AMD Phenom II X4 955 Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 3Dmark06 High Definition 720p

[Cqub3]

I have a Radeon HD 5450 512mb ddr3.

If i add this CPU will i have smooth fps on latest games?

[BigSnooop]

can my cheap psu ( inter tech sl 500 w) run well with this cpu ? (my specs x4 955 black edition 4gb ram ddr2 1333mhz hd 4650 1gb (55w) ) i dont think if it is a good psu... :/ cuz the cpu need around 125-130w...or more... thank you

[utltrarama]

@BigSnooop The specs you have should run fine with a 500 watt PSU.

[wickedjuggaloz480]

amd phenom II x4 840 3.2 overclocked to 3.6 score was only 8697 gpu was an amd sapphire 6570hd 1gb ddr3

[CrazyAngelDude]

@wickedjuggaloz480 LOL... 6570 DDR3... You better get a GPU that is ?670 ?770 ?870 ?970 ?990 etc,

[nairb2693]

@MinttyDizzy Phenom for gaming.

[mboy3515]

can someone tell me if my spec can run black ops? amd phenom ii x4 p940 1.7ghz

ati mobility 5470 512mb switchable memory, also i have 4gb of ddr3 ram. This is a laptop. So can i run it?

[ibloxProductionz]

@mboy3515 I think you can at lowest settings, maybe medium if your lucky.

[mboy3515]

@ibloxProductionz no i can run high settings in all of the games with 60+ if i don't use shadows

[ibloxProductionz]

@mboy3515 Well black ops didn't run good for my dual core E6600 & 4870.

[mboy3515]

@ibloxProductionz well i didnt get this quad core cpu in my laptop i got a dul com amd 2.9ghz and a ati 6570

[ibloxProductionz]

@mboy3515 Ok, yea i guess black ops is a cpu eating whore.

[mboy3515]

@ibloxProductionz yeah you know arother game that love cpus, flight simulator x

[ibloxProductionz]

@mboy3515 Yes lol, I wonder if the bulldozer will run it smooth lol.

[TENNSUMITSUMA]

game?

[AleksandarTesic]

This video would make a great video game!

[SirHubCAp]

im planning on getting this CPU but i need an affordable new motherboard that supports DDR2 and the power. Any suggestions? Thanks

[utltrarama]

@SirHubCAp You be better of buying a DDR3 motherboard, their cheaper, DDR2 motherboards is hard to come by today and DDR3 memory modules are much cheaper then DDR2 since DDR2 is being phased out from the market. A-DATA makes very affordable high quality memory modules both for normal desktop and gaming computers. I can recommend Fractal Design power supplies if you can get them in your country. Fractal Design is a Swedish company that makes very high quality products to very affordable prices.

[utltrarama]

@SirHubCAp Be sure to read reviews of the products you choose so that the products meats your demands.

[crazyspooks10]

the AMD Phenom II X4 945 is what I have, and i was wondering how do you set it so it performs at its best 3.0ghz at all times? Instead of performing better when mroe tasks are displayed. Im not sure if you get what im saying... but yeah like now all 4 cores are balanced at 800mhz, but i rather it perform at its best and not when it needs to.

[utltrarama]

@crazyspooks10 Go to Power Management in Windows XP and set it to Desktop (Allways On.) I think it's called In Windows 7 and Vista set it to High Performance. Then also turn of Cool and Quiet in Bios. Hope this helps. This makes your cpu run a full speed all the time.

[DiDolRuChagi]

I got 18,004.

Phenom ii x4 B55 @ 3.4 with Stock cooler/Stock Voltage

4gb DDR2 800

Single GTX 260 @ 650/1401/1053 @ 50% fan speed

Raidmax 700W

160 GB IDE

[AldoRPX]

i hace one AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 and is so amazing

[brandonsexywhitaker]

quick question

what score do you get without running fraps?

gettin ready to order the 965 and a corsair 950w 

[utltrarama]

@brandonsexywhitaker If you look at the end in the video you see my score. Anyways it is 17135 points.

