Latest Infos of Phenom II X4 940 Unveiled
AMD Phenom II X4 is ready to debut this Thursday, though it still looks quite mysterious. The latest information indicates Phenom II X4 940 performs as well as Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450/Q9550 while costs a little bit lower.
The power consumption of Phenom II X4 940 ranges from 60 to 70 Watt under load.
With the help of a normal air-cooling cooler, the processor can be overclocked between 3.2 to 3.6GHz without increasing voltage.
January 5th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
60-70 watts is a huge improvement from the 125w of Phenom 9950.
January 5th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
get it cool!!!
oc this chip can be very easy
January 6th, 2009 at 2:00 am
Nice wattage and nice overclock… and I was disappointed when hearing that their TDP is around 125W. I hope that these are no just rumors.
January 6th, 2009 at 3:13 am
TDP is just a bracket or range, it’s to tell OEM’s and cooling companies the CPU is gauranteed to give off no more than that much heat at stock speeds, and thus design their cooling for it.
For example, all Intel Extreme editions are marked at 130W TDP stock, that’s not how much heat they all give off. Shrinks and slower parts seem to OC better than the others because they likely give off less heat than the TDP range they are placed in, but they don’t qualify for the next one down, i.e 95W.
I don’t know what the next TDP range down from the 125W TDP for AMD parts, but I’m certain that if AMD reuses the 125W TDP range for AMD Phenom II’s, it’s not like there isn’t an improvement over the first Phenoms. Phenom II’s will be at the other end of the range.
Neither AMD or Intel would ever give away actual heat load values, for competitive reasons, so we depend on articles and websites like these to measure them.
January 6th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Well… you might think it’s not meaningful but I’ll disagree.
In real world, a TDP indicates the approximate amount of power a CPU draws from the mainboard under load. It can’t dissipate less energy than it draws so if it has a TDP of 70W instead of 125W… well, it’s less stressful on the electricity bill. First thing, it indicates energy efficiency!
The problem of heat can be resolved by using a better cooling solution or in this case, if the Phenom II overclocks well without increasing the voltage might be able to work at the same stock speed but undervolted, which should help lowering the temps a bit… so less noise to bare 10 or 12 hours a day.
Another thing a TDP value is useful is to establish compatibility with the power design of a mainboard. Back when AMD launched the 78G a lot of manufacturers released 3 or 4 phase power design mainboards. See, the problem with these mainboards was that when coupled with a 125W CPU like the Phenom they would fry in the first seconds they got powered.
Of course the 780G was intended for HTPC so using a lower TDP CPU was thought to be the case but… it wasn’t. The 780G is good for as a work PC… in the last years I stopped gaming so I work mostly that’s why the HD3200 and it’s capabilities around which the 780G was build, is more than enough… ditching a dedicated vga card for the on-board DX10 - UVD - low heat emission - low power draw capable chipset coupled with a powerful CPU would make a pretty good and not to pricey work computer.
I went for the ASUS M3A78 Pro, and AM2+ 5-phase design… capable for 125W, but since the Phenom was slow I decided to wait. A fully equipped L3 cash Deneb with a surprisingly low TDP is just perfect and doesn’t burn a hole in my pocket.
So keeping costs under control and not falling for that fanboy crap is another thing it helps at… yeah, that simple and meaningless value!
January 7th, 2009 at 1:40 am
This is excellent, I bought a cheap but okay 65nm 5200 X2 and as a fill in until the new Phenoms come out.