Testseek.co.uk have collected 54 expert reviews of the AMD Phenom 2 X4 940 3.0GHz Socket AM2+ and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Phenom 2 X4 940 3.0GHz Socket AM2+.
February 2009
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The editors liked
Phenom II easily beats out Phenom X4 and gives midrange Core 2 Quads a good fight
Overclocks well
Suggesting significant headroom for 2009
Dragon platform makes implicit
The editors didn't like
Quite powerhungry
As a platform
When compared to Core 2 Quad
Core i7 is still comfortably faster in most applications
940 price needs to drop <£200 and 920 to <£150 to entice enthusiasts away from Intel.
AMDs Phenom II is better than Intels Core 2 Quad Q9300 but not a patch on Core i7 and that’s a problem. AMD is playing catch-up with a die-shrink and a move to DDR 3 while Intel is busy changing the world. ® More CPU Reviews... Intel Core i7 VIA N...
Phenom II easily beats out Phenom X4 and gives midrange Core 2 Quads a good fight, Overclocks well, suggesting significant headroom for 2009, Dragon platform makes implicit
Quite powerhungry, as a platform, when compared to Core 2 Quad, Core i7 is still comfortably faster in most applications, 940 price needs to drop <£200 and 920 to <£150 to entice enthusiasts away from Intel.
The twin Phenom II processors from AMD, released today and available later on this month, are exactly what the company needed just over a year ago, when the original quad-core Phenoms were released. We say this because performance from the top-of-the...
Abstract: Its way past high-time that AMD launched a counter-strike to the flurry of compelling Intel CPUs thatve been launched since Phenom first got off of the ground. The switch over to 45 nm manufacturing seemingly took a lot longer than the company origin...
Abstract: Its way past high-time that AMD launched a counter-strike to the flurry of compelling Intel CPUs thatve been launched since Phenom first got off of the ground. The switch over to 45 nm manufacturing seemingly took a lot longer than the company origin...
Abstract: Dealing with current news means that we rarely have the opportunity to review old products and of course a comparison between the most recent products and those that came out several years ago can get a little problematic. But we’ve decided to push th...
Fast, Cheap compared to Intel, Has overclocking potential
None so far
We are going to review the Intel Core i7 920 soon which should prove to be quite interesting vs the Phenom 2 processor. It was way faster than the older 9850 BE which shows some improvement. Overclocking wise the processors was about the same but I pe...
The reality of the economic downturn has affected every facet of our lives including the computer industry. While Intel continues to price their CPUs in the $999 price range with little change but a higher clock speed and higher speed QPI, AMD is prici...
Frankly speaking, we had no doubts that the Dragon would demonstrate its competence in modern games, as we had already tested all parts of this platform. What we really like is that new processors show significantly better overclocking results. It doe...
Abstract: quot;Wohoow ... awesome". Thats my first reaction when AMD published their first overclocking results of the 45nm Phenom II; not only because they showed frequencies way above 6GHz, but mainly because they eliminated the cold bug issue, which wa...
Drop in compatibility (for the most part) with current AM2 motherboards, Unlocked multiplier (the Phenom II 920 is locked) allowing for higher and easier overclocking, Greatly improved overclocking over Phenom series CPUs, Good performance for the money (...
Not worth switching platforms if you currently have LGA 775, Doesnt overclock quite as high as the average Intel quad under 24/7 normal condition cooling, Performance doesnt consistently match Yorkfield, an older technology by ~9 months
We thought it may be interesting to see if both CPUs scaled evenly when overclocked. Not being 100% sure if they would scale equally based on being from different platforms and using a different approach to making use of system memory, we were pleased...