[m3ean]

ive got 22k with 5870 clocked and with a amd phenom 2 x4 965 at 4ghz

[utltrarama]

@m3ean Nice. I can't oc my cpu to more the 3.6Ghz after that I get BSOD. I got a 1000 watt psu so that is not the problem. I think it's the other components on the mobo that cant take it. I now got a XFX HD 5870 XT oc'ed to 900Mhz(865Mhz default) and memory at 1300Mhz(default). I get really strange score in 3DMark06, only 2000 points more then with my old HD 4870.

[Hellderwish]

@utltrarama

Edit your Radeon´s Bios with RBE and sett the Catalyst Limit to 1100/1350.

Then use MSI Afterburner to apply higher Voltage. 1.29 for 1000 is normal for the first revision of the HD5870.

Try it

[utltrarama]

@Hellderwish Thanks for the tip. I think I wont though because the warranty goes to hell if I do. If my XFX HD 5870 XT would break all the 400 euros I payed for it would go to waste.

[Hellderwish]

@utltrarama

One of mine had a RAM issue but it was overclocked. I just flashed an Locked Original BIOS on the Card back and send it to my local dealer and they never messed up :D

[m3ean]

@utltrarama just higher the volt or is it another problem??

[utltrarama]

@m3ean I increased the voltage to 1.42 volt for both the CPU and the North Bridge and I still get BSOD at 3.7Ghz. I think it's the components that cant take it. Hell this motherboard isn't suppose to support this cpu lol. When I got this cpu it didn't work at all with this motherboard. I wrote to Gigabyte and they sent me a new bios that made it work. So if I can't overclock as much as I want it might not be so strange since the motherboard isn't suppose to support this cpu.

[m3ean]

@utltrarama Hmmm.... what do you have for motherboard, i can take a look and try to solve this problem if you want?

[utltrarama]

@m3ean Thanks for offering your help but I'm about to upgrade my motherboard to one with AMD's latest chipset and with that I also have to upgrade the memory modules to DDR3.

[Thma88]

any 1 interested in buying an AMD 3.0 GHZ Phenom II X4 945 Socket AM3 brand new with 3 years warranty for a decent price give me a shout..

[superfish7]

not bad. I got a 20K score with my amd 955 at 3.7 and 4gig ram at 800mhz, sli 9800gt's oced.

[utltrarama]

Thx.

[MrNorthPaw]

very nice graphic card

[utltrarama]

Thanks =) I got a new card now, check out my latest videos.

[eldaguinio]

Is the Core i5 750 better than the Phenom II 955??

[projundertax]

whats the highest overclock you've reached so far (stable) with your phenom II X4 955?

[utltrarama]

3.6Ghz is stable for me, I have been running it on 3.6Ghz now for 8 months. I've tried 3.7Ghz but the computer just suddenly reboots when I play a game.

[whitesoul94]

how does this cpu run games...

[utltrarama]

It runs games great. Everything I throw at it runs great.

[whitesoul94]

can you please tell me what is your cpu temperature with that cooler... plz quick respond ..

[utltrarama]

On idle the temp is between 29C and 35C and on high load it's between 48C and 50C.

[karansb]

i got da almost da same config but i got 15444 pts how come??

[utltrarama]

Well it's probably the almost the same config that makes the difference and also I turned off all background programs when I did the benchmark. What's even weirder is that I only get 19k+ with my new HD 5870 in 3DMark06 and almost 16K in 3DMark Vantage. With my HD 4870 I got 6K+ in 3DMark Vantage.

[apotekarna]

I got mine 955 to 4.5 GHz :)

[Moparman58]

how? i can't get mine stable at 4.0 GHz

[apotekarna]

I have good cooling

[Moparman58]

yea me too, im running at 3.9 ghz at 27 c, when got it to 4 ghz it still runs cool it just crashes when i stress test it. did you changes the voltages?

[mattckd]

how are you keeping it that cool? what heatsink are you using? or is it watercooling?

[Moparman58]

now that the thermal paste is completely cured its running 3.9 at about 28-29. i am using the xigmatek dark knight and i also have the nzxt tempest evo case that hepls suck a lot of air out with aftermarket fans.

