phenom II x3 720 hits 4.2GHz on air

[ricanflow]

Highest stable speed he got was 3.6ghz?

Im sure you could get stable much higher, especially on water.

And its a tri-core so benchmarks will love it.

 

[gurusan]

I dunno, so far I have not seen many stable 4+ghz clocks on any phenom 2...pretty sure it would be a downgrade coming from my wolfdale.

 

[ricanflow]

The dual core denebs will launch soon and will be monsters at oc'ing.

 

[tastegw]

I dunno, so far I have not seen many stable 4+ghz clocks on any phenom 2...pretty sure it would be a downgrade coming from my wolfdale.

take a look @ this.
PC Perspective - Phenom II X4 810 and X3 720 Processor Review - DDR3 Arrives for AMD
the x3 performs well

 

[ricanflow]

Yeah im pretty sure a tri-core at 4.3 or 4.4ghz will be faster than an E8500 at 4.6ghz due to the extra core, even with a 300mhz slower clock.

 

[gurusan]

We shall see, I have a feeling I'll be sticking with my wolfdale for awhile.

Also where are you getting these 4.3-4.4ghz numbers from? The highest stable x3 clock I've seen is 3.9ghz.

In 99% of apps out there my wolfdale will be faster at 4.6ghz...

 

[Hussein19891]

The highest stable x3 clock I've seen is 3.9ghz.

In 99% of apps out there my wolfdale will be faster at 4.6ghz...

Highest stable overclocks out of X3's is 3.9ghz true. But that's on air, with water I m sure you could hit 4.5ghz or close.

As far as the last comment is concerned, your probably right. But more games will support the extra core down the line anyways.

 

[gurusan]

Highest stable overclocks out of X3's is 3.9ghz true. But that's on air, with water I m sure you could hit 4.5ghz or close.

From what I've seen I really don't think that's likely. If it's true then I might be tempted to change over but I'm going to wait and see first.