why is there no 925 Comparison

[CTA4LC4PON3]

im wondering this. Why is there NO amd phenom 925 comparison anywhere. is it not a good CPU? How does it compare to lets say the 955.

 

[alyarb]

they're identical except for the clock multiplier which determines the speed it runs at. not as good for overclocking though, you'll want the 955 black edition for that.

 

[Hey Zeus]

Edit - I had a 940 not a 925

 

[CTA4LC4PON3]

so what about in Gaming. would the 925 be worthy? ive heard that you can overclock the 925 to 3.6 - 3.8 ghz. if i ran that chip with a 5870 would there be obvious bottleneck. im just wondering cause im building a new Rig tonight.

 

[lopri]

Well, for a 925 to be at 3800 MHz you'll need 270 HTT. Unless you (can) lower NB multiplier, that translates to 2700 MHz NB which may or may not be attainable on air cooling. If you're using DDR2, they will need to clock to 1080 MHz. (You can use lower dividers, at the cost of performance)

For $25 more (955), you get faster stock clock as well as total freedom of multipliers which now works w/ C'nQ.. I think it's a no-brainer.

 

[LoneNinja]

Few websites benchmarked the Phenom II 925 or 945 because they are the same thing as the already benchmarked 920/940 except they can use DDR3 while the 920/940 could only use DDR2.