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AMD 5000+ Benchmark Testing
Synthetic Tests:
While Sisoft Sandra 2007 is indeed a synthetic test it does provide a good overall system gauge of performance.
As you can see the AM2 is the performance leader in all but the Whetstone tests. In the memory bandwidth benchmark none of the Intel Solutions even put up a decent fight. If you are putting together a system dependant upon ram bandwidth then look no further as AM2 is the clear choice.
It is important to mention that AM2 is significantly reliant upon low latency memory and timings even slightly different will produce vastly different results. We were able to get the Corsair memory running at 1T with remarkable results, however, the memory was not stable at DDR2 800 speeds. With DDR2 the seemingly imminent future of computer technology there is really no reason to invest in DDR and especially high latency DDR2. If I were to build a new system it would likely be using DDR2 as DDR will probably see end of life after 2006.
Futuremark 3DMark05 and 3DMark06
The 3DMark series is very dependant upon your video subsystem. If you take a look at our previous review of the FX-60, you can see the score is very close. It seems that the 3DMark series is not heavily influenced by memory bandwidth. The results of 3DMark06 are also affected in a limited manner.
Now for some real world tests.
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