Can AMD'S 65 nm Core Fight Back?
Features
By
Patrick Schmid
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Test Setup
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| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processor I | AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (Windsor core)(90 nm, 2.6 GHz, 2x64 kB L1 Cache, 2x 512 kB L2 Cache, Model ADA5000IAA5CU) |
| Processor II | AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (Brisbane core)(65 nm, 2.6 GHz, 2x64 kB L1 Cache, 2x 512 kB L2 Cache, Model ADO5000IAA5DD) |
| Motherboard | Asus M2N32 SLI DeluxeChipset : Nvidia nForce 590 SLI, BIOS : 0811 |
| Common Hardware | |
| RAM | 2x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 3.0-4-3-9)Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 XMS6403v1.1 |
| Graphics Card | HIS Radeon X1900XTX IceQ3GPU : ATI X1900XTX (650 MHz)RAM : 512 MB GDDR3 (1550 MHz) |
| System Hard Drive | 1x 150 GB 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/150Western Digital WD1500ADFD |
| DVD-ROM | Gigabyte GO-D1600C (16x) |
| Benchmarks | |
| Load Generator | Toast (1 Task/Core) |
| Software | |
| ATI Graphic | Catalyst Suite 6.12 |
| Nvidia nForce 590 Series | Forceware 9.35 |
| DirectX | Version : 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| OS | Windows XP, Build 2600 SP2 |
Benchmarks And Settings
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| Applications | |
|---|---|
| WinRAR | Version 3.61 (Multi-Core)(303 MB, 47 Files, 2 Folders)Compression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB |
| Synthetic | |
| Everest | Version 3.01.652Cache & Memory Benchmark |
| PCMark05 Pro | Version : 1.1.0CPU and Memory TestsWindows Media Player 10.00.00.3646Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980 |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2007 | Version 2007.5.11.17CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMediaMemory Test = Bandwidth BenchmarkMemory Latency Test = ns |
| Other | |
| Windows Media Player 10 | Version : 10.00.00.36.46 |
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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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