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AMD's Athlon 64 Has Arrived: the Athlon 64 FX and Athlon 64 (and Intel's P4 Extreme)

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By Frank Völkel

published 23 September 2003

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Page 1: A New World Order: The Athlon 64 FX And Athlon 64 Vs. The P4 Extreme
Page 2: A New World Order: The Athlon 64 FX And Athlon 64 Vs. The P4 Extreme, Continued
Page 3: A New World Order: The Athlon 64 FX And Athlon 64 Vs. The P4 Extreme, Continued
Page 4: Four Different CPUs With One Design
Page 5: Four Different CPUs With One Design, Continued
Page 6: Chipsets & Mainboards: Socket 754 Vs. Socket 940
Page 7: Chipsets & Mainboards: Socket 754 Vs. Socket 940, Continued
Page 8: Video 10 To Download: Athlon 64 FX-51 Vs. Athlon 64 Vs. P4 3.2 Extreme
Page 9: Athlon XP-64 Core: 95 Percent Athlon
Page 10: Athlon XP-64 Core: 95 Percent Athlon, Continued
Page 11: HyperTransport: A High-speed Bus Without Detours
Page 12: Socket 462 Gets Replaced: Sockets 745 And 940/939
Page 13: Fab30 Dresden Yield: 73 Athlon 64 CPUs Per Wafer!
Page 14: All AMD And Intel Processors At A Glance
Page 15: Rough Going - Hardware In The Test Panel
Page 16: Asus P4C800-E Deluxe: Board Revision 1.02, BIOS 1011 Beta 006
Page 17: Asus SK8N: Board Revision 1.03, BIOS 1003 Beta 003 (NVIDIA Settings)
Page 18: MSI MS-9130: Board Revision 1.0, BIOS 1.0BD
Page 19: General Hardware: Now More Hard Drive Performance
Page 20: AMD Test Platforms At A Glance
Page 21: Test Configuration And Special Features
Page 22: Sysmark 2002: Why Use Obsolete Applications?
Page 23: Benchmarks Under Windows XP - UPDATED
Page 24: SPECviewperf 7.1
Page 25: OpenGL Games: Serious Sam
Page 26: OpenGL Games: Wolfenstein Enemy Territory
Page 27: Synthetic: 3D Mark 2001 SE
Page 28: Games: Comanche 4
Page 29: Games: Unreal Tournament 2003
Page 30: Games: Splinter Cell
Page 31: Games: Warcraft III - The Frozen Throne
Page 32: Synthetic: 3D Mark 2003
Page 33: Game: X2 - The Threat Rolling
Page 34: Game: Gun Metal
Page 35: Games: AquaMark3
Page 36: MPEG Encoding: Main Concept MPEG Encoder
Page 37: MPEG-Encoding: Pinnacle Studio 8.8
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Page 40: MPEG-Encoding: MS Movie Maker 2
Page 41: Magix MP3 Maker 2004 Diamond
Page 42: Lame MP3 Encoder
Page 43: Steinberg Nuendo 2
Page 44: Sysmark 2002
Page 45: Winrar 3.2
Page 46: Newtek Lightwave 7.5
Page 47: Cinema 4D XL 8.1
Page 48: Seti@home 3.03
Page 49: 3D Studio Max 5.1
Page 50: Mathematica 5
Page 51: PC Mark 2002 Pro
Page 52: SiSoft Sandra Max 3
Page 53: Heat Protection: Now From AMD, Too
Page 54: Summary: The P4 3.2 EE Wins 32 Times, The Athlon 64 FX-51 15 Times - An Uncertain 64 Bit Future For AMD
Page 55: Summary: An Uncertain 64 Bit Future For AMD, Continued

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It's clear here that not even the Athlon 64 stands a chance against the P4 when it comes to video streaming applications: the FX-51 is 5.3 percent slower.

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