AMD's Dual Core Athlon 64 X2 Strikes Hard
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Page 1:Here Comes The King: Athlon 64 X2 Reviewed
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Page 2:Hyper Threading Vs. Dual Core Processing
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Page 3:Will Dual Cores Fight Performance Demand Saturation?
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Page 4:Future Applications Require Intelligence
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Page 5:Athlon 64 X2 In Detail
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Page 6:Performance Rating 4200+ To 4800+
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Page 7:Athlon 64 Models Compared
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Page 8:Athlon 64 X2 Test System
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Page 9:The Competitor: Intel Pentium D Processor 840
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Page 10:Test Setup
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Page 11:Multi-Tasking Tests
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Page 12:Multi-Tasking Benchmark Results
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Page 13:No Hunt For Insane Frame Rates Any More
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Page 14:DirectX 8
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Page 15:DirectX 9
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Page 16:Video
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Page 17:Audio
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Page 18:Synthetic
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Page 19:Synthetic, Continued
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Page 20:Power Consumption Test
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Page 21:Conclusion
Test Setup
Processor | |
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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 Raptor
74 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
Benchmarks and Settings
OpenGL |
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Doom III | Version : 1.0.1262
1280x1024, 32 Bit Video Quality = High Quality demo1 Graphics detail = High Quality |
Wolfenstein
Enemy Territory |
Version : 2.56 (Patch V 1.02)
1280x1024, 32 Bit timedemo 1 / demo demo4 Geometric detail = high Texture detail = high |
DirectX 8 | |
Unreal Tournament 2004 | Version : 3204
1280x1024, 32 Bit, Audio = off THG8-assault-single |
3DMark2003 | Version 3.6.0
1024x786, 32 Bit Graphics and CPU Default Benchmark |
DirectX 9 | |
FarCry | Version 1.1 Build 1256
1280x1024 - 32 Bit qualtity options = High |
3DMark 2005 | Version 1.0
1024x786, 32 Bit Graphics and CPU Default Benchmark |
Video | |
Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus | Version : 9.4.1
from : 352x288 MPEG-2 41 MB to : 720x576 MPEG-2 95 MB Encoding and Transition Rendering to MPEG-2/DVD no Audio |
Auto Gordian Knot
DivX 5.2.1 XviD 1.0.3 |
Version : 1.95
Audio = AC3 6ch Custom size = 100 MB Resulution settings = Fixed width Codec = XviD and DivX 5 Audio = CBR MP3, kbps 192 182 MB VOB MPEG2-source |
Windows Media Encoder | Version : 9.00.00.2980
720x480 DV to WMV 320x240 (29.97 fps) 282 kBps streaming |
Audio | |
Lame MP3 | Version 3.97.1 Multi-threaded Alpha
Wave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to mp3 32 - 320 kbit VBR = level 3 |
Applications | |
WinRAR | Version 3.40
283 MB, 246 Files Compression = Best Dictionary = 4096 kB |
3DS Max 7 | Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"
1600x1200 Rendering Single |
Synthetic | |
PCMark 2004 Pro | Version : 1.3.0
CPU and Memory Tests |
SiSoftware Sandra Pro | Version 2005, SR1
CPU Test = Multimedia Benchmark Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
ScienceMark | Version 2.0
All Tests |
Summary
- Here Comes The King: Athlon 64 X2 Reviewed
- Hyper Threading Vs. Dual Core Processing
- Will Dual Cores Fight Performance Demand Saturation?
- Future Applications Require Intelligence
- Athlon 64 X2 In Detail
- Performance Rating 4200+ To 4800+
- Athlon 64 Models Compared
- Athlon 64 X2 Test System
- The Competitor: Intel Pentium D Processor 840
- Test Setup
- Multi-Tasking Tests
- Multi-Tasking Benchmark Results
- No Hunt For Insane Frame Rates Any More
- DirectX 8
- DirectX 9
- Video
- Audio
- Synthetic
- Synthetic, Continued
- Power Consumption Test
- Conclusion
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.