AMD CPU Efficiency Compared
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Patrick Schmid
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Test Setup
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| Test System | |
|---|---|
| CPU I | AMD Sempron 3600 (90 nm; 2000 MHz, 256 kB L2 Cache) |
| CPU II | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600 (90 nm; 2400 MHz, 1 MB L2 Cache) |
| CPU III | AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 (65 nm; 2300 MHz, 1 MB L2 Cache) |
| CPU IV | AMD Phenom 9600 (65 nm; 2300 MHz, 2 MB L2 and 2 MB L3 Cache) |
| Motherboard I | MSI K9GA2 Platinum, Rev: 1.0Chipset: AMD 790FX, BIOS VP.0BF (2008-01-11) |
| RAM | OCZ Reaper PC2-8500 OCZ2RPR1066GK2x 1024 MB Phenom DDR2-1066 (CL 5-5-5-15 2T)2x 1024 MB Athlon and Sempron DDR2-800 (CL 4-4-4-12 2T) |
| Hard Disk Drive | Western Digital WD5000AAKS500 GB, 7,200 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/300 |
| DVD-ROM | Samsung SH-S183 |
| Graphics Card | Gigabyte GV-RX385512HGPU: Radeon HD 3850 (670 MHz)RAM: 512 MB GDDR3 (830 MHz) |
| Sound Card | Integrated |
| Power Supply | Coolermaster RS850-EMBAATX 12V 2.2, 850 W |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
| DirectX Version | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| Platform Drivers AMD | Version 5.10.1000.7 |
| Graphics Drivers ATI | Catalyst 7.12 |
| Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Sysmark 2007 PreviewOfficial Run | Version 1.02 |
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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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