AMD and Nvidia Platforms Do Battle
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Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
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Test System and Benchmark Setup
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| CPU | AMD Phenom 9600 (65nm, 2.3 GHz, 2MB L2 + 2MB L3 Cache) |
| AMD 780G | ASRock A780FullDisplayPort, Rev. 1.11 |
| AMD 780G, BIOS : P1.40 | |
| Nvidia GeForce 8200 mGPU | ASRock K10N78FullHD-hSLI R3.0, Rev. 3.12 |
| Nvidia GeForce 8200, BIOS : P1.10 | |
| Memory | 2x 1GB DDR2-800 Corsair CM2X1024-10000C5D |
| HDD | Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500 GB |
| 7,200 RPM, SATA/300, 16 MB cache | |
| DVD-ROM | Samsung SH-D163A , SATA150 |
| Graphics Card | integrated |
| Power Supply | Coolermaster, ATX 2.3, 850 Watt |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Enterprise Version 6.0 (Build 6000) |
| DirectX 10 | DirectX 10 (Vista default) |
| DirectX 9 | Version : April 2007 |
| AMD Chipset Drivers | Radeon : 8.47 |
| Nvidia Chipset Drivers | nForce drivers 18.11 |
| Java | Java Runtime Environment 6.0 Update 1 |
Benchmarks and Settings
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| Quake 4 | Version : 1.3 Final |
| Video Mode : 1280x1024 | |
| Video Quality : game default | |
| Benchmark I : THG Timedemo | |
| Benchmark II : playnettimedemo id_demo001 | |
| (official ID-Soft NetTimeDemo) | |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 | Version : 3369 |
| UMark : 2.0.0 | |
| Video Mode : 1280x1024 | |
| High Image Quality | |
| Bots : 16 | |
| Benchmark : AS-Junkyard | |
| Serious Sam 2 | Version : 2.070 |
| Video Mode : 1024x768 | |
| HDR Rendering : off | |
| Renderer : Direct3D | |
| Filtering mode : none | |
| Antialiasing mode : none | |
| Benchmark : Greendale | |
| Prey | Version : 1.3 |
| Video Mode : 1280x1024 | |
| Video Quality : game default | |
| Vsync = off | |
| Benchmark : THG-Demo | |
| Audio | |
| iTunes 7.2 | Version : 7.1.1.5 |
| Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min | |
| High Quality (160 kbps) | |
| Lame MP3 | Version 3.98 Beta 3 (05-22-2007) |
| Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min | |
| wave to mp3 | |
| 160 Kbps | |
| Video | |
| Pinnacle Studio 11 Plus | Version : 11.0.0.5082 |
| Encoding and Transition Rendering | |
| Private MPEG2-Cam-Movie | |
| Video : 720x480 Pixel, NTSC, 6000 kbits/sec | |
| Audio : MPEG Layer 2, 224 kbits/sec 16 Bit, Stereo 48 KHz | |
| File Type : MPEG-2 (DVD Compatible) | |
| TMPEG 4.2 | Version : 4.2.10.211 |
| import file : | |
| Terminator 2 SE DVD (720x576, 16:9) 2 Minutes | |
| Dolby Digital, 48000 Hz, 6-Kanal, English | |
| Advanced Acoustic Engine MP3 Encoder (160 kbps) | |
| DivX 6.6.1 | Version : 6.6.1 |
| - Main Menu - | |
| Profile : Home Theater Profile (720 x 576) | |
| 1-pass, 780 kbit/s | |
| - Codec Menu - | |
| Encoding mode : Insane Quality | |
| Enhanced multi-threading | |
| XviD 1.1.2 | Version : 1.1.2 (01/11/2006) |
| Target quantizer : 1.00 (maximum quality) | |
| Mainconcept H.264 Encoder | Version : 2.0 |
| MPEG2 to MPEG2 (H.264) | |
| MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec | |
| 24 sec HDTV 1920x1080 (MPEG2) | |
| Audio : MPEG Layer 2 (48 kHz, 2 Channel, 16 Bit) | |
| Stream : Transport | |
| Codec : H.264 | |
| Mode : NTSC (29.97 FPS) | |
| Profile : High | |
| Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 HDTV | Version : 2.0 |
| NTSC MPEG2-HDTV 1920x1080 (24 sec) | |
| Import : Mainconcept NTSC HDTV 1080i | |
| Export : Adobe Media Encoder | |
| - Video - | |
| Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile | |
| Encoding Passes : one | |
| Bitrate Mode : Constant | |
| Frame : 1920x1080 | |
| Frame Rate : 29.97 | |
| Maximum Bitrate [kbps] : 2000 | |
| Image Quality : 50.00 | |
| - Audio - | |
| Windows Media Audio 10 Professional | |
| Encoding Passes : one | |
| Bitrate Mode : Constant | |
| Audio Format : 160 kbps, 44.1 kHz, 2 channel 16 bit (A/V) CBR | |
| Applications | |
| Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus | Version : 7.5.467 |
| Virus base : 269.6.1./776 | |
| Benchmark | |
| Scan : Vista Enterprise (Windows folder) 8 GB | |
| WinRAR | Version 3.70 BETA 8 |
| Compression = Best | |
| Dictionary = 4096 kB | |
| Benchmark : THG-Workload | |
| Maxon Cinema 4D Release 10 | Version : 10.008 |
| Rendering scene "Water drop at a Rose" | |
| Resolution : 1280 x 1024 - 8Bit (50 frames) | |
| Adobe Photoshop CS3 | Version : 10.0x20070321 |
| Filtering a 69 MB TIF Photo | |
| Benchmark : Tomshardware-Benchmark V1.0.0.4 | |
| Programmed by Tomshardware using Delphi 2006 | |
| Filers : | |
| Crosshatch | |
| Glass | |
| Sumi-e | |
| Accented Edges | |
| Angled Strokes | |
| Sprayed Strokes | |
| Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional | Version : 7.0.9 |
| Settings : High Quality Print | |
| Compatibility : Acrobat 8 (PDF 1.7) | |
| Security : High (128-bit RC4) | |
| Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 | Version : 2007 |
| PPT to PDF | |
| Powerpoint Document (115 Pages) | |
| Adobe PDF-Printer | |
| Deep Fritz | Version : Nov 16 2006 |
| Synthetics | |
| 3DMark06 | Version : 1.10 |
| 1280x1024 - 32 bit | |
| Graphics and CPU Default Benchmark | |
| PCMark05 Pro | Version : 1.2.0 |
| CPU and Memory Tests | |
| Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646 | |
| Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980 | |
| SiSoft Sandra XI SP1c | Version 2007.5.11.40 |
| CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMedia | |
| Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
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