Duron Successor: AMD Sempron
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Patrick Schmid
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Test Setup
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| CPUs Socket 754 | |
|---|---|
| 1.6 GHz Hyper Transport(Single DDR333) | AMD Sempron 3100+1.8 GHz, HT1600, 256 kB L2 |
| CPUs Socket 462 | |
| 166 MHz FSB (Dual DDR333) | AMD Sempron 2800+2.0 GHz, FSB333, 256 kB L2 |
| CPUs Socket 478 | |
| 133 MHz FSB (Dual DDR333) | Intel Celeron D Processor 3352.8 GHz, FSB533, 256 kB L2 |
| Motherboards | |
| Socket 754 | MSI K8T Neo V 1.0VIA K8T800BIOS 1.07 |
| Socket 462 | Asus A7N8X/400-VMNVIDIA nForce2 IGPBIOS 1002 Beta 002 |
| Socket 478 | Asus P4P800-VMIntel i865GBIOS 1012 |
| Memory | |
| Single Channel Benchmarks | 1 x 512 MB CorsairCMX512-3200LL (running CL 2.5-3-3-7) |
| Dual Channel Benchmarks | 2 x 256 MB InfineonHYS64D32300GU-6-C (running CL 2.5-3-3-7) |
| Common Hardware | |
| Sound Card | On-board sound systems |
| Graphics Card | Asus V9950NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra128 MB DDR-SDRAM |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital WD800JB80 GB, 8 MB Cache, 7200 rpm |
| DVD/CD-ROM | MSI MS-8216 16x DVD |
| Software | |
| NVIDIA Forceware Platform Driver | Ver. 4.27 |
| NVIDIA Graphics Driver | Detonator 61.76 |
| Intel Graphics Driver | Ver. 1.45 |
| Intel Chipset Drivers | Intel Chipset Installation Utilities 6.0.1.1002 |
| VIA Chipset Drivers | Hyperion Ver. 4.51 |
| DirectX | 9.0c |
| OS | Microsoft Windows XP ProfessionalService Pack 1 |
Benchmarks
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| Benchmarks and SettingsOpenGL | |
|---|---|
| Quake III Team Arena | Version 1.321280x1024 - 32 bitTimedemo1 / demo thg3"custom timedemo"Graphics detail = High Quality |
| Wolfenstein | Version : 2.56 (Patch V 1.02) |
| Enemy Territory | 1280 x 1024 - 32 bittimedemo 1 / demo demo4Geometric detail = highTexture detail = high |
| DirectX 8 | |
| Comanche 4 Demo | Version : 1.0.1.181280 x 1024 - 32 bitaudio = off |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 | Version : 32041280 x 1024 / 32 bit / Audio = offTHG8-assault-single |
| DirectX 9 | |
| X2 Demo - The Threat | |
| Video | |
| Mainconcept MPEG Encoder | Version : 1.4.21.2 GB DV to MPEG II(720x576, Audio) converting |
| Auto Gordian Knot | Version : 1.48 |
| DivX 5.2 Pro | Audio = AC3 6ch |
| XviD 1.01 Final | Custom size = 100 MBResolution settings = Fixed widthCodec = XviD and DivX 5Audio = CBR MP3, kbps 192 |
| Audio | |
| Lame MP3 | Version 3.96Wave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to mp332 - 320 kbitVBR = level 3 |
| Applications | |
| WinRAR | Version 3.30283 MB, 246 FilesCompression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB |
| Bapco Sysmark 2004 | |
| Synthetic | |
| PCMark 2004 Pro | Version : 1.2.0CPU and Memory Tests |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2004 | Version 2004.10.9.89CPU Test = MultiMedia / CPU ArithmeticMemory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
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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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