A Dissatifying Compromise With AMD's 64 bit Sempron 3400+

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Test Setup

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Processors
CPUsAMD Sempron 3400+ (2.0 GHz, 256 kB L2 Cache, S754)AMD Sempron 3300+ (2.0 GHz, 128 kB L2 Cache, S754)AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (2.0 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache, S754)AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (1.8 GHz, 512 kB L2 Cache, S939)AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (2.0 GHz, 512 kB L2 Cache, S939)
Memory
AMD Platform (DDR400)2x 512 MB - DDR400 (200 MHz)Corsair Pro Series CMX512-3200XL (XMS3208 V1.1)(CL2.0-2-2-5-1T @ 200 MHz)
Motherboards
Socket 754 PlatformDFI LANParty UT nF3 250Gb(Rev. A.00, BIOS 2005/05/04)NVIDIA nForce3 250 GB Chipset
Socket 939 PlatformAbit A8N Fatal1tyNVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Chipset
System Hardware
Graphics Card (AGP)Sparkle Geforce 6800 GTGPU : NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GT (350 MHz)Memory : 256 MB DDR-SDRAM (500 MHz)
Graphics Card (PCIe)NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GT (Reference Card)GPU : NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GT (350 MHz)Memory : 256 MB DDR-SDRAM (500 MHz)
Hard DriveWestern Digital WD740 Raptor74 GB, 8 MB Cache, 10,000 RPM
NetworkIntegrated NVIDIA Gigabit Ethernet network
DVD-ROMGigabyte GO-D1600C (16x)
Power SupplyTagan TG480-U01, ATX 2.0, 480 W
Software
Chipset Drivers (AGP)NVIDIA Forceware 5.10
Chipset Drivers (PCIe)NVIDIA Forceware 6.53
Graphics DriverNVIDIA Forceware 71.84
DirectXVersion : 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
OSWindows XP Professional 5.10.2600,Service Pack 2

Benchmarks And Settings

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Benchmarks and Settings
OpenGL
Doom IIIVersion : 1.0.12621280x1024, 32 BitVideo Quality = High Qualitydemo1Graphics detail = High Quality
WolfensteinEnemy TerritoryVersion : 2.56 (Patch V 1.02)1280x1024, 32 Bittimedemo 1 / demo demo4Geometric detail = highTexture detail = high
Video
Pinnacle Studio 9 PlusVersion : 9.4.1from : 352x288 MPEG-2 41 MBto : 720x576 MPEG-2 95 MBEncoding and Transition Rendering to MPEG-2/DVDno Audio
Auto Gordian KnotDivX 5.2.1XviD 1.0.3Version : 1.95Audio = AC3 6chCustom size = 100 MBResolution settings = Fixed widthCodec = XviD and DivX 5Audio = CBR MP3, kBps 192182 MB VOB MPEG2-source
Audio
Lame MP3Version 3.97.1 Multi-threaded AlphaWave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to mp332 - 320 kBitVBR = level 3
Applications
WinRARVersion 3.40283 MB, 246 FilesCompression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB
3DS Max 7Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"1600x1200Rendering Single
Synthetic
PCMark 2004 ProVersion : 1.3.0CPU and Memory Tests
SiSoftware Sandra ProVersion 2005, SR1CPU Test = Multimedia BenchmarkMemory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark
ScienceMarkVersion 2.0All Tests