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AMD Phenom II Overclocked To 6.5GHz

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the freeze-your-bits-off dept.

An anonymous reader writes "During CES a group of overclockers with access to liquid nitrogen and liquid helium for the extra boost of coldness cooled an AMD Phenom II X4 chip to -232 degrees Celsius. Once they got the chip cooled to this frigid temperature, they pushed the clock speed all the way up to 6.5GHz, which is a world record for a quad-core CPU, and then dished out an astonishing 45,474 3DMark05 score!"

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  1. The things you have to go through.. by DigitAl56K · · Score: 5, Funny

    .. to get a decent score in 3DMark ..

    1. Re:The things you have to go through.. by shootlessjoe · · Score: 4, Funny

      And the question is, Why are they still using the 3DMark 05? Technology has advanced people!!

    2. Re:The things you have to go through.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Now Vista can run decently.... That's a shame, they want to replace it with Win7...

    3. Re:The things you have to go through.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's good to know that I can spend a few thousand on cooling supplies now and get a machine that can run Crysis.

      I was worried I'd have to wait a year or two for those kinds of numbers to reach the few hundred dollar range.

    4. Re:The things you have to go through.. by slimjim8094 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah. The sequel is called Cryo.

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  2. Crunchy by x1050us · · Score: 5, Funny

    Numbers must be really crunchy at that temperature

  3. Re:Zomg by sakdoctor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, only 6.5GHz too.
    Call me when it goes up to 11

  4. New York weather... by VinylRecords · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not sure if it's quite -232 Celsius in my apartment but it's pretty close. They probably could have achieved 6.0GHz overclocking using an air-cooled system in my living room alone.

  5. Re:Zomg by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't we already have CPUs running at 3GHz?

  6. FIRST POST by A.+B3ttik · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...with my lightning-fast 486!!!

  7. Re:Zomg by hierophanta · · Score: 5, Funny

    yes, yes we do.

    i cant tell but is there an incredibly large whoosh goin over my head? (or just your head?). 6.5Ghz is faster than 3. And in other news six is afraid of 7, because 7, 8, 9

  8. Re:first post! by ByOhTek · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm fairly sure 'epic fail' doesn't even begin to describe your post

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  9. Re:I was there by Hordeking · · Score: 5, Funny

    -242C is a temperature that doesn't exist, unless your religion allows temperatures below absolute zero. All we need now is a campaign for Intelligent Cold. ;)

    In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!

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  10. Re:Zomg by Cornflake917 · · Score: 4, Funny

    And in other news six is afraid of 7, because 7, 8, 9

    Oh, that makes sense! I always thought 6 was just a big pussy.

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  11. Re:from TFA by ahoehn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Like Ozymandias, nothing beside remains...

    "My name is G1G4BY73_PU5H3R, Overclocker of Overclockers:
    Look on my 1337 benchmarks, ye n00bs, and despair!"

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