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i7 965 chip hits 5.5GHz
Author: Gareth HalfacreePublished: 4th December 2008
The verified CPU-Z information provided by duck proves a 72 percent overclock to 5.5GHz for the i7 Extreme 965.
Asus has announced that inveterate Japanese overclocker duck has managed to get Intel's latest i7 Extreme 965 processor to a staggering 5.5GHz from its stock speed of 3.2GHz.
Although not as impressive as his earlier achievement of getting a Pentium 4 631 to an eye-watering 8.2GHz last year, the i7's significantly better performance per clock cycle means that he's possibly in possession of the fastest single-processor x86 desktop in existence.
If you're wondering why Asus has made the announcement, rest assured it's not merely because the company knows cool when it sees it: the claim is that duck's achievement is due in no small part to his use of the company's ROG Rampage II Extreme motherboard, which provides “overclocking-oriented features” including – bizarrely – a “joystick-like control on the motherboard [that] allows overclockers to make real-time changes to their systems' core frequency, voltage and other parameters – even while the benchmark utility is running.”
For the doubters among you, a validated CPU-Z score is provided demonstrating that the phenomenal speed of 5510.09MHz was obtained using a 190MHz bus speed with a 29x clock multiplier.
While the 72 percent increase in clock speed is pretty amazing, it's still early days for Intel's latest and greatest – and I would imagine we'll be seeing much more from these processors before long.
Has this achievement finally settled you on wanting an i7 chip, or are you still holding out for a Phenom II? Share your thoughts over in the forums.
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Comments (15)
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ya me too, Im sitting on the 9950be with ASUS latest board, cant wait to get my hands on the Phenom II ^__^
Correct me if Im wrong, but the i7's are quad by design. I think having a quad core with eight threads running at 5.5ghz is very impressive. I'd say give the i7 enough time and it'll be as cheap as the Qxxx's are now.
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190x29 made me laugh though. A FSB or 190 isn't that impressive ASUS.
It all comes down to how the 940 competes with the 920 IMO.