THG Tuning Test: Core 2 Extreme vs. Athlon 64 FX-62
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Two Test Systems With Killer Components
The Western Digital Raptor WD1500 spins at 10,000 RPM.
We ran our tuning tests for the Core 2 Extreme on the Asus P5B Deluxe with a 965 chipset.
Corsair memory makes it happen : clock rates of 550 MHz.
You can buy the Corsair CMX1024-6400C3 in retail outlets today.
We used a Gigabyte GV-RX19X512VB-HRH (ATI X1900XTX) graphics cards for our testing.
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Header Cell - Column 0 | Intel | AMD |
---|---|---|
Row 0 - Cell 0 | Core 2 X6800 | Athlon 64 FX-62 |
Processor | ||
Overclocked | 3663 MHz | 3050 MHz |
Stock speed | 2993 MHz | 2800 MHz |
RAM | ||
Overclocked | DDR2-1110 | DDR2-1016 |
Stock speed | DDR2-800 | DDR2-800 |
Front Side Bus | ||
Overclocked | 333 MHz | 245 MHz |
Stock speed | 266 MHz | 200 MHz |
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