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- AMD Phenom vs. Athlon Core Shootout
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- AMD: Survival and the Future
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- AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition - A New Hope?
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- What is your CPU History
- Which CPU should I get?
- Stock Phenom 9600 AM2 Heatsink Fitting on LGA 775
- CPU-Z showing CPU:6...what does it mean?
- Phenon 9600BE overclock
- OC question
- Asus M3A big problem! please help!
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Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: amd, phenom, 9600, black, edition
Topics: AMD/ATI, Build Your Own, Business, Overclocking
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I think on page 14 the author meant:
"When Cool'n'Quiet is deactivated, idle power consumption rises to 51 watts. The jump in power consumption at 2.70 GHz is a direct result of the core voltage increase from 1.250 V to 1.400 V."
And the bars for Phenom 9600 BE and Phenom 9600 BE (CnC) should be switched around.
I think it's also important to mention the fact that Vista SP1 includes it's OWN TLB fix which overrides the bios setting of many boards. I used an app that works in conjunction with Crystal CPUID to change the MSR directly to deactivate this secondary TLB fix. It caused a dramatic improvement in performance; the quick and simple WinRAR bench went from 232 to ~1300 after the fix. Just think it's worth mentioning!