As many people will tell you, overclockers have steered clear of AMD for the past several years. Since the release of the Core 2 Duo, Intel has held the overclocking crown for quite some time, but as the great Bob Dylan once told us: “The times, they are a-changin’.
Earlier this year, AMD announced their new Phenom II processors, and shortly after that, we saw the release of the new Socket AM3. The socket AM3 processors were designed to be backwards compatible with the older AM2+ motherboards, due to an integrated DDR2 memory controller. Yes, AMD has finally stepped up to the plate and delivered an integrated DDR3 memory controller on their new AM3 processors as well. You heard right: two memory controllers on the same CPU. For those who insist upon peak performance, we must have the latest and best new products on the market, and DDR3 memory has been shown to not only outperform DDR2 memory.
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