[utltrarama]

Have you run a stress test on the cpu for 10 minutes or more?

[jeti150]

Buy yourself An ATI RADEON HD 5850 It s greeat

[utltrarama]

If you said it to me to buy a HD 5850 I can inform you that I got a XFX Radeon HD 5870 XT since a month and a new LCD monitor too with 1920x1080 resolution.

[jeti150]

my wrong sorry ^^ i didnt know it

[btr4lyfe]

im getting it on friday next weekend :) hows it going for you

[jeti150]

I must say that i never had buy this but one had say me dont buy the GTX 260 because that ive bought a HD 5850 with Dx11 its better and cheaper on my its Run great

[utltrarama]

XFX Radeon HD 5870 XT runs great on my system but when it comes to Crysis and in 1920x1080 it runs litte faster then on my old 1440x900 monitor and HD 4870. Mind that 1920x1080 has 777600 pixels more then 1440x900. Every other game runs perfect in every way.

[btr4lyfe]

@utltrarama oh ok thanks man im gonna crtossfire 5850;s also how is that processer im gonna get the same one thanks

[utltrarama]

My Phenom II X4 955 BE is never on full load when I'm playing games not even when I'm playing Crysis, Cysis only uses half the power of the cores the same goes for other cpu intensive games. Todays high end cpu's has more then enough power to run all the latest games.

[btr4lyfe]

@utltrarama wow really cool i mean really no sense in buying something to even empty out the fluff in your pocket when you can buy cheaper things that run the same so thanks man just saved me 120$

[utltrarama]

You're welcome. If you buy Phenom II X4 955 BE you'll get a cpu that will run the latest games for you with no problems for at least 2-3 years ahead. As it is today there is almost no games that uses all four cores to it's full potential. Only thing that uses the cores to the max is 3D rendering programs and video editing programs.

[Moparman58]

yes, on 3.9 it runs fine but when i go to 4.0 for some reason when i do stress testing it crashes but will operate normal while doing anything else.

[ichweisnichtwas]

cpu vcore?

[utltrarama]

1.35 volt, I've set the voltage to auto in bios.

[mrjamesb56]

Why do people make Video's without a FPS counter showing ? , this could be 40fps or 400fps , No idea on how this Runs........

[utltrarama]

Because Fraps doesn't record the fps counter even if it's turned on.

[dirtbikeryzz]

budget rig- amd ati

extreme rig i7 nvidia

[KrazyKoyk]

@dirtbikeryzz And the better rig AMD ATI

[dirtbikeryzz]

do i A reply to fanboy and feed him or B close this and masturbate? hmmm B it is

[ingameIV]

great cpu

i have one

[MrDucktaper]

me too, great cpu great choise!

[ingameIV]

some times the cooler boxed cooler make a noise.

[MrDucktaper]

sure but then yo just have to buy a new cooler, I would recomend you the Noctua. :D

[ingameIV]

@MrDucktaper witch noctua do you have

and witch temp do you cpu have

[MetalGear2k]

well not a bad system you got there but overclocking just for crappy 300MHZ?! you should get an Scythe Mugen 2 or an CoolerMaster V10 cooler and then overclock to 3.8GHZ and more important throw away that DDR2 RAM every Mainboard which is good nowadays supports at least DDR3 1333 RAM (currently its not really faster than DDR2 but its better for keeping your system up to date) but all in all nice vid thx for uploading

regards

metalgear2k

[utltrarama]

My cpu is running at 3.6Ghz and my motherboard cant cope with higher then that, I've tried 3.8Ghz but then I get BSOD. I have Scythe Kama Angle cpu cooler. I'm buying HD 5870 next week and next upgrade is new motherboard and 8GB ram DDR3 1600Mhz. It's not the temps that go to high when I reach 3.8Ghz, it only reaches 52 C at high load but after while in the cpu stress test I get BSOD.

[AsAnAtheistFilms]

Did you try feeding more voltage to the CPU?

[robertkrosl]

Amd II x4s are insane great prices and really great performance.

