AMD's Dual Core Athlon 64 X2 Strikes Hard
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Patrick Schmid
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Test Setup
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| Processor | |
|---|---|
| Single Core CPUs | AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (2.4 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache)Intel Pentium 4 Processor 660 (3.6 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache) |
| Dual Core CPUs | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz, 2x 1 MB L2 Cache)Intel Pentium D Processor 840 (3.2 GHz, 2x 1 MB L2 Cache) |
| 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) |
| Intel Platform (DDR2-667) | 2x 512 MB - DDR2-667 (333 MHz)Corsair CM2X512A-5400UL (XMS5400 V1.2)(CL3-2-2-8-1T @ 333 MHz) |
| Motherboards | |
| AMD Platform | Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe (Rev. 1.02, BIOS 1007)NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Chipset |
| Intel Platform | Asus P5ND2-SLI (Rev. 1.02, BIOS 0601)NVIDIA nForce4 Intel Edition SLI Chipset |
| System Hardware | |
| Graphics Card (PCIe) | NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GT (Reference Board)GPU : NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GT (350 MHz)Memory : 256 MB DDR-SDRAM (500 MHz) |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital WD740 Raptor74 GB, 8 MB Cache, 10000 rpm |
| Network | integrated NVIDIA GbE LAN |
| DVD-ROM | Gigabyte GO-D1600C (16x) |
| Power Supply | Tagan TG480-U01, ATX 2.0, 480 W |
| Software | |
| Chipset Drivers | NVIDIA Forceware 6.53 |
| Processor Driver | AMD CPU Driver 1.1.0.18 |
| Graphics Driver | NVIDIA Forceware 71.84 |
| DirectX | Version : 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| OS | Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600,Service Pack 2 |
Benchmarks And Settings
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| Benchmarks and SettingsOpenGL | |
|---|---|
| Doom III | Version : 1.0.12621280x1024, 32 BitVideo Quality = High Qualitydemo1Graphics detail = High Quality |
| WolfensteinEnemy Territory | Version : 2.56 (Patch V 1.02)1280x1024, 32 Bittimedemo 1 / demo demo4Geometric detail = highTexture detail = high |
| DirectX 8 | |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 | Version : 32041280x1024, 32 Bit, Audio = offTHG8-assault-single |
| 3DMark2003 | Version 3.6.01024x786, 32 BitGraphics and CPU Default Benchmark |
| DirectX 9 | |
| FarCry | Version 1.1 Build 12561280x1024 - 32 Bitqualtity options = High |
| 3DMark 2005 | Version 1.01024x786, 32 BitGraphics and CPU Default Benchmark |
| Video | |
| Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus | Version : 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 1.0.3 | Version : 1.95Audio = AC3 6chCustom size = 100 MBResulution settings = Fixed widthCodec = XviD and DivX 5Audio = CBR MP3, kbps 192182 MB VOB MPEG2-source |
| Windows Media Encoder | Version : 9.00.00.2980720x480 DV to WMV320x240 (29.97 fps)282 kBps streaming |
| Audio | |
| Lame MP3 | Version 3.97.1 Multi-threaded AlphaWave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to mp332 - 320 kbitVBR = level 3 |
| Applications | |
| WinRAR | Version 3.40283 MB, 246 FilesCompression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB |
| 3DS Max 7 | Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"1600x1200Rendering Single |
| Synthetic | |
| PCMark 2004 Pro | Version : 1.3.0CPU and Memory Tests |
| SiSoftware Sandra Pro | Version 2005, SR1CPU Test = Multimedia BenchmarkMemory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
| ScienceMark | Version 2.0All Tests |
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2 Comments
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thomasxstewart At time overpriced & people just wern't sure, after conroe & pricing problems of collaspe nature, by end of 2006 this was well established TOP End procesor.Reply
Coming to full fruitation by Summer '7.Yet, AM2 socket has been improved with on board main support(DDR3 & higher speed DDR2) of next level in AM2+, as well as AM3.
Signed:PHYSICIAN THOMAS STEWART VON DRASHEK M.D.