Testseek.com have collected 138 expert reviews of the AMD Phenom 2 X4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz Socket AM3 and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Phenom 2 X4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz Socket AM3.
April 2009
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The editors liked
Affordable
Reverse Compatible
Uses both DDR2 or DDR3 RAM (WIth AM2 (DDR2) or AM3 (DDR3) boards)
Overclockable
Cool n Quiet 3.0 Works
Fast
Well priced
Stays cool
Great Price/Performance
Nice Overclocking Headroom
Responds Well To Advanced Cooling Methods
Best Performance From AMD Weve Seen To Date
Very Stable When Overclocked Properly
Fun To Overclock Black Editions
Entire Top End Dragon Platform Cheaper Tha...
Reasonably priced
True quad core
Well integrated with AMDs platform technology
Outpaces Intel at this price point for now.
Good performance for the price
Has overclocking headroom
Uses inexpensive motherboards
Supports both DDR2 and DDR3 RAM
Great price
Good performance
DDR3 support
Highest Phenom II clock speed yet
AM3 & DDR3 support
Unlocked multiplier
8MB of total cache
AMD OverDrive 3.0
Excellent price/performance
The editors didn't like
No Real Performance Increase between DDR2 and DDR3 Systems
None this far
Hasnt Caught Up To Intel Core i7
Poor performance on digital photo apps.
In most tests
Displayed lesser performance than the slowest Intel Core i7 chip
Existing AM2+ motherboards may need a BIOS upgrade
Performance, Cost, DDR3 and DDR2 compatible, Backwards compatible with quite a few AM2 mobos, Novice overclocking easy thanks to Overdrive 3
Not as fast as i7
Well if I am really honest I was I bit sceptical about doing this review, I was thinking when the chance came up it would be just another disappointment from AMD, just like the first 4 core Phenom was to me. Yes I know I have mentioned I am a Intel fan...
Abstract: The first models of Phenom II were fairly competitive against Core 2 but the new Phenom II X4 955 is so much faster that it can do battle against the mighty Core i7. It loses by a fair margin but still represents very good value for money. AMD - Pheno...
Abstract: We were frankly a little surprised when AMD introduced its Socket AM3 interface two months ago next to a handful of lower-end CPUs, especially with the Phenom II X4 940 already available on AM2+ platforms. Not that the triple-core Phenom II X3 700- and...
The £200 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition AM3 CPU brings the fight to higher-specified Intel Core 2 Quads and knocks on Core i7s door. Core i5, when launched, should put it back in its place, but the AMD price-chopping machine may well be called in...
Abstract: When AMD released its first socket AM3 Phenom processors back in February I commented that it was likely AMD had been holding back on a flagship mega-fast AM3 quad core so as not to rain on the socket AM2+ 940 Black Edition , a CPU that was only a month o...
AMD 955 Black Edition AMD’s new Phenom 2 X4 955 Black Edition is the first of their processors to be worth considering against the Core-i7 brand. While there is nothing from the Phenom 2 range to compete with the 940 and 965EE, the comparison with t...
With the Phenom II AMD is on the right way. Especially with the Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition they can catch up with intels Core i7 CPUs and they therefore perform as well as Intels Core i7 920 or QX9650 quad core CPUs. Especially in datacompression, ...
Abstract: PCs with Phenom II processors have proven to be great value in recent group tests. This is largely because theyre compatible with inexpensive AM2+ motherboards and DDR2 memory, which keeps overall costs down. The X4 955 Black Edition is the fastest...
