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1:48 AM - January 30, 2008 by
Patrick Schmid
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: processor, efficiency, compared
Topics: AMD/ATI
Syndication:
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: processor, efficiency, compared
Topics: AMD/ATI
Syndication:
Table of Contents:
Test Setup
| Test System | |
|---|---|
| CPU I | AMD Sempron 3600 (90 nm; 2000 MHz, 256 kB L2 Cache) |
| CPU II | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600 (90 nm; 2400 MHz, 1 MB L2 Cache) |
| CPU III | AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 (65 nm; 2300 MHz, 1 MB L2 Cache) |
| CPU IV | AMD Phenom 9600 (65 nm; 2300 MHz, 2 MB L2 and 2 MB L3 Cache) |
| Motherboard I | MSI K9GA2 Platinum, Rev: 1.0
Chipset: AMD 790FX, BIOS VP.0BF (2008-01-11) |
| RAM | OCZ Reaper PC2-8500 OCZ2RPR1066GK
2x 1024 MB Phenom DDR2-1066 (CL 5-5-5-15 2T) 2x 1024 MB Athlon and Sempron DDR2-800 (CL 4-4-4-12 2T) |
| Hard Disk Drive | Western Digital WD5000AAKS
500 GB, 7,200 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/300 |
| DVD-ROM | Samsung SH-S183 |
| Graphics Card | Gigabyte GV-RX385512H
GPU: Radeon HD 3850 (670 MHz) RAM: 512 MB GDDR3 (830 MHz) |
| Sound Card | Integrated |
| Power Supply | Coolermaster RS850-EMBA
ATX 12V 2.2, 850 W |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
| DirectX Version | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| Platform Drivers AMD | Version 5.10.1000.7 |
| Graphics Drivers ATI | Catalyst 7.12 |
| Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Sysmark 2007 Preview
Official Run |
Version 1.02
|

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