[McClover]

@robertkrosl i have a AMD phenom x3 core and its great, I LOVE AMD! Idk why people think Intel is so better

[robertkrosl]

@McClover Its just cause its so overpriced that i gives them this feeling that they have something better.

[McClover]

@robertkrosl true.... true

[robertkrosl]

@McClover anyway i believe in amd and am gonna upgrade to amd athlon x2 or phenom II x4.

[Warrior59]

@McClover

Because Intel makes companies use their products, you should see how much trouble they have gotten into.

[jcrew3002]

how can intel "MAKE" companies use there products? they hold guns to thier heads...

[tallandme13]

@jcrew3002 they have basically blackmailed companies into using their products. If they dont, they dont get to use intels cpus and what not for their products. Seeing it as intel is about 60% of the market that would be a big hit. So they bully companys into only selling/building intel. Hints the multi billion dollar lawsuit from amd

[xxmoney91xx]

@McClover intel processors are more powerful, but not worth the money. inetl chips on average are about twice as expensive as the amd equivalent, and while better, they are not twice as powerful maybe 1.25-1.3 times more powerful. Some people think its worth the money, some dont. Thats where you get fan boys from.

[xenomorph856]

@McClover Advertising, and the denial that people who payed $500 for a processor that AMD has that's the same or better for $150

[McClover]

@xenomorph856 Ehh i agree but then at the same time disagree, I had a couple Intel chips before and idk. They just don't to be pushing out the right power i should be getting with the price. You seem to be just paying for the brand and now what your getting. Know what i mean

[anguyen4564]

that is one crazy demo

[99iron99]

I get one 955

woow

[knif3rx]

is a 550W enough for this CPU ? & a 8800GTS

[WhiteHawk137]

@knif3rx yes.

[Jehhuu]

@knif3rx even 400w would be enough

[legendray2008]

I have the Q6600 B3 @ 3.5GHz

& 870 @ 800/1000

& 4Gigs of OCZ DDR2 800 @ 973MHz

on P35-DQ6

My Score is a little higher than 16000 on default settings & resolution.

[TimeWePretend]

What are your thoughts of the 5770? The 5770 is DX11 ready.

[utltrarama]

HD 5770 is like HD 4870 except that it supports DX 11.

[JamieandhisIbanez]

@utltrarama it is slightly worse then the 4870, perhaps comparable to a 4850. they had to do this as it costs the same and incorporates dx 11 so they had to worsen it slightly to make up for the pricing.

[jancsiij]

In my 3dmark06 this test is mutch shorter. why?

[utltrarama]

This is not the test mode it's the demo mode.

[x2xHalox2x]

HD 4670 has 320 stream but better stuff than the HD 5750

[albinfiskare]

I got 16955

with my

955 @ 3,5ghz (with AC cooler)

5770 @ 960/1300mhz

4gb ddr2 667mhz

5770 and 4870 preformance seem quite similar :) with the 5770 OC at least!

[kkrizzz]

I have the exakt system, (chassi and PSu etc may differ) but I only got 15800. Is it better with lower ram, My CPU is still not OC is that the main difference and the reason to why I get lower Marks? Or have you OC the 5770 aswell?

[albinfiskare]

Read!

"955 @ 3,5ghz (with AC cooler)

5770 @ 960/1300mhz"

the stock speeds of 5770 is 850/1200mhz

With everyting on stock I got 15663 points

The brand of the 5770 is Gigabyte

[kkrizzz]

Oh Right. For the OC of the 5770 should one have some sort of extra cooling?

[albinfiskare]

No, the reference cooling is enought, At least for my overclocking.

Its about 80 C at load, which is ok.

[InternetOccultist]

Actually, 80C can be extremely detrimental to your CPU. CPU should generally be kept below 50 C.

[albinfiskare]

Yes, but if you read the posts properl, you'll see that it was the Gpu that was in question....

[yingytube]

A CPU can run without problems even at 65 C. It's better to keep it unde 60 though

[anceintsz]

and the phenom is phenom II x4

[anceintsz]

oh and 8gb of ram

[anceintsz]

I am getting a pc with 1TB hard drive AMD Phenom x4 processor, and integrated Radeon HD Graphics, how good could that run on a benchmark like this?

