Avant-Garde: Four boards for AMD's Athlon 64 FX

Test System

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AMD Processors (Socket 940)
200 MHz FSB (DUAL DDR400) Athlon 64 FX-51 (2200 MHz 128/1024 kB)
Memory
DDR400 (200 MHz) 2 x 512 MB / 5ns / 64 Bit (Corsair)CMX512RE-3200LL XMS3200Rv1.1 (Reg. ECC)
Common Hardware
Sound Card Terratec Aureon 7.1 Space96.00 kHz sample rate
Graphics Card MSI FX5900U-VTD256GPU : NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 UltraMemory : 128 MB DDR-SDRAMMemory Clock : 620 MHz (256 Bit)Chip Clock : 325 MHz
Hard Drive (AMD System) FastTrak S150 TX2plus (Bios : 1.00.0.30)2 x SATA Maxtor 6Y080M0 (Raid 0)80 GB / 8 MB Cache / 7200 rpm
DVD/CD-ROM MSI MS-8216 16x DVD
Software
Nvidia nForce Nvidia V2.45
Nvidia Graphic Detonator V 45.23
VIA K8T800 V 14.49
DirectX Version : 9a
OS Windows XP, Build 2600 SP1 (English)

We used a high-quality cooler with a conventional design for this test comparison, an MF-043 from Ajigo.

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.