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AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Review
| Author | Edward Chester |
| Published | 23rd Apr 2009 |
| Manufacturer | AMD |
| Price | £189.56 (Exc VAT) |
| as reviewed | £217.99 (Inc VAT) |
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For this test we run all the auto-adjustments available in Photoshop on a large collection of images and time how long it takes to complete. It's an old test that isn't multi-threaded but it is incredibly reliable at demonstrating differences in single-threaded performance.
WinRAR File Compression
Though zipping and unzipping files is a fairly quick and easy task, the frequency with which a heavy computer user has to do it means saving five seconds each time you unzip something is a real boon. We therefore feel it makes for an interesting test of system performance.
This test is split into two parts. The first times how long it takes to compress a large video file and the second records how long it takes to compress the folder of photos used in the above Photoshop test. We then repeat this test using the multithreaded version of WinRAR.
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Ed said on 23rd April 2009
basicasic said on 23rd April 2009
Talk about wanting it on a plate! Overclocking used to be a bit of a black art. Soldering resistors, joining tiny bridges with conductive paint, using the right memory and tinkerin... more
Ed said on 24th April 2009
As I explained, the system was essentially dead after some initial attempts and due to time constraints we weren't able to recover it for another run. Reading around, these wi... more
andy1001 said on 16th May 2009
I belive there is missclick - should be 6mb L3 cache instead of 2mb on page 1.
May i ask about cooling? Did you use components included in box or add your own cpu co... more
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You're right, we only did a 'verdict' on page 3. My bad. ;)