SiSoft Sandra: AMD-ready

[NickM]

I downloaded a Sandra 2001-te Standard Version 2001.5.8.11

Started tests from my antique AMD AM5x86-P75 (486DX4-133) Write-Back machine.
Who remember, it’s actually 486 advanced processor, I read from the spec: <font color=green> ...a fast clock-multiplied (4x clock) 486 that runs at four times the speed of the 33 MHz 486 motherboard...approximatly comparable to a Pentium-75 which it is denoted with a P-75 in the part number.</font color=green>

The Sandra shows:

<font color=red>Processor AMD 5x86wb @ <b>206 MHz </b></font color=red> ..Hehehheh.LOL!
<font color=red>Performance Raiting: pr116 (estimated)
Generation 4th (4x86)</font color=red>

Good, Sandra! Good for AMD. LOL!
hehheh I drink to AMD. Cheers!
Anybody can talk seriously about Sandra? LOL!

 

[scarywoody]

Yeah that's kinda weird....Everyone is starting to say MHZ don't matter anymore, but damn they will start to matter when you can't get any software that will equally compare 2 chips.

 

[lhgpoobaa]

almost as sad as 3DMark.

i downloaded it on the mistaken idea that it was a 3D card benchamrking program *snigger*

reading all the peoples posts and doing a few tests showed how foolish i was.
i got around 4500 for my machine.
i overclock the card by 15-20% and get a mammoth increase of like 30 marks *pffft*
overclock my CPU & fsb and get an extra 400 marks.
3d benchmarking program my ass!

theres gotta be better out there

I'll respect your comments & opinions, even if i disagree with them, Provided you display maturity.

 

[Matisaro]

3dmark is more infleuced by the videocard than the cpu, however, some videocards dont gain much from overclocking.(ie the ram is the bottleneck the core wont help, or vice versa) What kind of overclock did you do?

~Matisaro~
"Friends don't let friends buy Pentiums"
~Tbird1.3@1.55~

 

[lhgpoobaa]

geforce2pro

i did a 400 to a 468 overclock
(were a couple of artefacts so i have to back off to 465.


I'll respect your comments & opinions, even if i disagree with them, Provided you display maturity.

 

[phsstpok]

...also, overclocking video (memory or GPU) won't do much if your CPU is the limiting factor. For example, overclocking my Geforce256 on my K6-2 (400mhz) didn't do zip but on my Duron (@1007mhz) overclocking the Geforce brought my 3DMark2000 scores from ~4700 up to 5400+

Would you like a Quarter Pounder?
No, thank you. Just give me the BIG heatsink. It's an Athlon.

 

[FatBurger]

Why would anyone NOT want a quarter pounder?



<font color=blue>Quarter pounder inside</font color=blue>
<font color=red>Change the Sig of the Week!!!</font color=red>

 

[Guest]

Wants a 3/4 pounder, about the weight of a HSF.

~I want a vapochill inside~

 

[Guest]

mmmmmm burgers..

if at first you don't succeed , destroy all evidence that you ever tried...

 

[NickM]

I continue my comparison tests of Sandra 2001-te Standard Version 2001.5.8.11 (for Win32, works on Windows 98, NT, 2K)

Now I run Sandra on an archaic Dell OptiPlex XL 575 (compatible with my antique AMD AM5x86-P75, as tested above), and Sandra shows realistic data for the Intel-based machine:

<font color=red>Processor................. Intel Pentium @ <b>75 MHz </b>
Performance Rating ... <b>PR75</b> (estimated)
Generation .............. 5th 5x86
Model Information ..... P54C Pentium 75-233 3.3V</font color=red>