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According to AMD plans , the first processor phenom II X4 Socket AM3 will appear during February : the model phenom II X4 925 (2.8 GHz). AND only during April socket AM3 and DDR- 3 support will be honored by the elder model phenom II X4 with 3.0 GHz frequency .
Today appeared the photograph of phenom II X4 940 (3.0 GHz) Black edition processor. Since the processor making end up with ( 4DGI ), this phenom II X4 processor belong to the C2 stepping, on which are based the series processors shanghai.
This concrete copy is released on the 41-Th week 2008 : in the beginning of October. Here is also the photographs of engineering model phenom II X4 socket AM3.
Below we can compare the processor socket AM3 (left photo) with the processor socket AM2+ (right photo).
Socket AM3 processor was deprived only from two pins. Let us recall that socket AM3 processors can work also in socket AM2 and AM2+ motherboards, but the DDR3 support is available only in socket AM3 motherboards.
The elder processor phenom II X4 940 (3.0 GHz) will be cheaper than Core i 7-920 (2.66 GHz), which cost $284. Related Products :
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