System Setup

System Setup

Intel Core 2 Extreme Edition X6800
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe (975X)


AMD Athlon 64 FX-62
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ EE
MSI K9A Platinum (Radeon Xpress 3200)

2GB Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C3

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe (Radeon Xpress 3200)

2GB OCZ Platinum DDR400

ATI Radeon X1900 XTX and Radeon X1900 CrossFire with CrossFire 6.6

Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2

DirectX 9.0c

Benchmarks

LAME MT MP3 Encoding (MS Compiler)
DivX Converter
Windows Media Encoder 9
3DMark06
F.E.A.R. 1.05
Pacific Fighters 4.04
Call of Duty 2 1.3
Quake 4 1.2
Oblivion
SiSoft Sandra 2007
Half-Life 2 Lost Coast
Cinebench 9.5

Notes

It’s important to note that we’re running three different systems here. For testing older Athlon 64 CPUs, we’re running one Xpress 3200 platform with DDR400 and the X2 4800 as well as the A64 3500+. To test the strengths of AMD’s new AM2 platform, we’re running a second system based around MSI’s K9A Platinum motherboard. Finally, you’ll see the Core 2 CPUs running on ASUS’ P5W DH Deluxe motherboard.