The THG Lab Logbook: AMD Almost 3 Days, Intel 2 Days Online
Friday, June 10, 2005: Both systems have been running without any problems so far, AMD since June 7, 8 pm, Intel since June 8, 3 pm. Many of our readers asked us to publish the test protocol - so here you go. In addition to that, we also show the results reached so far before we reset the statistics. This was due to the SLI instability on the nForce4 Intel platform. Find it on the last page of this article. Just a quick reminder - we had to replace the SLI configuration by a single graphics solution.
We also like to thank those readers who discovered a questionable error message in our Intel statistics showing "network not connected" whereas it did not show up on the AMD platform. Unfortunately, our stat tool was still connected to a logfile of the previous motherboard. The new one was sending network data to a file with a different name - sorry for that. So don't worry, we didn't loose any data and everything is alright now. By short inspection we didn't find any irregularities in this file by the way. All important data logs such as temperature, fan speed and memory usage have been displayed correctly.
Test Protocol
Start: June 3, 2005, 4 pm
| Initial Platforms | ||
|---|---|---|
| Component Type | AMD | Intel |
| CPU | Athlon 64 X2 4800+(2.4 GHz) | Pentium 840 EE(3.2 GHz) |
| Cooler | Ajigo MF043-044 (Boxed) | C71381-001_XP12 (Boxed, 05B)big copper core |
| Board | Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLINvidia nForce4-SLI Chipset | Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI RoyalNvidia nForce4-SLI Chipset |
| Memory | OCZ DDR400 CL2.0 | OCZ DDR2-667 CL5.0 |
| Power Supply | Turbo Cool 850 SSI850 Watts | Turbo Cool 850 SSI850 Watts |
| Graphics | 2x Nvidia 6800 GT (SLI) | 2x Nvidia 6800 GT (SLI) |
| Mon June 6, 2005, 10 am | ||
| Board | Row 8 - Cell 1 | Replacement of Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI RoyalReason: BIOS flash made board inoperativeEpox EP-5NVA+SLINvidia nForce4-SLI Chipset |
| Board | Row 9 - Cell 1 | Replacement of Epox EP-5NVA+SLIReason: voltage regulator brokenAsus P5ND2-SLINvidia nForce4-SLI Chipset |
| Memory | Row 10 - Cell 1 | Replacement of OCZ DDR2-667 CL5.0Reason: memory would not work with this moboCrucial DDR2-667 CL5.0 |
| Tue June 7, 2005, 3 pm | ||
| Board | Row 12 - Cell 1 | Replacement of Asus P5ND2-SLIReason: crashIntel D955XBKIntel 955X Chipset |
| Board | Row 13 - Cell 1 | Replacement of Intel D955XBKReason: boot impossibleAsus P5ND2-SLIIntel 955X Chipset |
| Cooler | Row 14 - Cell 1 | Replacement of boxed coolers, 05BReason: new thermal padboxed cooler, 05Asmall copper core |
| Power Supply | Row 15 - Cell 1 | Replacement of Turbo Cool 850 SSIReason: trying to trace source of errorsEnermax EG485AX-VHB480 Watt |
| Graphics | Exchange of graphics boardReason: same test basis1x Nvidia 6800 GT (no SLI) | Exchange of graphics boardReason: SLI impossible1x Nvidia 6800 GT (no SLI) |
| Tue June 7, 2005, 8 pm - Reset of Statistics | ||
| Wed June 8, 2005, 3 pm | ||
| Cooler | Row 19 - Cell 1 | Replacement of boxed coolers, 05AReason: Thermal problems CPUC71381-001_XP12 (Boxed, 05B)big copper core |
