Overclocking Trials Push AMD Phenom(TM) II Processors to the Limit
Team London Sets the Pace at First European Speed Trial on "Dragon"
platform technology from AMD
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - May 19, 2009) - Editors Note:
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PC speed-freaks from across Europe will be pushing their processors
to the limit in a series of extreme overclocking trials over the next
month. The trials, which have been organised by AMD (NYSE: AMD), will
see forum users from 19 leading technology forums from across the
continent compete in a series of pedal-to-the-metal contests where
they will attempt to push AMD platform technology, codenamed
"Dragon," to the fastest speed possible. During the trials, the
contestants will try to clock up the highest scores in categories
such as 3D Mark performance, calculation speed and highest CPU clock
speed.(i)
The first of these events was held in London on Thursday 23rd April
2009, where sparks flew, literally! In this special event, eight
teams of daredevil journalists went head to head in an attempt to
break through the sonic wall in 3D Mark05 and CPU clock speeds.
Things got so fast and so furious that sparks actually flew from one
of the team's "Dragon" rigs!(i)
It was a closely fought battle, but two winners emerged victorious.
Clive Webster from Custom PC won the 3D Mark05 competition with a
score of 24,689, while Tim Smally & Rich Swinburne from Bit-Tech won
the CPU clock frequency competition with a speed of 4,211MHz. For
this special opening event, both winning teams won a prize of $1000
each. The Custom PC donated their winnings to the Phyllis Tuckwell
Hospice and the Bit-Tech team gave their winnings to the Myton Hamlet
Hospice.
Link to overclocking event in London, April 23rd
http://links.amd.com/OCUK
Once the remaining trials have taken place between forums and forum
users across Europe, the winner of each competition will receive a
special, limited edition AMD Phenom II CPU and each participant will
be invited to keep the AMD Phenom(TM) II 940 processor used in the
trials. The "Dragon" kits being used will include an AMD Phenom II X4
940 processor, an Asus M4A79 Mainboard with AMD 790FX chipset as well
as an Asus Radeon(TM) HD 4870 X2 graphics card.
Forums taking part in the trials:
1. Hardwarearena-Turkey:
http://site.hardwarena.com/AMD-Overclock-Yarismasi-Sonuclandi.html
2. Overclockers.at-Austria:
http://www.overclockers.at/amd_processors/amd_overclocking_contest_205627
3. Ocaholic-Switzerland:
http://www.ocaholic.ch/forum/index.php?page=Board&boardID=198
4. Planet3dnow-Germany:
http://www.planet3dnow.de/vbulletin/blog.php?b=52
5. Driverheaven-UK:
http://www.driverheaven.net/overclocking-modding/181925-amd-dragon-kit-has-come-awesome.html
6. Bit-tech-UK: Activity starting soon!
7. Muropaketti-Finland:
http://keskustelu.plaza.fi/muropaketti/bbs/t577516
8. Hardware-test.dk-Denmark:
http://hwt.dk/forumthread.aspx?ThreadID=266346
9. TechSweden-Sweden:
http://www.techsweden.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=220199&p=243846 -
p243846
10. Jmax-hardware-France:
http://www.jmax-hardware.com/forum/index.php/topic,4374.0.html
11. Matbe-France:
http://www.overclocking-masters.com/forum/-OCM-Concours-EMEA-by-AMD-ATI,t12234-p1.htm
12. Hispazone-Spain: http://foro.hispazone.com/dragon
13. Topmods-Russia:
http://forum.topmods.net/index.php?showtopic=2949&st=0&p=39620
14. Overclockers.ru-Russia:
http://www.overclockers.ru/lab/32882.shtml
15. IXBT.com-Russia: Activity starting soon!
16. PCTuner-Italy:
www.pctuner.net/forum/amd-overclock-competition-unleash-dragon/113432-amd-overclock-competition-unleash-dragon.html
17. XtremPC-Romania:
http://www.xtrempc.ro/modules.php?name=Articole&skin=0&tip=hard&subtip=Articol&id_articol=13604
18. Pc World-Bulgaria: www.pcworld.bg
19. PC Ekspert Croatia-Croatia: www.pcekspert.com
"We are tremendously excited to be running these events, as our
engagement with the overclocking community is very important to us.
Events such as these offer a great opportunity for AMD to meet and
receive feedback from experts and enthusiasts in our field," said
Sami Makinen, Technical Marketing Manager, Consumer Software at AMD.
"They also increase awareness in the community of the huge
overclocking potential of the AMD Phenom II processor."
3DMark06 world record was achieved at an event in Finland earlier
this year, using liquid nitrogen to drop CPU temperatures to -190
degrees Celsius. "Team Finland" -overclocking team managed to take
the AMD Phenom II processor to 6.2GHz. You can check out the video
here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwkzY8a8aFs.
Overclocking explained:
Overclocking is the process of running a computer component at a
higher clock rate (more clock cycles per second) than it was designed
for or was specified by the manufacturer. Users who overclock their
components mainly focus their efforts on processors, video cards,
motherboard chipsets, and system memory. It is done through
manipulating the CPU multiplier and the motherboard's reference clock
speed until a maximum stable operating frequency is reached.(i)
A blog on overclocking by Ian McNaughton, Senior Manager, Advanced
Marketing, AMD can be viewed here:
http://links.amd.com/X4955
Overclocking of AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition:
Video featuring the work and accomplishments of overclocker chew(i)
with stock AMD Phenom II X4 955 processors on Dragon Technology.
http://links.amd.com/PROVINGGROUNDS
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(i) AMD warranty does not cover damage caused by overclocking, even
when enabled via AMD OverDrive(TM) software.
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