Benchmarks
Before we get into discussions of the pros and contras of AMD's model number policy, I suggest we have a look at the benchmark results scored with AthlonXP 1800+, which is in actual fact running at 1533 MHz. I want to be frank with you and admit that I am not really satisfied with the benchmarks we did, which is why I will supply you with the charts only and spare you any of my comments. I have requested a lot more benchmarks from our lab and the guys there have started running them. Please feel free to send in your own benchmarking suggestions. They will be posted as soon as possible.
Benchmark Setup
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| Intel Systems | |
|---|---|
| Socket 423 | |
| CPU | Intel Pentium 4/ 2000 MHz(400 MHz QDR FSB) |
| Motherboard | ASUS P4T (Intel 850) Revision: 1.06 |
| Memory | 2 x 128 MB, RDRAM, 400 MHz, Viking |
| Socket 478 | |
| CPU | Intel Pentium 4/ 2000 MHz(400 MHz QDR FSB) |
| Motherboard | Shuttle AV40V12 (VIA P4X266) Revision: 1.0 |
| Memory | 2 x 128 MB, DDR-SRDAM, 133 MHz, CL2, Micron |
| AMD Systems | |
| Socket 462 | |
| CPU | AMD Athlon XP 1800+(266 MHZ DDR), clock speed at 1533 MHzAMD Athlon 1400 MHz(266 MHZ DDR) |
| Motherboard 1 | Gigabyte GA-7DX (AMD 760) Revision: 4.0 |
| Motherboard 2 | Epox EP-8KHA+ (VIA KT266A) Revision: 2.0 |
| Memory | 256 MB DDR-SDRAM, CL2, PC2100, Micron |
| Common Hardware | |
| Graphics Card | GeForce 3Memory: 64 MB DDR-SDRAMMemory Clock: 200 MHzChip Clock: 250 MHz |
| Hard Disk | 40 GB, 5T040H4, MaxtorUDMA100, 7200 rpm, 2 MB Cache |
| Drivers & Software | |
| IDE (Intel) | Intel Chipset Installation Utility Production Release V3.00.029IAA Version 3.1.2017.0 |
| AGP (Intel) | Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver Production Release v6.10.011 |
| IDE (AMD) | VIA 4 in 1 Version 4.33 FINAL |
| AGP (AMD) | Miniport Driver 4.80 (Win98SE)Miniport Driver 5.22 (Win2K) |
| Graphics Driver | Detonator 4 Series V21.81 |
| DirectX Version | 8.0a |
| OS | Windows 2000 Pro SP2 (Build 2195)Windows 98 SE, Version 4.10.2222 A |
| Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Quake III Arena | Retail Version 1.16command line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0Graphics detail set to 'Normal'Benchmark using 'Q3DEMO1' |
| 3DMark2000 | Version 1.1 Build 340 - default Benchmark |
| 3DMark2001 | Build 200 - default Benchmark |
| SiSoft Sandra 2001 | SE Pro |
| CINEMA 4D | CineBench R6 |
| Unreal Tournament | Version 4.36, UTBench |
| Sysmark 2000 | Patch 5 |
| Sysmark 2001 | Patch 3 |
| Dronez | Row 34 - Cell 1 |
| Evolva | V1.2 Build 944 |
