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April 2009
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138 Reviews
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From a pure price/performance standpoint, AMD is certainly competing hard. The X4 955 BE closely matches Intels Q9550, but with a smaller price-tag. One must also consider the motherboards available especially if gaming is not an issue. Full-sized AM...
The Phenom II X4 955 & X4 945 processors are certainly a welcome addition to the AMD lineup. AMD is just starting with socket AM3 so it should be a solid investment for drop-in CPU upgrades. With the recent launch of the Radeon HD 4890 video card, and...
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Published: 2009-04-23, Author: Scott , review by: Techreport.com
which ought to be fairly straightforward. The performance contest between the Phenom II X4 955 and the Core 2 Quad 9550 is crazy close, and even the X4 955s one apparent weakness, a higher power/thermal rating, turned out to be a non-issue in our te...
Make no mistake, AMD has another solid part on their hands. The Phenom II X4 955 performs up to expectations, it does not consume all that much more power than previous versions, and the updates to the clockspeeds and DDR-3 memory make it a much more...
I am actually a bit surprised that it has taken so long for AMD to bring the X4 945 and X4 955 to market. While the X4 940 was obviously the flagship of the Deneb line until now, it was strictly limited to AM2+ setups, leaving the AM3 market a little...
Great Price/Performance, Nice Overclocking Headroom, Responds Well To Advanced Cooling Methods, Best Performance From AMD Weve Seen To Date, Very Stable When Overclocked Properly, Fun To Overclock Black Editions, Entire Top End Dragon Platform Cheaper Tha...
Hasnt Caught Up To Intel Core i7
The Phenom 2 X4 955 BE offers great performance at a good price. You can use your existing AM2+ board and DDR2 ram then upgrade to AM3 and DDR3, making it an even better choice in economic hard times. If we had to place it inline with current Intel of...
The bottom line is that with the Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition, like the 940, AMD has developed yet another great processor and more importantly positioned it competitively in an area that needed it. Its not the definitive choice - we still think cru...
Outperformed by Intels high end parts, but much, much cheaper by comparison
After going through the benchmarks its clear that the AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE offers a lot of bang for your buck. The AMD part wont best many of the Intel CPUs that sit in the high range, but it competes very well with Intel parts in its price class....
Given that the Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition is AMDs new flagship, I had high expectations about it, and I was far from being deceived. Its top of the pile performance quite amazed me. I did not imagine it could step on the Core 2 so easily. As we h...
It would be wishful thinking to believe that the Phenom II X4 955 was ever going to give the Core i7 any real problems in terms of performance. For starters AMD are pitching the Phenom II X4 955 for just $245 US. Also keep in mind that the architecture...
