The Athlon 64 FX Overclocked to 3 GHz

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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, Clawhammer)Intel Pentium 4 Processor 660 (3.6 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache, Prescott)
Dual Core CPUs AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz, 2x 1 MB L2 Cache, Toledo)Intel Pentium D Processor 840 (3.2 GHz, 2x 1 MB L2 Cache, Smithfield)
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
Patrick Schmid
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.