[utltrarama]

It depends on what model the integrated graphics is. Often integrated graphics cards use shared memory, that means that it's using parts of your 8GB.

[khanshady]

thanks..:)

[khanshady]

Single 1GB GDDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

Single 1GB ATI® GDDR3 Mobility™ Radeon™ HD 4870

which one is good...plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz­zzzzzzz help me

[utltrarama]

Well they are pretty much equal these cards, I looked at some reviews and ATi Mobility HD 4870 got higher score in 3dmark 05 and 3dmark 06. But hey I'll send you the links to the reviews so you can decide for your self. =)

[LauxHawk]

Id say what ever platform you are running. If you have an AMD platform get the ATi 4870 and if its Intel you might be better off Nvidia. Otherwise, they are pretty equal as ultrarama said.

[utltrarama]

If you are asking what window version I'm running this on ?, it's on Windows XP x64 edition. But now I'm on Windows 7 64bit and the frames per second is almost at no difference compared to Windows XP x64 edition.

[Victordove]

That's strange, but then again this is a video that you are rendering and not gameplay (which is more CPU/GPU intensive). But I saw a few benchmark statistics and games like Crysis, Farcy, etc perform at a much higher framerate on Windows Vista and Windows 7, while XP seemed to languish. I guess the operating system makes more usage of the components of the PC.

[N2K10]

stop adding music to shit.. its so lame

[InternetOccultist]

I think it flows pretty well personally.

[utltrarama]

The music in the video is part of the 3dMark06.

[utltrarama]

Yeah gpu demos like this uses much more resources then games does. I use Windows 7 now and the performance in Crysis is the same as in XP, I think the performance is excellent in Windows 7.

[kengie2]

nice system :D

check mine with the same CPu ;) , imma overclock it soon

[lakatosandre]

lol i have a phenom II 550 be oc to 3.8 and the hd 5850 1 gb ddr5 4gb corsair ddr 3 1600 mhz gigabyte ma790xt-ud4p

Its so great for hd gaming :P:P:P

[zxzrp0]

By the way I have a 40'' screen LCD HDTV 1080p with one HDMI. Do i need something different for this?

[zxzrp0]

Hey I'm thinking of getting this system also. Same processor but with the Radeon HD 5770. What kind of power supply and memory do you think ill need? same as you?

Does that Gigabyte GA-MA770 mobo you have support PCIe cards? Do all Gigabyte bords suport AMG and PCI? when did this happen?

Thanks for any response in advance.

[enemySXS]

you need minimun of 500w and 42a. and i recomend to also have a 6 pin pci-e connector

[Weferoz]

Would it be better just  get a i5 or i7? Or is this just..better? im confused

[warchild027]

i have a 965, clocked it on 3,8 and it was flawless. i clocked it up to 4GHz to fulfill a long time want of mine :) and now i have it back @ 3,4. we don't really need those OC speeds yet actually.

sapphires are great btw, got a hd4890 2gb and it always works great and cool.

[alexandru1234567891]

my pc is 1 gb ram dd1 256 mb video card no pixels shaded or vertex 65 video ram 1.6ghz=)) romania T_T

[ajstyles1020]

lol that wouldnt play any game, maybe css on low settings.

[Jonnyinter1]

955 is awesome! I got mine to 3.6 =D

[utltrarama]

Me too, I also have it on 3.6Ghz. Runs completely flawless no crashes or anything. Each core is only at 38C° on idle and 47C° on full load.

[Jonnyinter1]

Mine goes down to about 33C° on Idle and 47C° on full load too. I use a Cooler Master V8 btw.

[utltrarama]

Nice cooler. My cpu cooler is a Scythe Kama Angle.

[dustykid23]

i have 2 ati radion 5870 cards they kick ass

[utltrarama]

Nice =)

[mayhemtv]

I have also a Phenom 955. Its a great Prozessor! :]

[sftomee]

you idiot?

