From AMD ’s upcomingchiproadmapswe know the Phenom II is due out betimes next class , and it ’s AMD ’s second 45 nm chip , but in a late show and tell session AMD certify the “ overhead ” built into the check by overclocking one to a crazy 5GHz . It did take a special CO2 sublimation cooling unit that carries the risk of suffocate you if you use it in a small way , but what the hey . With a smooth nitrogen temperature reduction arrangement the chip was easily pushed way over 5 gigs . You may think “ yeah , I could overclock anything with that hooey ! ” but it should be noted that with jolly normal gamey - conclusion air - chill the chip could get up to 4GHz . It ’ll be interesting to watch out AMD ’s struggle with Intel ’s i7 play out . [ PCPerspective ]
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