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The editors liked
Good performance
Unlocked multiplier
Works with existing AM2+ motherboards
The editors didn't like
High power consumption
Not a great overclocker
A bit pricey
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Published: 2009-08-13, Author: Scott , review by: Techreport.com
So, this is a minor speed grade bump. I hope you werent expecting lightning and thunder. My sense is that AMD has taken a bit of a risk here by introducing a CPU with a 140W TDP at this point in time. They may take flak from some quarters for doing so...
There is no doubt that the Phenom II 965 is a worthy sucessor to the 955 and definitely brings with it a healthy speed bump and some delightful additional overclocking headroom. The 965 is a good value and easily fits into a budget better than any pa...
There is no doubt that the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition is not a revolutionary step; it is an evolutionary step. However, it is still good to know that AMD is making sufficient advances in their fab processes to continue to bin out enough higher sp...
Great Price/Performance, Nice Overclocking Headroom, Responds Well To Advanced Cooling Methods, Best Performance From AMD Weve Seen To Date, Fastest Frequency Out Of The Box Of Any Current Quad, Fun To Overclock Black Editions, Entire Top End Dragon Platf...
Hasnt Caught Up To Intel Core i7
CPU testing consists of more than just synthetic benchmarks, synthetic benchmarks are good for measuring performance differences between CPUs but it doesnt tell you a lot about real life performance. To that end we drove the Phenom 2 X4 965 BE in ev...
After all is said and done I came away from the Phenom II X4 965 BE with a healthy respect for AMD and its high-end parts. Sure, AMD has ceded the mega high-end market to Intel with its over $1000 top-of-the line parts. The high-end Intel parts are vas...
So, what should I talk about, first? Well, lets begin by what I think interests the most people: performance. How did your subject in this article, the Phenom II X4 965, perform when facing the offerings from the competitor? Lets recall the comparis...
Phenom II X4 965 processor launch is hardly an unexpected event. Once AMD got the new 45 nm Deneb core at their disposal that featured much more impressive frequency potential than the previous Agena core, they started pushing its frequencies higher a...
The AMD Athlon II X4 965 Black Edition is the fastest desktop processor that we have ever seen from AMD. It runs a little warm and gobbles down the power, but it also overclocks better than any other Phenom II processor that we have had the pleasure ...
Abstract: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition ReviewAMDs got a problem. As successful as Phenom II has been for them this year, their CPU margins have continued to decline.Dropping from 65-nm Phenom and Athlon parts to 45-nm Phenom II and Athlon II was supposed ...
While the initial Phenom II launch was an improvement in leaps and bounds over its original Phenom predecessors, it still left AMD fighting against Intel's Core 2 parts, something which they could only really do on a price-oriented footing rather than...
