NWR of Processor speed AMD FX overclocked to 8.429 GHz

AMD announced that AMD FX processor has been successfully overclocked to 8.429 GHz. This frequency is the highest in the world, which has been acheived on a working computer processor. That fact was witnessed by representatives of Guinness World Records book. But first things first.

On the last day of summer in Austin, Texas famous overclockers: Sami Makinen, Brian McLachlan, Pete Hardman, Aaron Schradin and Simon Solotko met together to produce this world record. The purpose of Team AMD FX, which also included experts from AMD, was to achieve the maximum frequency which processor can handle. Eight-core Bulldozer AMD FX unit has been chosen as a candidate. This processor has inherited a rich potential for overclocking from its predecessors, which has been extended through the use of the new architecture and new tech process.