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There has been a lot of talk in our forums about the Inq posting a story noting 30K+ 3DMark 06 scores with a Phenom FX / Agena core AMD next-gen processor. Let me just call a spade a spade here and tell you that this story is wrong. A 3GHz “K10” and 2900 XT CF system as noted below is NOT going to give you a 30K score in 3DMark06.

The particular processor was none other than a single socket Barcelona or Agena FX, call it what you will. The reference motherboard containing RD790 chipset packed two HD 2900XT cards, and the memory installed was Corsair’s Dominator PC2-9136C5D, or the same ones we have been using ever since they came out. There was a Raptor hard drive, and that was about that. OCZ will like the fact that PP&C Quaddie CrossFire PSU was installed in the system.

When clocked at 3.0 GHz and equipped with two overclocked HD2900XT cards in CrossFire, Agena FX or single-core Barcelona smashed an index of 30,000 3DMarks 06.

I know Theo Valich, the author of this story quoted above. While he might have very well seen what is being reported, it is not going to be reproducible in a controlled test environment. I have to think that someone was pulling the wool over his eyes. As for motivations, who knows?

As for what the noted system would score in this popular benchmark, we would have to inform you that the score Theo saw was about 30% to 35% inflated. And while I wish it was going to work out to be true for the gamers and hardware enthusiasts out there, it is just not going to happen. You can take that to the bank. Phenom FX is going to be a great product that will be extremely competitive with current Core 2 architecture, but let's not inflate our expectations artificially.

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