Quick Spin: AMD Phenom II X4 965 + Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P

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3Dmark Performance

A 3DMark score is an overall measure of your system’s 3D gaming capabilities, based on comprehensive real-time 3D graphics and processor tests.


3Dmark06 tests your system's DirectX 9 performance.




3Dmark Vantage tests your system's DirectX 10 performance.



Gaming Performance: Crysis

One of the most awaited and visually stunning games of the present times. Crysis brings most gaming rigs down to their knees.






As you can see, the graphics card is the bottleneck here.




Gaming Performance: Far Cry 2

A hit or miss with gamers, Far Cry 2 still stands as one of the decent games to test the gaming performance of one's system.









Cinebench R10
MAXON CINEBENCH runs several tests on your computer to measure the performance of the main processor and the graphics card under real-world circumstances.

CPU @ Stock:


CPU @ 3800:



Max Overclocks (on AIR)

The following results were obtained with a Thermalright Ultra120 Extreme cpu cooler, coupled with an Antec 120mm 78cfm 2000rpm fan.





To extract a little more, something we all crave for, the gpu was overclocked to higher than stock speeds




Anything higher than this on CPU and it will not allow to complete the benchmark run.

[Harshal]

My experience with this setup.

Phenom II X4 965: As indicated by the huge excitement generated around the Phenom II line-up of processors, the X4 965 Black Edition being the premium flag bearer it surely does not disappoint. The processor is fast enough for most daily computing needs at stock speed and has a fair enough overclocking headroom. Thanks to the unlocked multipliers which make it a breeze to run it at higher than stock speed. There is a marked improvement in performance over the previous generations. Considering the combined prices of a retail 965 processor and a top notch motherboard (to extract the maximum), the AMD platform still falls behind in overall performance compared to an Intel Core i7 system selling at an almost similar price point. Last but not the least, AMD is slowly but steadily trying to reach the performance levels set by the new generation Intel processors.

Now MA790FXT-UD5P:
What's become the norm for Gigabyte motherboards continues with the 790FXT. The board reeks quality from every slot to SMD. The new heatpipe cooling system has a distinctly neat look and finish and the board has all the features typical of boards boasting the Ultra Durable 3 technology. Not once did the board even seemingly falter when put through it's paces. Anyone going the AM3 way should definitely consider the Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P before finalising their shopping list.
This boards gets my vote as one of the best boards out there for the AM3 platform.



Finally, a sneak peek at what's to come up soon...

[ManISinJpr]

It will be nice to read this when it is finished. I will wait for it. Welcome to E........

[thebanik]

under pressure from companies to write a summary?, .........come on give us some sub zero scores,

Oh!! and welcome to E....

[KiD0M4N]

Waiting for it to finish.

[blufox]

Wow, me too waiting for it to finish.
Great work there Harshal

[kauffmann]

Dude, I don't get it, why does AMD have lower performance in SuperPi as compared to Intel?

[thebanik]

Originally Posted by kauffmann Dude, I don't get it, why does AMD have lower performance in SuperPi as compared to Intel?

one of the reasons tri channel memory controller on i7...and architecture, its not just about the clocks, in the athlon hey days, even AMD had that advantage over P4.....

[BIKeINSTEIN]

Nice un-review Harshal sir.

Looking forward to a report/narrative of the LN2 session on that.

Originally Posted by thebanik under pressure from companies to write a summary?,

I don't think it's what you say banik sir.
AFAIK, the guys at the parent companies have been very nice and have been pouring in stuff steadily and continuously and he has been reporting to them directly for a long time now.
Heartfelt gratitude to them that they are supporting an Indian in a field hugely and supremely dominated by mostly non-Indians.

Also the Indian OCing scene, which has been pretty nascent till the recent past, is slowly picking up and more and more people are atleast growing aware of what overclocking is all about.
Almost everyone we meet on forums these days is an overclocker/reviewer.

But i do know that a few friends of his have been eating his brains since pre-E and pre-T H L days to post a bit more and a bit more often actually, if not a full-fledged review.
As sometimes even an average techie may not be that involved with hardware and overclocking and may not grasp the exact relevance of those numbers.
Plus it may help him in keeping track and an online record of his own work.
Seems like he finally chose not to ignore them.

Just my thoughts and i speak for myself- as always.
You may PM him for any clarifications.

Originally Posted by thebanik one of the reasons tri channel memory controller on i7...and architecture, its not just about the clocks, in the athlon hey days, even AMD had that advantage over P4.....

That would be athlon64 socket 939 days- to be precise.
And it's primarily the architecture i think and maybe the way instructions are executed?.
Coz Core2 didn't have tri-channel and it still is way faster in superPI than any AM2 offering then.
Also the i7 chips have an 'integrated memory controller' now and that i guess adds the extra punch into it.
Core2 archi + IMC = pure pwnage.
Just as a socket 939 1.8Ghz A64 3000+ was as good as or faster than a socket 775 P4 3Ghz processor and also greatly OCable even on air-cooling, at much lower TDP, which made a P4 and even Pentium D chips look sissy in comparion.
And one can't ignore the fact that AM2 Athlon64 X2 and Phenom I were bugged by a severe lack of OCability and people primarily post nos at as high OC as possible, which made the AMD chips look very weak in comparison.
In certain real world cpu-intensive tasks, such as 3dsmax, the Intel quads and Core2 chips were very good but the Phenom chips weren't very far behind iirc.

[thebanik]

Originally Posted by BIKeINSTEIN Nice un-review Harshal sir. Looking forward to a report/narrative of the LN2 session on that. I don't think it's what you say banik sir. AFAIK, the guys at the parent companies have been very nice and have been pouring in stuff steadily and continuously and he has been reporting to them directly for a long time now. Heartfelt gratitude to them that they are supporting an Indian in a field hugely and supremely dominated by mostly non-Indians. Also the Indian OCing scene, which has been pretty nascent till the recent past, is slowly picking up and more and more people are atleast growing aware of what overclocking is all about. Almost everyone we meet on forums these days is an overclocker/reviewer. But i do know that a few friends of his have been eating his brains since pre-E and pre-*** days to post a bit more and a bit more often actually, if not a full-fledged review. As sometimes even an average techie may not be that involved with hardware and overclocking and may not grasp the exact relevance of those numbers. Plus it may help him in keeping track and an online record of his own work. Seems like he finally chose not to ignore them. Just my thoughts and i speak for myself- as always. You may PM him for any clarifications.

got it bikey sir, , do speak your mind more often, , its long time that you posted on E...... Infact you should become a reviewer honestly, your normal rant/suggestions/explanations are always pretty good to read,

[stonedsurd]

Originally Posted by thebanik got it bikey sir, , do speak your mind more often, , its long time that you posted on E...... Infact you should become a reviewer honestly, your normal rant/suggestions/explanations are always pretty good to read,

I second this