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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. Vista? by omarabas · · Score: 1, Troll

    can it run Vista?

    1. Re:Vista? by furby076 · · Score: 0, Troll

      No.

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      I do not support "The Man". I also do not support your irrational stupidity
  2. And I'm Guessing by Cnik70 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Windows still seems to run slow at -232 degrees

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  3. A cat has gotten my tongue by binarylarry · · Score: -1, Troll

    Is this the only way to get an AMD chip that is performance competitive with Intel's stuff? I was a huge AMD fan up until the Core 2's started to dominate.

    Come on AMD, make your chips fast in a normal setup! :)

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    Mod me down, my New Earth Global Warmingist friends!
  4. ho8o by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    LBecome an unwanteda is also a miserable