AMD's New Year Refresh: Athlon II X4 635, Phenom II X2 555, Athlon II X2 255 & Athlon II X3 440
by Anand Lal Shimpi on January 25, 2010 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
Full Data in Bench & The Test
We're presenting an abridged set of benchmarks here in the review to avoid this turning into too much of a graph-fest. If you want to see data that you don't see here check out all of these CPUs and 95 more in Bench.
| Motherboard: | ASUS P7H57DV- EVO (Intel H57) Intel DX58SO (Intel X58) Intel DX48BT2 (Intel X48) Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P (AMD 790FX) |
| Chipset Drivers: | Intel 9.1.1.1015 (Intel) AMD Catalyst 8.12 |
| Hard Disk: | Intel X25-M SSD (80GB) |
| Memory: | Qimonda DDR3-1066 4 x 1GB (7-7-7-20) Corsair DDR3-1333 4 x 1GB (7-7-7-20) Patriot Viper DDR3-1333 2 x 2GB (7-7-7-20) |
| Video Card: | eVGA GeForce GTX 280 |
| Video Drivers: | NVIDIA ForceWare 180.43 (Vista64) NVIDIA ForceWare 178.24 (Vista32) |
| Desktop Resolution: | 1920 x 1200 |
| OS: | Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit (for SYSMark) Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit |
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
63 Comments
View All Comments
Eeqmcsq - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link
I'm surprised AMD will release a 95W TDP X6. I hope the clock speed sacrifice isn't too bad on those.AmdInside - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link
Dumb question but none of these processors will work on older AM2 plus motherboards?Taft12 - Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - link
Pardon the yelling, but this is the only answer that matters:SEE THE SUPPORTED CPU LIST ON YOUR MOTHERBOARD'S SUPPORT PAGE
Many old boards don't get BIOS updates. Some do, but you won't know until you check.
nubie - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link
It all depends on the board and manufacturer bios support.If your motherboard is recent (within 1-2 years old), or has a bios update from the manufacturer, then it will work.
Apparently some older boards don't have room on the bios chip to support AM2+ or AM3 processors as well as maintain backwards compatibility, it is a shame.
(I probably just have the rare board that isn't upgradeable.)
nubie - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link
Oops, you said AM2+ , but you spelled out the plusAM2+ is guaranteed to support AM3 processors.
Rand - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link
I can't imagine why they wouldn't, their predecessors all did and there is nothing in the C3 stepping Phenom II's themselves that prevent it.AmdInside - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link
Well, I wasn't sure if these were AMD3 only or AM2/AM3 processors.Slaimus - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link
There are no such thing as AM3-only processors. AM3 processors work in AM3 and AM2+ boards.All AM3 motherboards are AM3-only, and will not work with AM2 processors.
Rand - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link
What is the stock VCore on the X4 910e?pattycake0147 - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link
The link referencing hardware C1E on page 1 is broken.