Athlon 64 FX-57: Great Performance, High Price
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By
Patrick Schmid 
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Test Setup
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| Processor | |
|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 (2.8 GHz, 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 1011)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 Settings | |
|---|---|
| OpenGL | |
| Doom III | Version : 1.0.12621280x1024, 32 BitVideo Quality = High Qualitydemo1Graphics detail = High Quality | 
| Wolfenstein | Version : 2.56 (Patch V 1.02) | 
| Enemy Territory | 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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Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)
Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.
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