AMD Phenom II X4 955 - Record Overclock

[Apoptosis]

Overclocking Guru Chew* relentlessly overclocks “Dragon Technology” with stock AMD Phenom II X4 955 processors on GIGABYTE GA-MA790FXT-UD5P, and recently published his results spanning air, phase, dry ice, and liquid nitrogen. He pushes DDR3 and the extraordinary north bridge of the 955 to the limit. The stock 955 has tremendous north bridge scaling potential and achieved overclocks at significantly lower voltages than prior processor models. The achievement was accomplished on GIGABYTE GA-MA790FX-UD5P and GA-MA790FXT-UD5P, featuring “Ultra Durable 3 Technology:” the industry's first motherboard design with 2 ounces copper layers to tremendously enhance stability and performance for overclocking. Brian was able to break 3DMark06 records for dual Radeon HD 4850’s and 4890’s in the Dual Crossfire configuration supported by these two motherboards.

Result Summary

CPU and Motherboard:
AMD Phenom II 955 CPU | “Dragon” Technology
MA790FX-UD5P DDR2 Motherboard | Ultra Durable 3 Technology
MA790FXT-UDP5 DDR3 Motherboard | Ultra Durable 3 Technology

Overclocker: Brian Mclachlan |chew*
#2 3DMark06 23,883
Single ATI Radeon HD 4890 Class
#1 3DMark06 28,831
Dual ATI Radeon HD 4850 Class
#1 3DMark06 Score 32,281
Dual ATI Radeon HD 4890 Class

Results on DDR3
DDR3 5-5-5-15-20 At 1443 Mhz
DDR3 6-6-6-16-22 At 1636 Mhz

Results on Air
4515 Mhz All Core Validation
4070 Mhz Extreme Stability | CPU 1.50V

Results on Dry Ice
5217 Mhz All Core Validation
4717 Mhz Extreme Stability | CPU 1.60V

Results on Liquid Nitrogen
6405 Mhz All Core Validation
6283 Mhz Benchmark PI 1M (6283) 11.078 | DDR3 9-9-9 1700
5751 Mhz Extreme Stablity | CPU 1.80V

[camaroguy1998]

Gigabyte sure has stepped up recently!
May have to go back to Gigabyte, ASUS has let me down abit. 2 of the last 5 ASUS mobo's I bought or recommended have failed recently!