Testseek.com have collected 94 expert reviews of the AMD Phenom 2 X4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz Socket AM3 and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Phenom 2 X4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz Socket AM3.
April 2009
Experts 84% 94 Reviews
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Performance: I remember when Crysis was just released and no system could play the game on max settings. Well using AMD Phenom 955 paired up with an ATI 4xxx or nVidia 2xx card, this can be achieved. On the Sisoft Sandra benchmark, you can see how ...
At roughly US$199, the Phenom II X4 955 is a pretty decent buy and a worthy upgrade. It plays games decently and gets your encoding done at a good speed. Its also a pretty decent overclocker as you can see above. In other words, you cant really go wro...
Published: 2009-08-07, Author: Cameron Johnson , review by: tweaktown.com
Phenom II is growing in numbers with AMD still having no end in sight for the K10 architecture. While Phenom II is not the juggernaut that the market had really hoped for, K10 does have its place as an alternative to a high priced Intel processor. Q...
Well, Ill start off by apologizing to AMD and our readers for some of the conclusions I drew from the Cyberpower Gamer Dragon review. I deserve a good measure of blame for rationalizing the difference that we saw when comparing a machine with Radeon H...
The AMD platform has long been known for its backwards compatible platforms with AM2+ CPUs able t work with the AM2 motherboards with a BIOS upgrade, and now the AM3 CPUs able to use the same AM2+ motherboards with DDR2 memory meaning the total cost of...
Abstract: June 23, 2009 At last! After having launched its first Phenom II AM2+ in January, then the AM3 versions in February, AMD is finally bringing out some AM3 versions that are clocked as high and higher than the AM2+. To recap, at the launch of the Phenom...
Fort 245$ USD this is a awesome processor, I have no doubts about that this will sell good. It beats the older 940 without ANY problems. I did not have a C2D processor from Intel to compare vs but Intel are not interested in sending one unfortunately...
Good performance, unlocked multiplier, overclocks easily, works with existing AM2+ motherboards, consumes lower power on idle/load
Expensive
Weve all seen the Phenom II X4 955 in action when we reviewed the Dragon platform, and now its time to overclock it and push it even further. The Phenom X4 940 was the flagship processor just a couple of months back but it lacked AM3 support. There...
The AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition is the fastest desktop processor in AMD's aresnal and rightly so, as it supports socket AM3 technology and a 3.2GHz clock frequency. ...