[sftomee]

i mean natch is idiot :)

[dinamitli86]

nVidia luser!!!

ATI - THE BEST!

[Midyan91]

Okay people i need some suggestions really quick:

I am going to be starting my first build some time this year, i selected pretty much everything already....but my last issue is the video-card.

Should i go with one sapphire radeon hd 4870 1gb (or two cards for crossfire)? Or the radeon hd 4890 1b (or two cards for crossfire)?

I am trying to get the best performance and power......soooo any suggestions?

[apbrit2009]

radeon 5870 is the best gpu out right now

but personally, i would wait for the 2gb version, or the x2

[hong263]

i would prefer hd5870 if you play at 24"

i lower get the hd5850!

everything else is waste

btw the hd5850 has the best power ofr that price!

[utltrarama]

Go for ATi HD 5870 1GB or the 2GB version. You'll get the best performance out there in a single card and one other great thing is that it supports DX11 on Windows 7.

[Midyan91]

Okay thanks!

[Joaozeco]

hmm, XP x64 that's a tricky one

[ikcti]

I am somewhat scared of heights and games and benches like these where there you are in the sky really scares me sometimes if it is realistic enough :P

[woodshuck]

lol wtf

[BakjeLeip]

i'm getting the same setup in a couple of days, only with 4 gigs dd3 ram and the phantom II x4 965 Black Edition, the follow-up. Can't wait ^_^

[komahoby]

im geting the same amd and graphics card for my next rig in a few weeks. whats your opinion on the two items?

[fretalian]

you dont need peoples opinions just look for your self.

[KuSQ3N]

is this cpu nice??

[lommalos]

I wouldn't spend any cent on an AMD processor and ATI graphic card lol

[67CopperHead]

just let u know i hop u know what u talking about AMD and ATi AMD is more faster then intel the news AMD can beat a core i7 950 ATI is very good vidoe cards to

[lommalos]

i'm sorry but no overall AMD is under INTEL. For games the only important thing is the graphic card. so better to have an intel than an AMD for the CPU

[firestormcomputers]

Get Windows 7, discussion over lol.

[Danyman18]

Get windows Vista.. couse XP cant put ur procesor on its full capacity...

[enigma067]

Danyman18, where did you here that? That is so not true. Windows Vista is a resource hog in comparison to XP Pro. DX10? There isn't hardly any diff between it and DX 9c.

[IrishTopgun12]

agreed

[Danyman18]

I study compueters ( hardware and software) I know what i am talking about.. and belive me.. there is a huge difference between Dx9c and dx10

[lommalos]

maybe. but you can't see it lol

[derbigpr500]

Hmmm, mine 3dmark06 looks different.

[theyAREnoONE]

i like ur setup but i would have gone with ddr3 ram instead of ddr2 and would have lowered my cpu to a phenom x3 720 to compensate for that. also I hate the antec 900, im getting a storm scout.

[firestormcomputers]

His motherboard doesn't support DDR3 silly.

[theyAREnoONE]

yes i know that, but the extra 80 bucks he would save would be enough to upgrade to ddr3 memory and a ddr3 compatible mobo

[utltrarama]

Thanks! I've had this motherboard for a year now and at the time when I bough it DDR3 memory modules and DDR3 motherboards where very expensive. I would never buy a slower cpu if I can afford a faster one, in the long term you gain more from a faster cpu the you do from a slower one since you'll need to do more upgrades which in the end cost more then the faster cpu.

[theyAREnoONE]

ya maybe way in the end.. but the 720 for me at least will serve probably 4-5 yrs before I upgrade. I don't do too many cpu intensive things. maybe encode a dvd here, an adobe after effects project there, but not worth the extra money. i mainly use my pc for gaming and the internet.

[utltrarama]

Ok, that's a good attitude you have. I use my pc for gaming, video editing, rendering the videos to HD 720p, some 3d applications and internet.

[theyAREnoONE]

hey u know what i think im gonna get the 955. just looked it up and thought you only live once right? besides i look forward to watching a bluray disc while listening to itunes, doing my homework, surfing the web, watching youtube, editing video, and gaming at the same time.