Strong performance, 1a price / performance ratio and best power consumption in idle mode (for a 6-Kerner)

Did the processor not buy here, however, but the associated motherboard and DDR3 RAM - can once again take kudos to Amazon and the outstanding service, without whom I would not my system into operation!

But now to the processor: probably beat value Technically hardly the 1090T offers tidy value for your money. Judging tests after it is approximately equal to the Core i7 930 (for HT). I use it occasionally for dragons and Benchen, but mainly for video editing in FullHD area.

My current Sys looks currently like this: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @ 3,889GHz, ASUS Crosshair IV Formula 890FX, 4x2GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Dominator GT (CMT4GX3M2A1600C7), Sapphire 4870X2 (800/925) + 4890 (800/925) CFX , WD Velociraptor 150 HLFS (SystemHDD) 2x1,5TB Samsung Spinpoint F2 EcoGreen (StorageHDDs) Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCIe sound card, Win7 x64, Silverstone Strider 1000W. Previously, I had the following systems: Intel Q9550 @ Core2Quad 3,689GHz, DFI LP X48 T2R, 2x2GB DDR2-1066 Transcend Axe-Ram, same Restkonfig.

On standard clock (3.2GHz) without Turbo Mode the Phenom II X6 1090T is quite comparable with the Q9550 @ 3,689GHz (even performed benchmarks):
3DMark06 CPU score: AMD 5546 points - Intel 5623 points;
3DMark Vantage CPU: AMD 16394 points - Intel 14975 points;
Cinebench R10 Multi Score: AMD 17963 - Intel 16439;
Cinebench R11 CPU score: 5.71 AMD - Intel 5.47;
Video Conversion H.264 (1920x1080, 15MB / s): AMD 23.6 fps - Intel 21.7 fps.

Temperatures (both processors were cooled with Coolit Domino ALC, room temperature about 23 ° C; average core temperature measured by RealTemp):
Idle: AMD about 28-30 ° C; Intel about 39-44 ° C
100% load (Prime95): AMD about 38-41 ° C; Intel about 61-65 ° C

In the current cycle (3,889GHz, CPU Vcore 1,408 - 1,416V loud CPU-Z) things look different:
3DMark06 CPU score: 6639 points 3DMark06 Score: 22560 points
3DMark Vantage CPU: 20103 points, P 21063, X 12389;
Cinebench R10 Multi Score: 21429;
Cinebench R11 CPU score: 6.93;
Video Conversion H.264 (1920x1080, 15MB / s): 28.8 fps.

The core temperatures are now in idle at 32-35 ° C and under 100% load at 51-54 ° C.

With current games the performance gain is not really noticeable, but this is subject to change in the future certainly. CrossFire and SLI systems will also benefit from the 2 additional cores but. For me, making this just in high resolutions with 8xAA significantly compared to the previous Intel System noticeable - no bottleneck at TripleCFX! Also in the video editing the extra power is then but clearly noticeable. Without overclocking to both would, however, only slightly noticeable.

With regard to the Overclockingpotentials I can tell so far only the following: Without voltage increase can be attributed to the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula 890FX a maximum frequency of 3,800 GHz (19x200MHz) reach. Contrary to many test from the Internet so far I could, to my disappointment, is not a stable clock of 4GHz or more reach (I have the Vcore already raised to 1,475V) - but 3,889GHz settled Prime Table with an increase in Vcore to 1 reach 40V. But I will in the near future a little experiment with the BIOS settings and then also take care of the RAMs.

All in all I'm very happy with my first AMD. For people like me, the old Intel Socket 775 Core2Quad generation yet (possibly overclocked) operate, the 1090T does not bring such a large performance boost. All others who are looking for a switch from Dual Core & Co an affordable alternative to Intel's i7 930+ make a purchase of the 1090T certainly no mistake! From my side strong buy recommendation!

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