover the 2 hidden cores, turning the Phenom II X4 960T into a hex core Phenom II X6 at the same clock speed. The board used is a AMD 890GX+SB850 mainboard.
Looks like the first board being able to achieve this is the ASRock 890GX Extreme3 – read about it here.
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