AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition

Unbeatable price with multi-core processors, AMD Phenom ™ II ™ provide the ultimate visual knowledge for high definition entertainment and better multitasking performance and energy savings for small innovations, chillers that use less energy.

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Detail Specifications :

Class	Phenom II
Socket	AM3
L1 Cache	128 Kb
L2 Cache	4x 512 Kb
Front Side Bus	HyperTransport™ up to 2000 MT/s
Core	Deneb
Architecture	45 nm
Clock Speed	3.200 MHz
L3 Cache	6144 Kb
Price	$ 136.22 (Indonesia)

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• ASUS New AMD 9 Series Motherboards

A new lineup of AMD based motherboards supporting the 990FX/990X/970 chipsets and AM3+ CPUs was announced by ASUS recently (31st May 2011), making ASUS the very first company to provide fully compatible AM3+ motherboards in the market.

The models of the ASUS New AMD 9 Series Motherboards are the M5A99/97 Series, the TUF SABERTOOTH 990FX and the ROG Crosshair V Formula. Featuring the “best power management technology” as stated by worldwide media, the M5A99/97 Series uses ASUS exclusive Dual Intelligent Processors (DIP), comprised of the TurboV Processor Unit (TPU) and Energy Processor Unit (EPU).
UEFI Bios is also featured by premium models motherboards, as is the second generation of DIP that contains DIGI+ VRM (Digital power design), new for AMD based boards. These ASUS New AMD 9 Series Motherboards are the first on the AMD chipset based platform to support both multi-GPU technologies AMD CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA® SLI™.

The ASUS M5A99/97 Series motherboards also provide unrivaled compatibility with new AMD AM3+ socket CPUs, while retaining backwards compatibility with the previous generation AM3 CPU.

Equipped with DIP2, which features DIGI+ VRM power delivery technology in addition to the TPU and EPU which allows a user to precisely adjust and control power settings digitally for precise power control and flexible tuning of their system, the M5A99/97 core series perfectly serves the AM3+ CPU specification’s power demand.

With the digital control differing from analog controls by removing digital-to-analog conversion lag, overclocking capabilities are greatly increased, resulting in precise power flow adjustment and management as well as easy and flexible tuning, including extra DRAM power control for the AMD platform.

Being the most precise power delivery available, it provides the best-in-class in power efficiency, performance and stability, in addition to helping to maximize the overall overclocking potential.

The M5A99/97 Series motherboards also include the intuitive UEFI BIOS menu interface, which allows a user to control and adjust their BIOS settings through the use of a mouse-enabled interface for more user-friendly navigation. The built-in EZ Mode option also provides a drag-and-drop boot priority option, for easier management of boot devices.

The SABERTOOTH 990FX, another among ASUS New AMD 9 Series Motherboards, is the newest addition to the TUF Series motherboards, and is known to be the first AMD-based system in the TUF Series of motherboards.

Acknowledged for their unmatched quality and reliability in extreme conditions, the SABERTOOTH 990FX features the use of CeraM!X, an exclusive aerospace-grade cooling material with a 50% larger cooling area that effectively drive heat away from vital system components.

ASUS’ Thermal Radar technology, which consists of ten sensors located on various crucial components, gives users the ability to monitor each one individually and automatically adjusts fan speeds to guarantee the system maintains a level of high stability without overheating.

TUF motherboards are also made from TUF components, which are comprised of military-certified alloy chokes, solid state capacitors and MOSFETs built to withstand the most extreme usage conditions possible for greater system stability and longevity. A TUF motherboard built with high-end components ensures quality and tested server-grade reliability and are certified TUF only after a series of extreme stress tests including maximum temperature and humidity tolerance, so users get nothing but the best and most reliable motherboard on the market.

Here are some of the specifications of the ASUS New AMD 9 Series Motherboard:-

 

 Source of Information: ASUS

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• AMD Catalyst™ 11.7 driver and Catalyst™ 11.8 preview driver

Early this month, AMD released the AMD Catalyst™ 11.7 driver along with a special release previewing the  Catalyst™ 11.8 driver. Users can download both of them and try the new features that are included. Below is a post made by Christopher Bell at the AMD blog on the 5th August 2011 regarding the AMD Catalyst™ 11.7 driver and Catalyst™ 11.8 preview driver (http://goo.gl/Ei17h) :-

The AMD Catalyst™ 11.7 driver and Catalyst™ 11.8 preview driver - What`s new

This month’s AMD Catalyst™ 11.7 driver release comes with a sneak peek into the upcoming AMD Catalyst™ 11.8 driver which we are extremely excited about. But first things first, let’s briefly talk about the AMD Catalyst™ 11.7 driver.

As many of you know, some months we focus on performance improvements much like you will see with the AMD Catalyst 11.8 Preview driver. Other months we focus on adding exciting features such as AMD Steady Video like you saw with the AMD Catalyst™ 11.6 driver. However, this month we took a slightly different approach. Thanks to feedback from our community, we’ve focused on resolving some minor issues that have been reported. We work tirelessly to continually improve our drivers, and here’s a look at the issues we’ve resolved in AMD Catalyst 11.7.

• Issues experienced with mouse cursor lag


• Log event (Event ID 62464) issues when playing video content


• System hangs seen in the AMD Catalyst™ 11.6 driver on specific HDMI and DP displays


• Blu-ray playback using PowerDVD 10 under High Performance mode no longer randomly displays a blank screen.


• Some Divx format files no longer display video corruption using WinDVD.


• AMD SteadyVideo is now applied to Home Video clips using WinDVD 10.


• Chequerboard corruption is no longer displayed intermittently when playing DirectX 10 titles in an AMD CrossFire™ technology configuration and AMD Eyefinity technology-enabled.


• Shogun II now renders the cinematics correctly when run in various Eyefinity configurations.


• Video playback now works correctly when Hardware acceleration is enabled with VLC Player version 1.1.9.


• AMD CrossFire technology now functions correctly when playing Hamilton’s Great Adventure.


• PowerDVD now correctly handles 3D Blu-ray content.

Now let’s talk about the AMD Catalyst™ 11.8 Preview Driver which most of you are probably excited to learn about. With this preview of next month’s driver you are going to see some amazing performance improvements which are highlighted below. You will also see how we are further enabling the 3D ecosystem by offering AMD HD3D technology support on some of the latest and greatest DisplayPort panels on the market.

Here a few quick highlights of what you can expect to see with the AMD Catalyst™ 11.8 Preview driver.

• Enables AMD HD3D technology support on DisplayPort panels, such as Samsung 750 and 950 series 3D displays.


• Improves performance up to 13% in Crysis 2 DirectX 11 version at 2560×1600 resolution and 4X Anti-Aliasing on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 GPU


• Improves performance up to 7% in Shotgun 2 – Total War at 2560×1600 resolution and 4X Anti-Aliasing on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6770 GPU


• Improves performance up to 13% in Call of Duty: Black Ops at 2560×1600 resolution and 4X Anti-Aliasing on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6770 GPU

Last but not least I want to thank everyone for the feedback and comments we have been receiving from the community. Please continue to send us your feedback as we do review them all*.

*IF you are having technical issues with the AMD Catalyst™ driver, or your graphics card please report your issues.

To download the AMD Catalyst™ 11.7 driver, go to http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx.

The AMD Catalyst™ 11.8 Preview driver can be found here: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/Catalyst118DriverPreview.aspx


Chris Bell is a Product Marketing Manager at AMD. His postings are his own opinions and may not represent AMD’s positions, strategies or opinions. Links to third party sites are provided for convenience and unless explicitly stated, AMD is not responsible for the contents of such links sites and no endorsement is implied.

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