AMD 3800+ X2

Author:  Matthew Homan Date:  2005.08.01 Topic:  Processors Provider:  AMD Manufacturer:  AMD

Benchmark Continued

Cinebench2003:

Cinebench 2003 supports dual processor and is a good application to demonstrate the performance difference between dual and single core utilization. Included here for your comparison is the difference between the 3800+ and the 4800+.

Code Creatures:

Demonstrating relative performance and framerates is Code creatures.

CrystalMark09

Quake3 Arena

This first person shooter turned CPU benchmark demonstrates the awesome role that the CPU plays in many games today. Any time you can combine a mid-range card with an awesome CPU and produce higher than 200FPS is a good media and gaming experience. For many gamers the question becomes "Do I need that $500+ video card, or is my money better spent on a component that will produce better overall system performance results?"

Battlefield 2
Adding the latest games to the benchmark tools is always ideal to keep all those hardcore gamers updated. The benchmark of the recently released Battlefield 2 by EA games was used for more then just FPS. The biggest difference between using different machines was the loading of maps and verifying client data. The same video card was used between two different machines and the result were a matter of four to five seconds before you were allowed to spawn into a map. That doesn't sound like much, but when the game is based on speed of your ability in taking over a spawn point, seconds make all the difference. Of course Battlefield 2 is 32-bit and the OS is 32-bit. The speed of loading the maps and verifying client data would be significantly faster if Battlefield 2 was optimized for the a64 architecture. In the photo below, you will see the task manager showing that both cores are taking the load of the game on a 32-bit version of XP sp2. Keep a close eye on the framerates here in what is considered to be a torture test for a video card.