Thoughts
Please take this article in the spirit that it's intended. I just overclocked some stuff using a chiller, I didn't steal new SKUs from AMD. A nice mainboard, some good memory and a CPU that likes to be overclocked provided the fun and games.However, when I get round to reviewing FX-57 in due course, I'm betting that the variance I see with those recorded 'FX-57' results at 200MHz dHTT won't be far off, increased performance from a new branch predictor and other tweaks included. Consider it a slightly smoked crystal ball that you have to squint at.
Will AMD bump dHTT on Socket 939? Nah. Will we see FX-59 on Socket 939? Maybe. Was it fun freezing FX-55? Duh.
The fastest I could prod the CPU with VapoChill LightSpeed instead of XE-II? "FX-61" is easy, "FX-63" is maybe possible. As and when I get the time to finish that lot of testing off, using a third, brand new, chiller (I'll keep you guessing on that one), I'll let you know. By then I could also be freezing FX-57. Stay tuned for more in-depth overclocking from HEXUS this year, as I rope in some friends to really crank the dials up on some stuff, just for fun.
Thanks to Asetek for the VapoChills used during testing.
